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Koko56

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This is pretty wierd issue I have with my computer,

Whenever I restart it after it has been on for more than a few minutes, throughtout the startup the screen looks like this (with some variations as it goes through different stages of the start up sequence):
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It also stays like that when I get into Windows - the start up sound gives that away. :p

I think this has something to do with the temp of the video card, as if I turn the computer off and let it "cool" for a minutes even I can boot up all fine, but if I wait less than a few secods I get the dodgy matrix screens. I've had this ever since it was first built and the first time I came across it was when I think I accedentally touched the cable from the video card to the monitor, but have not found a direct and clear realtion between the two... So I've decided to post this thread and ask for some help from you guys.

ANy ideas what might be causing this to occur? Thanks.
 
Reseat the cable from the card to the monitor at both ends. If that doesn't work, after a cold (literally I guess) boot, open up NVIDIA System Tools and try manually setting the GPU fan speed to say...40%, and see if that helps any.

EDIT:

When's the last time you dusted it out?
 
You may also want to boot into the bios screen and just let the unit sit there for a period of time since the screen begins to produce artifacts prior to you beginning anything it does not seem to be affected by heavy load. I would advise you let it sit in the bios for at least 10 to 15 mins and see if you can duplicate the issue.
 
eggz said:
Reseat the cable from the card to the monitor at both ends. If that doesn't work, after a cold (literally I guess) boot, open up NVIDIA System Tools and try manually setting the GPU fan speed to say...40%, and see if that helps any.

EDIT:

When's the last time you dusted it out?
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I'm not sure if it's because of overheating. I got it more or less since the computer was first built. Back then i used to idla at about 57C with the fan at 60%, whereas now it is hoter, though I would be hard pressed to say that it's due to dust as when I recently cleaned it out from not too much dust AND changed the thermal paste I still did not get the same idle temps as at the begining. I will try to reseat the cable though.



EDIT: JJ - I wil ltry that also and will report back in about 20 mins or so.

EDIT#2: Just resisted the cables and connected the cable into another output in the video card. Not sure if using a different port would make a difference, but if it does then i would feel a bit silly.

:EDIT#3: it sat in the BIOS for about 10 minutes probalby more and after restarting it all was well. So the only difference so far was that used a different port in the video card. A bit later I wil ltry to restart it from Windows and see if the matrix has gone.
 
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Bump and update:

I restarted the computer while it was on for a bit.

Same result- I've re-connected the cables between the VGA and the monitor, as well as changing the output port on the VGA.
 
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