Display Problem, please help

Hi,

I have a SiS 6215 display card, and its been functioning fine for over
3 yrs now, but suddenly my display is corrupted with several fine
dotted horizontal lines. It happens a lot while working on Windows,
but alsp happens sometimes on startup and in DOS mode (while playing
games), so I doubt if its a software problem.

Even as I write this, there are several hundred of these lines on the
screen, and these change as I type. And whenever i scroll any window,
the display goes wild, changing into various hues as I drag the
scrollbar.

I have tried reinstalling the display card, purrin it in different PCI
slots etc, but there's been no improvement.

In Safe Mode, the problem is only 2% of what it is in normal mode.

If you have any suggestions, please do post.

TIA,

Drake

On 9 Jul 2003 00:59:17 -0700, nospamformehaha DeleteThis @mailsurf.com (drake)
wrote:

 >Hi,
 >
 >I have a SiS 6215 display card, and its been functioning fine for over
 >3 yrs now, but suddenly my display is corrupted with several fine
 >dotted horizontal lines. It happens a lot while working on Windows,
 >but alsp happens sometimes on startup and in DOS mode (while playing
 >games), so I doubt if its a software problem.
 >
 >Even as I write this, there are several hundred of these lines on the
 >screen, and these change as I type. And whenever i scroll any window,
 >the display goes wild, changing into various hues as I drag the
 >scrollbar.
 >
 >I have tried reinstalling the display card, purrin it in different PCI
 >slots etc, but there's been no improvement.
 >
 >In Safe Mode, the problem is only 2% of what it is in normal mode.
 >
 >If you have any suggestions, please do post.
 >
 >TIA,
 >
 >Drake

Make sure card is inserted fully into the slot, may have came loose.
Also make sure powersupply mb connector is not loose either. I once
had a video card problem because I had knocked the PSU connector a bit
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