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  • 26-05-2010 8:24pm
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    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,363 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi

    Ive this old machine & a while ago, the quality of the display went to crap. I plugged in a different monitor & no change.
    Any heavy colours tend to spread across the screen.

    Here is a pic of the problem...
    2nak6sl.jpg

    Any ideas what the problem is? Will a new graphics card help? I know little about computers.


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    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Try altering the colour and contrast settings of the screen. It may be dying though. I don't think the graphics are at fault here.


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    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,363 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    have been through everything i can change in settings. when you say dying, do you mean the whoe computer is f*cked?


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    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Nope, just the display.


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    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,363 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    But I swapped monitors already, no improvement


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    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Sorry, miread your post. Try a different cable, preferably on a different port on your graphics card, that's an odd issue for a GPU to have but you can get this kind of problem with duff connectors or cabling.


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    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,363 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    I ordered a similar graphics card to whats installed for a few euro off ebay, Will have a look at it & do a bit of swapping when that arrives


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