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Weird Display problems

BucketmanBucketman Call meSkraggRegistered User regular
edited September 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Ok so my PC has been doing the weirdest thing lately. It seems that if it gets jostled at all my display turns completely White. I have a Radeon x1300 for a video card and have not been able to find anything online similar to my problem. Although it seems to have only started about a month or so ago when its gotten pretty hot around here so it has been suggested to me it might be an overheating problem (it appears ATI has a lot of those). If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appricated. Thanks in advance.

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  • ShadeShade Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Bucketman wrote: »
    Ok so my PC has been doing the weirdest thing lately. It seems that if it gets jostled at all my display turns completely White. I have a Radeon x1300 for a video card and have not been able to find anything online similar to my problem. Although it seems to have only started about a month or so ago when its gotten pretty hot around here so it has been suggested to me it might be an overheating problem (it appears ATI has a lot of those). If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appricated. Thanks in advance.

    is the jostling happening to the computer or the monitor?

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    The computer. Also I've noticed that if I leave the PC on for long periods of time without using it (like I get a phone call or fall asleep after turning it on) the screen goes black and I have to restart to get anything back. I did a bit more digging and unless someone here says otherwise I'm gonna assume its a over heating problem. So tomorrow I'll grab another fan for it.

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  • ShadeShade Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    usually thats hibernation mode

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Shade wrote: »
    usually thats hibernation mode

    Well ok, that explains that, but it dosent explain the white screens.

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