Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!news.snarked.org!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!nrc-news.nrc.ca!utnut!news.uwaterloo.ca!not-for-mail From: Ross Ridge Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Subject: Re: Weird Graphics Glitch - Any Ideas? Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:11:09 -0400 Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca X-Trace: rumours.uwaterloo.ca 1302030669 23912 129.97.134.17 (5 Apr 2011 19:11:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@uwaterloo.ca NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 19:11:09 +0000 (UTC) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action:689 comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg:263 Sheldon England wrote: >Last night I had just a few spare minutes and did lower the settings >from 875 to 850 and 1250 to 1200 and ... the background static is still >there in games but not right away. At took a few minutes for it to >appear and more subtly. Also, the 95% of the static in full-screen WMP >movies is gone. It really sounds to me like your card is defective. Maybe a bad solder joint that pulls apart when the card warms up or something like that. I'd return the card if it's still under warranty. Ross Ridge -- l/ // Ross Ridge -- The Great HTMU [oo][oo] rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca -()-/()/ http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rridge/ db //