white spots on screen

chin85u · 12th Nov 2008, 07:19 PM

i just bought a palit hd 4850 512 mb RAm GFX CARD
AND IT was working fine till i moved my pc to another room
now its showing white spots all over
i changed gfx card then they are gone, i switch to another monitor they are still there, so it means it has to do something with the card, what could be wrong

Max_87 · 12th Nov 2008, 07:33 PM

Can you take a screenshot and show us how does it look like?

g0tanks · 13th Nov 2008, 12:26 AM

Seems like a common case of artifacts, make sure you get the latest drivers for everything etc.

Chai · 13th Nov 2008, 12:46 AM

From my experience, faulty card.

mikegas · 13th Nov 2008, 11:00 AM

broken pin on the connector ?

Zenphic · 13th Nov 2008, 11:03 AM

Fault video card or maybe artifacting from heat, but since you were not doing any 3D intensive stuff, I would go with the faulty video card. Try it on another system if you can.

zy · 13th Nov 2008, 11:39 AM

maybe underpowered ?

chin85u · 13th Nov 2008, 01:35 PM

ima go with the underpowered option, cause the artifacts seem to go away when i turn off my AC

Chai · 13th Nov 2008, 01:40 PM

Artifact go away when you turn on AC?

chin85u · 13th Nov 2008, 02:26 PM

my bad, they go away when i turn my AC off

12th Nov 2008, 07:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
chin85u Newbie Join Date: 12 Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	white spots on screen i just bought a palit hd 4850 512 mb RAm GFX CARD AND IT was working fine till i moved my pc to another room now its showing white spots all over i changed gfx card then they are gone, i switch to another monitor they are still there, so it means it has to do something with the card, what could be wrong

12th Nov 2008, 07:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
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13th Nov 2008, 12:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
g0tanks Active Join Date: 6 May 2008 Posts: 578 Reputation: 175 Rep Power: 2	Seems like a common case of artifacts, make sure you get the latest drivers for everything etc. __________________

13th Nov 2008, 12:46 AM	#4 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,991 Reputation: 4108 Rep Power: 74	From my experience, faulty card. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

13th Nov 2008, 11:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
Zenphic Super Active Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 1,072 Reputation: 467 Rep Power: 8	Fault video card or maybe artifacting from heat, but since you were not doing any 3D intensive stuff, I would go with the faulty video card. Try it on another system if you can. __________________ E2160 @ 2.6Ghz (1.15V) \| XFX 650i Ultra \| 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 \| Gigabyte GeForce 6600 \| Hitachi Desktar T7K250 250GB \| CM Mystique 632 \| 2x Noctua NF-S12 800RPM \| CM RPP 550W

13th Nov 2008, 11:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
mikegas I'm a regular Join Date: 7 May 2008 Posts: 381 Reputation: 206 Rep Power: 3	broken pin on the connector ?

13th Nov 2008, 11:39 AM	#7 (permalink)
zy Dead Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Penang,Malaysia - Buffalo,New York Posts: 12,884 Reputation: 2064 Rep Power: 39	maybe underpowered ? __________________ current: P4-3.2\|P4P800-Deluxe\|512x4-DDR\|NV6600 WD2500KS\|WD5000AAKS\|AD-7191A\|1860NX\|Z2300\|MP470 home (malaysia): P4C-2.6@3.1-StockHSF\|AI7\|256x2-BT-D43\|512x2-DT-D43\|A9600XT-VIVO WD1200JB\|2xWD2500KS\|DRU-800A\|DVD-E616P\|LTR-52327S\|152x\|V.S.4121\|iP1500 laptop: M1210\|T7200\|2GBDDR667\|160GB5K160\|GO7400

13th Nov 2008, 01:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
chin85u Newbie Join Date: 12 Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	ima go with the underpowered option, cause the artifacts seem to go away when i turn off my AC Last edited by chin85u : 13th Nov 2008 at 02:25 PM.

13th Nov 2008, 01:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,991 Reputation: 4108 Rep Power: 74	Artifact go away when you turn on AC? __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

13th Nov 2008, 02:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
chin85u Newbie Join Date: 12 Nov 2008 Posts: 5 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	my bad, they go away when i turn my AC off

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