also I will have similar bar patterns appear on screen at random places and times and stay unless refreshed. (I have always had avast on my win2k pro machine)
Originally I though I wiped out this problem I believe java bytever.a was lingering around although I’m not sure if that is the cause of this.
I have run every darn online scanner (panda,rav,trend micro, norton online and my own windows 2003 pro ver, etc.) and nothing appears wrong but this is driving me nuts!!
Also upon reboot if I boot into win98 it is ten times worse!!
At the boot menu sometimes I have color patterns deeper colrs than windows but color patern on 1/4 othe screen horizontilly.
This is driving me crazy although right now its a short drive!
Jay
PS if I knew how to do a capture screen in win2k i’ll try to capture it but I only remember prt scr + paste to paint in win98.
and admittedly this could be a coincidence… but when I started having the problem an avast scan did find and quarantine a few files (although I never really looked at them ) and then running the free online scanners I got a few of the java bytever.a things??
graphic card overclocked…?? I don’t think so.
VGA BIOS …?? no “I” didn’t;… I don’t think?..why? the way you ask about VGA BIOS (for future use; What would be the problem with messing w/VGA BIOS? that can’t be undone?
I do leave my computer on so I will shut done (as soon as I’m done preparing todays batch of taxes) for a bit.
You get such pattern only when graphics engine (GPU) pipelines are damaged or when graphic card is overclocked too high (or cooling system isn’t working correctly).
Check the cooling,otherwise contact ATI support.
If you get this at boot-time too than its definitly a hardware problem.
How would I check video overclock I don’t think I have ever changed any options for that?!?
If I put another card in at it’s doing the SAME thing should I assume hardware problem means mobo problem? If so is this repairable or is it time to bury the mobo?
Thanks so much for this reply AND your earlier one!!!
J