Windows 8 - Screens freaking out!

craz3dmedic

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I'm not really sure how to describe it any other way. The screens have been freaking out since I installed windows 8. I had it successfully running for about 10 minutes before this happened. I am now unable to get to the login screen without this happening.

I've been having issues for some time where my monitors will only 'fire off' part of the time on boot. They don't manage to secure a connection and sit there idle. Not sure if this could be related or not.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to my tower for the next several hours and can't post the exact specs. I will do so asap.

RAM: 4 GB ddr3
Motherboard: 6 Core asus
Video card: unknown (Nvidia..(New enough to run bf3))

[video=youtube_share;gi6XoaHzy_w]http://youtu.be/gi6XoaHzy_w[/video]

Any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Professional
its like every other column of pixels is on the wrong monitor???? thats a strange one.

you only have ONE graphics card right? and both monitors are plugged DIRECTLY into the one card and not into some "splitter" of sorts right?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
    System Manufacturer/Model
    CovertDeath
    CPU
    AMD FX-8350 @ 4.5Ghz
    Motherboard
    AsRock 990FX Extreme 4
    Memory
    G-skill 4Gb @ 1600 DDR3 x 2 (8Gb @ 1600)
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GTX 670
    Sound Card
    Creative
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS 24 LED
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    WD 500Gb
    64Gb SSD Sata3
    PSU
    TX750W Corsair 80 Silver plus certified
    Case
    AzzA
    Cooling
    Corsair H60 Liquid Cooling
    Keyboard
    Logitech G110
    Mouse
    Logitech MX518
    Internet Speed
    15/2.5
Does this also happened in Vista/Win7?

Unknown Nvidia? You'll need to find out what that is so you can add new drivers to test. This issue is graphics related so it seems.
It depends if the lines even appear in the bios or at boot and there is a chance that the monitor is messed up or just its connector or cable. Hope you didn't had any overheating in the GPU and that this is still fixable.

Try to look for some new graphic drivers and/or any chipset drivers on (try this link for some certified MS drivers first):
catalog.update.microsoft.com

then if not yet solved,

Intel drivers:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/

And of course, Nvidia drivers:
Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers

If the drivers don't fix it, and if the problem also happened in Win7 or any other os, it can be that there is a physical hardware thing (cables, connectors, motherboard chipsets).

Good luck
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy DV6 7250
    CPU
    Intel i7-3630QM
    Motherboard
    HP, Intel HM77 Express Chipset
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD4000 + Nvidia Geforce 630M
    Sound Card
    IDT HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15.6' built-in + Samsung S22D300 + 17.3' LG Phillips
    Screen Resolution
    multiple resolutions
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 250GB + Hitachi HDD 750GB
    PSU
    120W adapter
    Case
    small
    Cooling
    laptop cooling pad
    Keyboard
    Backlit built-in + big one in USB
    Mouse
    SteelSeries Sensei
    Internet Speed
    slow and steady
    Browser
    Chromium, Pale Moon, Firefox Developer Edition
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    That's basically it.
I'm sorry I don't have a solution. But I did something simillar to this in my though to my Win95 PC. I had the same liney destortion over the screen, only my icons were repeated all the way accrross as if they wer tiled. It happened after piddling around in the display settings changing the color type (16 bit, True color etc.), refresh rate, or the screen resolution or some crap (or maybe it just happened coincidentally after I mucked around with the screen settings). Scared me shitless. As I recall I had to get a new monitor
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Just a thought, but I had a similar problem with a new Samsung 24 inch LED backlighted monitor. Turns out it was the HDMI cable connection on the back of the tower. The weight of the cord was pulling the plug down and it only took a slight movement to make the screen go crazy. Swithched to DVI cable and no more problemo.

Didn't really need HDMI as no speakers on the monitor anyway.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Ult Reatil & Win 8 Pro OEM
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Built as DIY
    CPU
    6 core 12 thread & 4 core
    Motherboard
    Inel Extreme & Intel standard
    Memory
    12GB & 8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    3 top end SLI linked & onboard
    Sound Card
    In built in graphics card & onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    24 & 23 inch Samsung LED backlit
    Screen Resolution
    High def
    Hard Drives
    Corsair Force 128GB SATA3 SSDs in each machine. Plus several external USB3 and eSATA spinner HDs
Hi CovertDeath

Pretty common with some HDMI connection. Please give more detail about how you arrange the connection (DVI/HDMI/Analog/digital). The resolution setting, refresh rate, and the display driver installed. You might want to also check the connector if it start loosing.

Kevin
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built system
    CPU
    Core i5
    Motherboard
    Intel DH55PJ
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI 4650
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Flatron L1742S; LG Flatron 19"; Samsung TV 48"
    Screen Resolution
    1280:1024; 1366:768;1920:1080
    Hard Drives
    SSD 256 GB
    Seagate Barracuda 500 GB
    WDC 1 TB
    PSU
    Power
    Case
    Simbadda
    Cooling
    Conventional
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless
    Internet Speed
    1.4 MBPS
    Other Info
    External HDD WDC 2 TB
    Dial Up Modem Huawei
    Home-made Home Theater
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