What could have caused the white lines?

[Syxx_Killer]

Ok, this has to do with my other thread asking if my monitor was dying. If you want to view the thread it is here:

http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopi...hlight=#402607

I would have surely thought the monitor was dying being it is nearly 6 years old. But the kicker was, when I started up the computer one time I got white lines all over the screen. This started immediately at boot up. That would signify to me a hardware problem. But, when I got into Windows and opened Firefox to post about it, the computer froze. I pressed reset and everything displayed normal again (except for the "jiggies"). That's what made me worry about the video card. I can't think it is the video card because it is less than a year old and worked flawlessly. Now I know that doesn't mean it couldn't be the card. But, I got an idea to bring in the old computer to test it. I completely forgot about the old machine. I brought it in, and hooked it up. It didn't do it right away, but the screen did start doing the "jiggies" when I started a game. I know what I saw and I now believe it is the monitor that is dying. However, that still doesn't explain the white lines and the computer freezing. What could have caused that? Could the monitor have had that kind of influence? Also, I started thinking again about the demo I downloaded of Lock On: Modern Air Combat. I posted about the game on the 10th of October and tried the demo on the 11th. I only played for a little bit, like 30 minutes. It was too complicated. lol Anywho, I went into the options about 25 mintues in and noticed the refresh rate was 100Hz! I think the resolution was 1024x768, although I can't remember. This monitor is not to be use at 1024x768 over 85Hz MAXIMUM. It is recommended for 1024x768 to be 60Hz. Three days later I posted about is my monitor dying. Could having the refresh rate that high, even for only about 25 minutes, caused any damage? I'm surprised I didn't get any warnings before playing the demo.

[Dead Mans Hand]

Having the refresh that high can cause damage yes, it's in essence overclocking your hardware (the monitor in the case.) How much could be done in 25 minutes? That's iffy. So it is safe to say that your monitor itself is damaged.

The monitor however does not have any influence on the computer's operation as it does not input to the system. It's very possible the crash was just that, a crash. *shrug* If it's a one time thing it's a one time thing.

[Syxx_Killer]

Originally Posted by Dead Mans Hand

The monitor however does not have any influence on the computer's operation as it does not input to the system. It's very possible the crash was just that, a crash. *shrug* If it's a one time thing it's a one time thing.

I was thinking that as well, but a random crash with the display messed up is highly coincidental. But I guess with XP, especially SP2, anything's possible.

[Bellman]

There are white lines and white lines and...................

But I get something similar regularly with my 5 year old monitor. Each time its a 'blue screen' type knee wobbler moment -
is this terminal ? White vertical lines and major display distortion. Not suggesting mine is an identical case but everytime
I turn off the PC tighten up all connections to the monitor, start her up again and all is well.
Obviously, in my case, a bad connection which degradates with heat.

I wish I had a pound for every technical wobbler I have had over 15 years PC use which turned out to have
a relatively simple answer.

Short of that my 21 century technical advice is......... give it a kick.

[Syxx_Killer]

Originally Posted by Bellman

There are white lines and white lines and...................

But I get something similar regularly with my 5 year old monitor. Each time its a 'blue screen' type knee wobbler moment -
is this terminal ? White vertical lines and major display distortion. Not suggesting mine is an identical case but everytime
I turn off the PC tighten up all connections to the monitor, start her up again and all is well.
Obviously, in my case, a bad connection which degradates with heat.

I wish I had a pound for every technical wobbler I have had over 15 years PC use which turned out to have
a relatively simple answer.

Well, that's similar to what mine did, except the display wasn't distorted. Computers are funny that way when something goes wrong - it is probably something simple.

Originally Posted by Bellman

Short of that my 21 century technical advice is......... give it a kick.

lol I like that advice and recommend it.