wavy screen when i open windows.


  1. Posts : 7
    Messed up XP install and currently trying to install Windows 7
       #1

    wavy screen when i open windows.


    I don't know if its the video card or not. When i open a new window the screen sometimes gets all wavy. any window. explorer, chrome, docs...

    but it never happens on the desktop. and when i go onto certain sites it stops like gmail.

    the whole monitor gets wavy its weird. if i do a screen shot it comes out fine. my video card seems to be fine. ati x1600 512mb

    and it didn't do this with XP. it started when i installed 7

    i can get a photo of it later.

    why does it do this?
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  2. Posts : 7
    Messed up XP install and currently trying to install Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #2

    oh and also it usually stops doing that after i keep it on that page for a minute or two.
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  3. Posts : 6,885
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Mint 9
       #3

    Sounds like a bad monitor.

    Are you using a CRT or LCD?

    ~Lordbob
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  4. Posts : 7
    Messed up XP install and currently trying to install Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #4

    its a crt unfortunately
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  5. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #5

    effdbmx1 said:
    its a crt unfortunately
    You cabled DB15 or s-video?
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  6. Posts : 6,305
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #6

    effdbmx1 said:
    its a crt unfortunately
    zigzag3143 said:
    effdbmx1 said:
    its a crt unfortunately
    You cabled DB15 or s-video?
    Sounds like the monitor may be on it's way out

    You may want to check the monitor connection (the 1 into the GFX card) and check for loose/bent pins. I have seen many issues with screen flicker/colour run/bending if the pins are damages in some way.
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