if my screen doesn't stop shaking im gonna...

[disposablehero]

Hopefully someone can help. My sceen flickers/shakes in BIOS, at windows, and especially bad running Direct3D applications. It is fine at start-up, during POST and running games through OpenGL. Also in my display adapters it is seeing my AGP card as being in PCI slot1 (i read somewhere that this will not let your AGP go higher than 1X).

Here's what I can tell you: 1) I've tried multiple monitors and it seems to only do it to flat screens (might just be more noticable) 2)changing the refresh rate above 60hz makes it extremely worse 3) I've had a Geforce2 MX400,a Geforce4 Ti400, and am currently using a ATI Radeon 8500 128mb card (tried latest drivers on all of them and am currently using the Omega-Plutonium drivers) 4)I have moved my computer to different places in the house to rule out the possibility of EMI(electro-magnetic interference). 5)Bought a nice UPS(uninteruptable-powersupply) didn't fix it so I took it back. 6)Moved the ram around to different slots. 7)Re-installed windows (although the problem begins before windows or the drivers are loaded I've done both anyway). 8)Tried about every possible combination of the AGP settings in BIOS. 9)And of course made alot of phone calls. 10) flashed BIOS up to version 5.40

Here's my specs: Win2k / MSI Ultra-ARU KT3 / Samsung 512MB DDR 333mhz (with the HCLK+33 set in BIOS) / AMD XP 1800 / Creative Labs SoundblasterLive Platinum / 5200rpm Maxtor 80Gb HD /KDS Xflat 19in Flat screen monitor / ATI Radeon 8500 128mb / 350w Powersupply / both chassis and cpu run under 45 degrees C.

 

[JD Guilbault]

You dont have any speakers near your screen???

Also you mentionned it only does it/seems to do it on your Flat screen.... On the other displays.... if you boost the refresh rate does it continue to flicker????

-Try plugging the PC/Monitor directly into the wall...
-move your computer in the middle of a room..(possible power lines running near your PC)
-no microwaves near your Pc.
-no Cordless phones near your PC.

Thats a few things to try. hope this helps somewhat

 

[disposablehero]

Thanks for the suggestions but I think i've ruled most of those out. It gets worse when changing the refresh rate above 60hz changing the screen size doesn't really seem to do anything (worse or better). when I moved the computer upstairs I left the speakers and everthing but the case and monitor downstairs and they were both plugged directly into the wall outlet. The only thing I can think of is that we have those really really big powerlines running right by our house so maybe the entire house is getting electro-magnetic interference. I'll either take it to a friends house to rule that theory out or just wait another month for when I move out myself.
Thanks again though )

 

[Assaf]

Install the VIA 4in1 for the AGP mode problems (it might fix the other stuff as well)

 

[disposablehero]

Originally posted by Assaf
Install the VIA 4in1 for the AGP mode problems (it might fix the other stuff as well)

That's a very good suggestion however, I've done that. Once, when I built the system (from the mobo cd) and here recently from the VIA site version:4.40 although I seemed to have had some issues loading the ones I downloaded from VIA. After the install it gave me the option to restart , I chose it and the Ending Process error came up after doing that twice in a row I chose not to restart from that screen and manually restarted from the windows start button - no errors, seemed to work fine. But, just incase how would I check to see what version I'm running?

 

[BeaverPants]

LCD's dont like running at thare none native rez.

most the time thats its highest rez it can display.

so if your LCD is 1024x 768 max run it at that..

if its 12**x 1024 run it at that..

(im not sure if your talking about a LCD tho.. you say flat.. but thay make flat CRT's too... )

if your useing a CRT dont liston to my post

 

[Jmedic]

I hate to sound simple, but you said your card is being read as pci 1.

Have you set your initial display to agp in bios?

you said you tried all agp combinations, but as far as i know that is in a different bios screen.

I hope I'm not asking a stupid question.

J.

 

[Assaf]

Originally posted by disposablehero

Originally posted by Assaf
Install the VIA 4in1 for the AGP mode problems (it might fix the other stuff as well)

That's a very good suggestion however, I've done that. Once, when I built the system (from the mobo cd) and here recently from the VIA site version:4.40 although I seemed to have had some issues loading the ones I downloaded from VIA. After the install it gave me the option to restart , I chose it and the Ending Process error came up after doing that twice in a row I chose not to restart from that screen and manually restarted from the windows start button - no errors, seemed to work fine. But, just incase how would I check to see what version I'm running?

VIA don't have any tool or method to test the version of the 4in1's installed.

Getting an error while installing them isn't normal or good.
Do you have any other 'strange' problems with the computer?

 

[disposablehero]

Yes I have my video set to AGP in Bios.

I'm not running a Flat Panel (LCD) I'm running a Flat screen (CRT) If I have them backwards I'm sorry but they word them too closely.

No I don't seem to have any other problems with my computer although when I first installed my soundblaster card I had serious issues (my display adapter was missing from device manager) After a few hours on the phone with Microsuck...I mean soft, we determined that the original drivers that come with the card had corrupted my .inf files. I had to re-install windows and download the latest drivers from the internet *without* putting the driver cd in that came with it. After that everything worked fine -well almost cept for the current issue at hand. Anyway that's old news but thought I'd just put it in here anyway maybe it'll save somebody else some trouble.

 

[disposablehero]

here's an update: I've ruled out my computer as being a problem and decided that it has to be the big arss powerlines running next to my computer causing EMI. What I did was simply unplug the VGA connector to get the black screen on my monitor with the "video connected message?" on my monitor. Well that message shakes just like my bios and my direct3d games shake. Oh well sucks to have a problem I can't fix but I am moving in a month anyway :]

Although I did run across a new problem :O for some reason after playing TFC(half-life) I can play just fine but when I exit out of the server my screen goes white and my comp locks up GRRRR.