odd lines and blocks appearing in vista

jdev · 07-15-2008, 08:05 PM

I am having an issue with Vista Ultimate. I have searched all over for this, but I have been unable to find anything on the issue. It could be because I don't really know what it is or how to properly describe it, but I will do my best here.

One morning I literally turned on my monitor and noticed this issue. My background had lines and blocks appearing through it. At the time I didn't do any windows updates and I even tried restoring back to a point where I knew that my monitor was working without issue, with no success. I am noticing that this issue only happens when I enable the Vista Aero theme or use Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Media Player. Right now, my desktop does not have this issue as I have disabled the Vista Aero theme.

I would very much like to figure out what this is. I checked for driver updates for my graphics card (Radeon x1950 Pro) and even tried a new monitor, no luck.

Here is an image of what my screen looks like to me. I can open this same image without these flaws in both Photoshop and Lightroom.

**emosun** · 07-16-2008, 05:56 PM

Ah the x1950 , they are quite power hogs and could be artifacting , what psu is in the system . You can find out by opening the system and reading the side of the psu sticker.

jdev · 07-17-2008, 03:39 PM

I am away until monday, I will have to check that when I get back.

jdev · 07-22-2008, 09:23 PM

I think this is the information you are looking for. Here is the Power Supply that I put in this machine.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817194003

**emosun** · 07-23-2008, 03:36 AM

What are the pc's temps and voltages? Use speedfan in my sig if you need a program to view them.

07-15-2008, 08:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
jdev Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4 OS: xp pro	odd lines and blocks appearing in vista I am having an issue with Vista Ultimate. I have searched all over for this, but I have been unable to find anything on the issue. It could be because I don't really know what it is or how to properly describe it, but I will do my best here. One morning I literally turned on my monitor and noticed this issue. My background had lines and blocks appearing through it. At the time I didn't do any windows updates and I even tried restoring back to a point where I knew that my monitor was working without issue, with no success. I am noticing that this issue only happens when I enable the Vista Aero theme or use Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Media Player. Right now, my desktop does not have this issue as I have disabled the Vista Aero theme. I would very much like to figure out what this is. I checked for driver updates for my graphics card (Radeon x1950 Pro) and even tried a new monitor, no luck. Here is an image of what my screen looks like to me. I can open this same image without these flaws in both Photoshop and Lightroom.

07-16-2008, 05:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,013 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: odd lines and blocks appearing in vista Ah the x1950 , they are quite power hogs and could be artifacting , what psu is in the system . You can find out by opening the system and reading the side of the psu sticker. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

07-17-2008, 03:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
jdev Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4 OS: xp pro	Re: odd lines and blocks appearing in vista I am away until monday, I will have to check that when I get back.

07-22-2008, 09:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
jdev Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4 OS: xp pro	Re: odd lines and blocks appearing in vista I think this is the information you are looking for. Here is the Power Supply that I put in this machine. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817194003

07-23-2008, 03:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,013 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: odd lines and blocks appearing in vista What are the pc's temps and voltages? Use speedfan in my sig if you need a program to view them. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list