need some help, streak going down screen

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FraGGleR

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Installed a new graphics card on Saturday, and everything was going fine. Played several hours of various 3d games (Quake 2, Quake 4, Far Cry, Prince of Persia) without incident. Just a few minutes ago, while just browsing the web, I have a single one inch column of slightly altered image going down the screen. It is flickering slightly like a flourescent light that is going bad. My video card temp is very low, all connections seem to be secure, and the PC as a whole seems to be running cool. Does anyone have any ideas as to what is going on? Am I looking at a faulty card?

Here are my system specs if that helps.

Athlon 64 3200+
Asus A8N-VM CSM mobo (onboard video is disabled)
1 gig Corsair value select ram
200 gig Samsung SATA hdd
Leadtek PX6600 GT TDH Pci-e video card (6600gt)
NEC 3550a burner
Antec Smartpower 350 watt psu
Nvidia Forceware drivers 81.98
video card bios 5.43.02.69.68
connected via DVI to a Dell 1704fpt

Thanks in advance for any help someone can provide.
 
Have you tried plugging your card into your monitor via VGA?
If that hasn't changed anything, try plugging the monitor into another computer/card to test if it's the video card or monitor.
 
hi guys, i am at work and can't check right now, but i will as soon as i get home. i am not sure what gpu balancing software is, so i am not sure how to see if it is on or not. thanks.
 
well, i went home, enabled my igp and i still had the streak. tried vga, and still had the streak so it looks like it is my monitor. i think i am just outside my warranty period for dell. can somebody move this post to displays or can i repost there? any ideas on what might have happened or whether or not it can be fixed relatively cheaply? i love the monitor, but it is quite a nuisance to have this streak. thanks for the help guys.
 
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