This shot shows a problem that's just started to corrupt the desktop screen display on my laptop.
This event has happened twice over the past couple of days. I have no idea what causes the problem except that on each time where it corrupted the desktop screen, I had just closed an open internet page to return to my desktop.
I'm not sure if it's a technical issue with the laptop screen, or perhaps something failing in my display or graphics card.
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer Aspire Timeline X Laptop - Model 5820TG - V1.23
Notebook - 733GB Western Digital WDC WD7500BPVT- 22HXZT1 Sata.
External HDs [4];Maxtor One Touch4 - 500GB External HD [Drive M:\].Western Digital WDXMS1200TA - 120GB External HD. WD My Book 'Elite' 1TB External HD [Windows 7 dedicated - Partitioned
Mouse
Logitech Wireless V320 for Notebooks
Other Info
Brother MFC-465CN; PC to Fax/Scan/Copy/Photo Multi Function Centre. Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner.
Siemens Speedstream 6520 Router.
Wacom 'Bamboo Fun' CTE-650 PC Tablet, Stylus and Mouse. Logitech X-230 Notebook Stereo Speakers and Sub-woofer.
UAC - On. Internet - FireFox v13.0.1 & IE8.
Hon.RSM to the 4th [Assault Pioneer] Troop Pune Sepoys , and 3rd Troop Jodhpur Bengali Lancers
I'm using the installed UK themes as desktop backgrounds, shuffled very 10 minutes, and I've run full tests across all of them - "Desktop theme>Open internet website>close internet site" - to try and duplicate the problem, but didn't get a result. It seems to be a very random event, so today I'll try to keep one website up and running in the background, to see what happens over a prolonged period. Will advise..
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer Aspire Timeline X Laptop - Model 5820TG - V1.23
Notebook - 733GB Western Digital WDC WD7500BPVT- 22HXZT1 Sata.
External HDs [4];Maxtor One Touch4 - 500GB External HD [Drive M:\].Western Digital WDXMS1200TA - 120GB External HD. WD My Book 'Elite' 1TB External HD [Windows 7 dedicated - Partitioned
Mouse
Logitech Wireless V320 for Notebooks
Other Info
Brother MFC-465CN; PC to Fax/Scan/Copy/Photo Multi Function Centre. Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner.
Siemens Speedstream 6520 Router.
Wacom 'Bamboo Fun' CTE-650 PC Tablet, Stylus and Mouse. Logitech X-230 Notebook Stereo Speakers and Sub-woofer.
UAC - On. Internet - FireFox v13.0.1 & IE8.
Hon.RSM to the 4th [Assault Pioneer] Troop Pune Sepoys , and 3rd Troop Jodhpur Bengali Lancers
Interestingly the all sit about the vertical middle of the display - that tells me its not random. Is the video driver updated? What browser and site were open at the time?
1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case
Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling
Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Interestingly the all sit about the vertical middle of the display - that tells me its not random. Is the video driver updated? What browser and site were open at the time?
Notebook - 733GB Western Digital WDC WD7500BPVT- 22HXZT1 Sata.
External HDs [4];Maxtor One Touch4 - 500GB External HD [Drive M:\].Western Digital WDXMS1200TA - 120GB External HD. WD My Book 'Elite' 1TB External HD [Windows 7 dedicated - Partitioned
Mouse
Logitech Wireless V320 for Notebooks
Other Info
Brother MFC-465CN; PC to Fax/Scan/Copy/Photo Multi Function Centre. Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner.
Siemens Speedstream 6520 Router.
Wacom 'Bamboo Fun' CTE-650 PC Tablet, Stylus and Mouse. Logitech X-230 Notebook Stereo Speakers and Sub-woofer.
UAC - On. Internet - FireFox v13.0.1 & IE8.
Hon.RSM to the 4th [Assault Pioneer] Troop Pune Sepoys , and 3rd Troop Jodhpur Bengali Lancers
Interestingly the all sit about the vertical middle of the display - that tells me its not random. Is the video driver updated? What browser and site were open at the time?
Interestingly the all sit about the vertical middle of the display - that tells me its not random. Is the video driver updated? What browser and site were open at the time?
I made several more attempts to duplicate the corruption seen in my first post, without success. At the start, I had checked for the video driver update via Windows Device Manager > Update Driver Software > Search automatically for driver etc, etc, and got the "Windows has determined driver software is up to date". No joy there ...
However, after a rethink I went a stage further and logged into the Acer website. A search of drivers etc using my laptop specifications, found that there was a later updated version for the AMD driver.
Result ; Latest video driver installed, and no further problems since.
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Acer Aspire Timeline X Laptop - Model 5820TG - V1.23
Notebook - 733GB Western Digital WDC WD7500BPVT- 22HXZT1 Sata.
External HDs [4];Maxtor One Touch4 - 500GB External HD [Drive M:\].Western Digital WDXMS1200TA - 120GB External HD. WD My Book 'Elite' 1TB External HD [Windows 7 dedicated - Partitioned
Mouse
Logitech Wireless V320 for Notebooks
Other Info
Brother MFC-465CN; PC to Fax/Scan/Copy/Photo Multi Function Centre. Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner.
Siemens Speedstream 6520 Router.
Wacom 'Bamboo Fun' CTE-650 PC Tablet, Stylus and Mouse. Logitech X-230 Notebook Stereo Speakers and Sub-woofer.
UAC - On. Internet - FireFox v13.0.1 & IE8.
Hon.RSM to the 4th [Assault Pioneer] Troop Pune Sepoys , and 3rd Troop Jodhpur Bengali Lancers
1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case
Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling
Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
