Video Problems...looks blocky

Hi for the past 2 weeks i have had some problems with my video card or
software. I have tried updating all the drivers, I have a ATI All In Wonder
9600 pro On the desktop picture of the rolling green hills the sky has a
kinda blocky streak and when I watch mpgs the images look like they have
almost rings best I could describe they would be almost like how a tree has
rings when you cut it in half. I see De Moni 2 weeks ago had similer
problems. I also have problems when playing Medal Of Honor. Any help would
be appreciated. I had problems before with the screen going kinda pinky and
that mostly cleared up by doing an auto adjust on my lcd monitor.

Thanks

fred flinstone wrote:
> Hi for the past 2 weeks i have had some problems with my video card or
> software. I have tried updating all the drivers, I have a ATI All In Wonder
> 9600 pro On the desktop picture of the rolling green hills the sky has a
> kinda blocky streak and when I watch mpgs the images look like they have
> almost rings best I could describe they would be almost like how a tree has
> rings when you cut it in half. I see De Moni 2 weeks ago had similer
> problems. I also have problems when playing Medal Of Honor. Any help would
> be appreciated. I had problems before with the screen going kinda pinky and
> that mostly cleared up by doing an auto adjust on my lcd monitor.

Colour depth?

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i've tried 16 and 32 makes no diffrence and have set the resolution to
various sizes and not a diffrence. How do i know if it is a software or
hardware issue?

"Ben Pope" <benpope81@_REMOVE_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> fred flinstone wrote:
>> Hi for the past 2 weeks i have had some problems with my video card or
>> software. I have tried updating all the drivers, I have a ATI All In
>> Wonder 9600 pro On the desktop picture of the rolling green hills the
>> sky has a kinda blocky streak and when I watch mpgs the images look like
>> they have almost rings best I could describe they would be almost like
>> how a tree has rings when you cut it in half. I see De Moni 2 weeks ago
>> had similer problems. I also have problems when playing Medal Of Honor.
>> Any help would be appreciated. I had problems before with the screen
>> going kinda pinky and that mostly cleared up by doing an auto adjust on
>> my lcd monitor.
>
> Colour depth?
>
> Ben
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fred flinstone wrote:
> i've tried 16 and 32 makes no diffrence and have set the resolution to
> various sizes and not a diffrence. How do i know if it is a software or
> hardware issue?

I dunno.

Can you create a screenshot of the problem?

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I cant seem to get the attachment sent through, I am having errors when I
have the pic attached
"Ben Pope" <benpope81@_REMOVE_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> fred flinstone wrote:
>> i've tried 16 and 32 makes no diffrence and have set the resolution to
>> various sizes and not a diffrence. How do i know if it is a software or
>> hardware issue?
>
> I dunno.
>
> Can you create a screenshot of the problem?
>
> Ben
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Hi As you can see there is blocky streaks across the blue sky. Also
you can
see that the blue bar at the bottom is kind of streaky. I won't be
able to
take pics of Medal of Honor as it takes over the whole screen when you
play
it.

Thanks

fred flinstone wrote:
> I cant seem to get the attachment sent through, I am having errors when I
> have the pic attached

Thats 'cos you can't post attachments in non-binaries groups.

Mail it to me, I'm sure you can figure out how to unmangle my address.

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Further to this I am using an analogue signal as my video card doesn't have
a dvi input., I will check out my monitor as you may be right about the
ramdac

Thanks
"fred flinstone" <fred@bedrock.com> wrote in message
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> Hi for the past 2 weeks i have had some problems with my video card or
> software. I have tried updating all the drivers, I have a ATI All In
> Wonder 9600 pro On the desktop picture of the rolling green hills the sky
> has a kinda blocky streak and when I watch mpgs the images look like they
> have almost rings best I could describe they would be almost like how a
> tree has rings when you cut it in half. I see De Moni 2 weeks ago had
> similer problems. I also have problems when playing Medal Of Honor. Any
> help would be appreciated. I had problems before with the screen going
> kinda pinky and that mostly cleared up by doing an auto adjust on my lcd
> monitor.
>
> Thanks
>

Fred Flinstone wrote:
> Further to this I am using an analogue signal as my video card doesn't have
> a dvi input., I will check out my monitor as you may be right about the
> ramdac

Without seeing the problem, it's difficult to guess what it could be.

For the benefit of everybody else (since we've done this over email):
Since screenshots do not show the problem, it's going to be a problem on
the external side of the RAM, e.g. RAMDAC, Connector, Cable, Monitor.

The blockiness and rings: Are they spacial (pixel based) or colour-based?

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Hi
Well I am not certain to what has happened but, I brought home a 17" CRT
hooked it up and everything seemed fine so I'm thinking it's for sure my
LCD. For fun I tried the hydravision to see if I could get 2 monitors going
but I couldn't (didnt spend much time fooling with it) get anything showing
up on the LCD so I tried switching cables from the CRT to LCD and lo and
behold the LCD is now working fine. I didnt do anything else. Perhaps a
ghost in the machine? Anyway I hope it's "fixed" and I appreciate the help
that you provided Ben

Thanks

"Ben Pope" <benpope81@_REMOVE_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Fred Flinstone wrote:
>> Further to this I am using an analogue signal as my video card doesn't
>> have a dvi input., I will check out my monitor as you may be right about
>> the ramdac
>
> Without seeing the problem, it's difficult to guess what it could be.
>
> For the benefit of everybody else (since we've done this over email):
> Since screenshots do not show the problem, it's going to be a problem on
> the external side of the RAM, e.g. RAMDAC, Connector, Cable, Monitor.
>
> The blockiness and rings: Are they spacial (pixel based) or colour-based?
>
> Ben
> --
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