I've had this type of artifact happen half a dozen times in the past couple months, generally from installing windows updates and having to restart the computer.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28903/artifact.jpg
The last time I had something like this happen, it was a video card issue, but this seems a bit more awkward. This time it was after doing standard windows updates, not checking or unchecking any of the defaults, then restarting. I have to power the comp down and let it come back up, then half the time do a system restore to get back to windows.
I don't know if somehow the drivers are being corrupted by windows update files or if something just isn't working as it should be.
The computer in question:
- Intel Core i7 I7-870 2.93 GHz Processor BX80605I7870
- Corsair TW3X4G1333C9A XMS3 4 GB Memory Kit PC3-10666 1333mhz 240-pin Dual Channel DDR3
- GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- MSI N470GTX-M2D12-B GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
- Kingston SSDNow 64GB SSD (boot, Windows 7)
- IBM 80GB IDE HD (OS backup, windows XP)
- Samsung HD103SJ 1TB SATA HD
- ASUS VH236H Black 23" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen Full HD 1080P LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 20000 :1 (ASCR)
- OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V PFC Power Supply
- LITE-ON 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 2MB Cache SATA DVD Writer
- Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case
Thanks for any input!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28903/artifact.jpg
The last time I had something like this happen, it was a video card issue, but this seems a bit more awkward. This time it was after doing standard windows updates, not checking or unchecking any of the defaults, then restarting. I have to power the comp down and let it come back up, then half the time do a system restore to get back to windows.
I don't know if somehow the drivers are being corrupted by windows update files or if something just isn't working as it should be.
The computer in question:
- Intel Core i7 I7-870 2.93 GHz Processor BX80605I7870
- Corsair TW3X4G1333C9A XMS3 4 GB Memory Kit PC3-10666 1333mhz 240-pin Dual Channel DDR3
- GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3 LGA 1156 Intel P55 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
- MSI N470GTX-M2D12-B GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
- Kingston SSDNow 64GB SSD (boot, Windows 7)
- IBM 80GB IDE HD (OS backup, windows XP)
- Samsung HD103SJ 1TB SATA HD
- ASUS VH236H Black 23" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen Full HD 1080P LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 20000 :1 (ASCR)
- OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP 700W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V PFC Power Supply
- LITE-ON 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 2MB Cache SATA DVD Writer
- Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Case
Thanks for any input!