monitor problems
I have a 1 month old computer (3. 2ghz, ati graphics card) and I keep loosing my monitor signal. I have bought a new monitor, in case that was the problem, but it can take several re boots before the siginal is recieved by the monitor.
I have a 1 month old computer (3.2ghz, ati graphics card) and I keep loosing my monitor signal. I have bought a new monitor, in case that was the problem, but it can take several re boots before the siginal is recieved by the monitor. I had a problem with my printer not recieving information from the computer before this. I have up to date virus protection and run regular scans. The computer seems to be running pretty slow, and I have quite a few processes running. I have downloaded startup inspector, which seemed to free things up, but I am still having problems recieving a signal to my monitor.
Is this a hardware problem or would a virus be able to effect a computer like this?
Thanks in anticipation
Neil
Is this a hardware problem or would a virus be able to effect a computer like this?
Thanks in anticipation
Neil
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It is certainly possible for you to have picked up some spyware. In addition to your virus protection you really need to use Ad-aware and Spybot Search and Destroy.
I have seen this happen mostly on Win98 machines when multiple processes are cached to the hard drive, and for whatever reason, it seems to take ages for the screen to update. You can "speed up" your screen writes by choosing a lower quality color driver (reducing it from 32bit to 16bit) or lowering the resolution. This is the least intrusive thing to try first. To change these settings, right click on a blank portion the the desktop, choose Properties from the the drop down menu, click on the Settings tab and you will see the two settings referred to above. Try lowering the color settings first.
I have seen this happen mostly on Win98 machines when multiple processes are cached to the hard drive, and for whatever reason, it seems to take ages for the screen to update. You can "speed up" your screen writes by choosing a lower quality color driver (reducing it from 32bit to 16bit) or lowering the resolution. This is the least intrusive thing to try first. To change these settings, right click on a blank portion the the desktop, choose Properties from the the drop down menu, click on the Settings tab and you will see the two settings referred to above. Try lowering the color settings first.
Thanks Sampson.
Sorry I forgot to mention that I have spyware blaster & adaware running on the machine. The signal is not recieved at start up, and I get a message on the monitor to say no signal is being recieved. It can take up to 5 restarts before the monitor signal is sent from the computer. I have rechecked all linkages and none are loose. I have had this problem with two different monitors so I presume the problem is in the tower. only once has the signal failed whilst the computer was being used. At the moment I am not switching the computer off, and I have disabled auto shutdown on the monitor. I am using the highest graphics output, simply because this is the 'recommended' setting in the monitor handbook. This problem began whilst using another monitor with a much lower graphics setting. I will go to an online spyware scanner and try that to see if that brings up anything, and i will post back to let you know what happened.
Many Thanks
Neil
Sorry I forgot to mention that I have spyware blaster & adaware running on the machine. The signal is not recieved at start up, and I get a message on the monitor to say no signal is being recieved. It can take up to 5 restarts before the monitor signal is sent from the computer. I have rechecked all linkages and none are loose. I have had this problem with two different monitors so I presume the problem is in the tower. only once has the signal failed whilst the computer was being used. At the moment I am not switching the computer off, and I have disabled auto shutdown on the monitor. I am using the highest graphics output, simply because this is the 'recommended' setting in the monitor handbook. This problem began whilst using another monitor with a much lower graphics setting. I will go to an online spyware scanner and try that to see if that brings up anything, and i will post back to let you know what happened.
Many Thanks
Neil
