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Display monitor COLOR gone CRAZY!
Hi, I hope someone out there can help me!
I noticed the other day that my monior color suddenly changed. I saw the color of my wallpaper dramatically darken and I now have an awful gray shadow, gray horizontal lines running across my screen, and a strange discoloration of everything that is displayed on my monitor screen. At that time, I tried changing the color display settings but this was to no avail. I basically tried everything I could thnk of to fix the problem but nothing worked. I thought my monitor was breaking down, so I foolishly ordered a new Dell monitor and after throwing out my old monitor and hooking up the new one the problem still persists. I again attempted to reinstall my display driver but that did nothing, then I tried readjusting the display pixels, but that didn't work either. I then uninstalled and REinstalled my video driver, but that did not work. I did an update driver search but could find none for my Windows ME operating system. I scanned my disk for errors, I did a registry fix for errors, I did a system restore, I did a disk defragmenter, rechecked my monitor settings, rechecked my pixel settings, checked my advanced display settings, etc.; nevertheless, nothing is working to remedy the problem. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY MONITOR DISPLAY! Thank you, Shani S. |
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Boot into the Safe Mode........there you will be using simple VGA and,
although, icons and such will be much larger with less detail, the color should be about right. See if the gray lines, etc. still exist. If not, suspect your video card. There is a slim chance it could be your monitor's cable (if your new one did not come with one), but, I would lean toward your video card. If you have 'on board' video and a vacant PCI slot, you can add a video card and probably cure the issue. You may have to consult your motherboard documentation to see if there is something to disable the onboard video or maybe something in the BIOS. Being a Dell, you probably have a vacant PCI expansion slot and onboard video. Consult Dell's website for your particular model.......hopefully, they will have the info you need. There are some free tools available that can provide info about your machine, such as: Everest, SiSoft Sandra and Belarc Advisor..........good to have on hand, in any case. I'm not one of the gurus, so, you may want to wait for confirmation, but, I believe the above to be true. Heirloom, old and happened to me "Shani S." Shani wrote in message ... Hi, I hope someone out there can help me! I noticed the other day that my monior color suddenly changed. I saw the color of my wallpaper dramatically darken and I now have an awful gray shadow, gray horizontal lines running across my screen, and a strange discoloration of everything that is displayed on my monitor screen. At that time, I tried changing the color display settings but this was to no avail. I basically tried everything I could thnk of to fix the problem but nothing worked. I thought my monitor was breaking down, so I foolishly ordered a new Dell monitor and after throwing out my old monitor and hooking up the new one the problem still persists. I again attempted to reinstall my display driver but that did nothing, then I tried readjusting the display pixels, but that didn't work either. I then uninstalled and REinstalled my video driver, but that did not work. I did an update driver search but could find none for my Windows ME operating system. I scanned my disk for errors, I did a registry fix for errors, I did a system restore, I did a disk defragmenter, rechecked my monitor settings, rechecked my pixel settings, checked my advanced display settings, etc.; nevertheless, nothing is working to remedy the problem. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY MONITOR DISPLAY! Thank you, Shani S. |
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Hi Heirloom,
Thanks for the info. As you suggested, I booted to "Safe Mode," and to my surprise the gray lines are still there. Besides my video card, what else do you think the problem could be? This is driving me crazy.......Grrrrrrr Thanks, Shani "Heirloom" wrote: Boot into the Safe Mode........there you will be using simple VGA and, although, icons and such will be much larger with less detail, the color should be about right. See if the gray lines, etc. still exist. If not, suspect your video card. There is a slim chance it could be your monitor's cable (if your new one did not come with one), but, I would lean toward your video card. If you have 'on board' video and a vacant PCI slot, you can add a video card and probably cure the issue. You may have to consult your motherboard documentation to see if there is something to disable the onboard video or maybe something in the BIOS. Being a Dell, you probably have a vacant PCI expansion slot and onboard video. Consult Dell's website for your particular model.......hopefully, they will have the info you need. There are some free tools available that can provide info about your machine, such as: Everest, SiSoft Sandra and Belarc Advisor..........good to have on hand, in any case. I'm not one of the gurus, so, you may want to wait for confirmation, but, I believe the above to be true. Heirloom, old and happened to me "Shani S." Shani wrote in message ... Hi, I hope someone out there can help me! I noticed the other day that my monior color suddenly changed. I saw the color of my wallpaper dramatically darken and I now have an awful gray shadow, gray horizontal lines running across my screen, and a strange discoloration of everything that is displayed on my monitor screen. At that time, I tried changing the color display settings but this was to no avail. I basically tried everything I could thnk of to fix the problem but nothing worked. I thought my monitor was breaking down, so I foolishly ordered a new Dell monitor and after throwing out my old monitor and hooking up the new one the problem still persists. I again attempted to reinstall my display driver but that did nothing, then I tried readjusting the display pixels, but that didn't work either. I then uninstalled and REinstalled my video driver, but that did not work. I did an update driver search but could find none for my Windows ME operating system. I scanned my disk for errors, I did a registry fix for errors, I did a system restore, I did a disk defragmenter, rechecked my monitor settings, rechecked my pixel settings, checked my advanced display settings, etc.; nevertheless, nothing is working to remedy the problem. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY MONITOR DISPLAY! Thank you, Shani S. |
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It's looking like a faulty video card, but just to completely eliminate (or
otherwise) WinMe from being involved with the problem, boot into Real Mode DOS by using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and letting it continue until the 'white text on blue background' Help pages appear. Scroll up and down using the arrow keys and look to see if you still get the gray shadow and horizontal lines. If so, then you've proved WinMe not to be the cause, nor anything on your hard drive! Depending on the above result AND from your previous responses, then as Heirloom implied, the video card is certainly looking like the prime suspect - but you should substitute your video cable first, just to be sure. Mart "Shani S." wrote in message ... Hi Heirloom, Thanks for the info. As you suggested, I booted to "Safe Mode," and to my surprise the gray lines are still there. Besides my video card, what else do you think the problem could be? This is driving me crazy.......Grrrrrrr Thanks, Shani "Heirloom" wrote: Boot into the Safe Mode........there you will be using simple VGA and, although, icons and such will be much larger with less detail, the color should be about right. See if the gray lines, etc. still exist. If not, suspect your video card. There is a slim chance it could be your monitor's cable (if your new one did not come with one), but, I would lean toward your video card. If you have 'on board' video and a vacant PCI slot, you can add a video card and probably cure the issue. You may have to consult your motherboard documentation to see if there is something to disable the onboard video or maybe something in the BIOS. Being a Dell, you probably have a vacant PCI expansion slot and onboard video. Consult Dell's website for your particular model.......hopefully, they will have the info you need. There are some free tools available that can provide info about your machine, such as: Everest, SiSoft Sandra and Belarc Advisor..........good to have on hand, in any case. I'm not one of the gurus, so, you may want to wait for confirmation, but, I believe the above to be true. Heirloom, old and happened to me "Shani S." Shani wrote in message ... Hi, I hope someone out there can help me! I noticed the other day that my monior color suddenly changed. I saw the color of my wallpaper dramatically darken and I now have an awful gray shadow, gray horizontal lines running across my screen, and a strange discoloration of everything that is displayed on my monitor screen. At that time, I tried changing the color display settings but this was to no avail. I basically tried everything I could thnk of to fix the problem but nothing worked. I thought my monitor was breaking down, so I foolishly ordered a new Dell monitor and after throwing out my old monitor and hooking up the new one the problem still persists. I again attempted to reinstall my display driver but that did nothing, then I tried readjusting the display pixels, but that didn't work either. I then uninstalled and REinstalled my video driver, but that did not work. I did an update driver search but could find none for my Windows ME operating system. I scanned my disk for errors, I did a registry fix for errors, I did a system restore, I did a disk defragmenter, rechecked my monitor settings, rechecked my pixel settings, checked my advanced display settings, etc.; nevertheless, nothing is working to remedy the problem. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY MONITOR DISPLAY! Thank you, Shani S. |
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Hi Mart,
I did as you said, and sure enough I am seeing the gray lines while viewing my WinME start-up disc. I guess a new Video Card is the solution! Thanks for everyone's help. Shani "Mart" wrote: It's looking like a faulty video card, but just to completely eliminate (or otherwise) WinMe from being involved with the problem, boot into Real Mode DOS by using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and letting it continue until the 'white text on blue background' Help pages appear. Scroll up and down using the arrow keys and look to see if you still get the gray shadow and horizontal lines. If so, then you've proved WinMe not to be the cause, nor anything on your hard drive! Depending on the above result AND from your previous responses, then as Heirloom implied, the video card is certainly looking like the prime suspect - but you should substitute your video cable first, just to be sure. Mart "Shani S." wrote in message ... Hi Heirloom, Thanks for the info. As you suggested, I booted to "Safe Mode," and to my surprise the gray lines are still there. Besides my video card, what else do you think the problem could be? This is driving me crazy.......Grrrrrrr Thanks, Shani "Heirloom" wrote: Boot into the Safe Mode........there you will be using simple VGA and, although, icons and such will be much larger with less detail, the color should be about right. See if the gray lines, etc. still exist. If not, suspect your video card. There is a slim chance it could be your monitor's cable (if your new one did not come with one), but, I would lean toward your video card. If you have 'on board' video and a vacant PCI slot, you can add a video card and probably cure the issue. You may have to consult your motherboard documentation to see if there is something to disable the onboard video or maybe something in the BIOS. Being a Dell, you probably have a vacant PCI expansion slot and onboard video. Consult Dell's website for your particular model.......hopefully, they will have the info you need. There are some free tools available that can provide info about your machine, such as: Everest, SiSoft Sandra and Belarc Advisor..........good to have on hand, in any case. I'm not one of the gurus, so, you may want to wait for confirmation, but, I believe the above to be true. Heirloom, old and happened to me "Shani S." Shani wrote in message ... Hi, I hope someone out there can help me! I noticed the other day that my monior color suddenly changed. I saw the color of my wallpaper dramatically darken and I now have an awful gray shadow, gray horizontal lines running across my screen, and a strange discoloration of everything that is displayed on my monitor screen. At that time, I tried changing the color display settings but this was to no avail. I basically tried everything I could thnk of to fix the problem but nothing worked. I thought my monitor was breaking down, so I foolishly ordered a new Dell monitor and after throwing out my old monitor and hooking up the new one the problem still persists. I again attempted to reinstall my display driver but that did nothing, then I tried readjusting the display pixels, but that didn't work either. I then uninstalled and REinstalled my video driver, but that did not work. I did an update driver search but could find none for my Windows ME operating system. I scanned my disk for errors, I did a registry fix for errors, I did a system restore, I did a disk defragmenter, rechecked my monitor settings, rechecked my pixel settings, checked my advanced display settings, etc.; nevertheless, nothing is working to remedy the problem. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY MONITOR DISPLAY! Thank you, Shani S. |
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Shani,
As you did not mention your particular model of Dell machine, there remains the possibility that you may have 'onboard' video.......in essence, the video card is part of your motherboard. This will necessitate having a vacant PCI expansion slot or an AGP slot for a new video card, plus, disabling the onboard video......not sure if this would be done by a strap or switch on your motherboard or through the BIOS or both. If you are unsure, post the model and any specifics about your machine and someone will help you get what you need. You should also take into consideration the output of your power supply. My old Me box has a 250w power supply and it was determined that I should not get a video card beyond 32Meg, due to power consumption. As my previous card was a 16Meg, there was a noticeable difference going to the 32Meg, especially when dealing with graphics intensive programs. Heirloom, old and been there "Shani S." wrote in message ... Hi Mart, I did as you said, and sure enough I am seeing the gray lines while viewing my WinME start-up disc. I guess a new Video Card is the solution! Thanks for everyone's help. Shani "Mart" wrote: It's looking like a faulty video card, but just to completely eliminate (or otherwise) WinMe from being involved with the problem, boot into Real Mode DOS by using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and letting it continue until the 'white text on blue background' Help pages appear. Scroll up and down using the arrow keys and look to see if you still get the gray shadow and horizontal lines. If so, then you've proved WinMe not to be the cause, nor anything on your hard drive! Depending on the above result AND from your previous responses, then as Heirloom implied, the video card is certainly looking like the prime suspect - but you should substitute your video cable first, just to be sure. Mart "Shani S." wrote in message ... Hi Heirloom, Thanks for the info. As you suggested, I booted to "Safe Mode," and to my surprise the gray lines are still there. Besides my video card, what else do you think the problem could be? This is driving me crazy.......Grrrrrrr Thanks, Shani "Heirloom" wrote: Boot into the Safe Mode........there you will be using simple VGA and, although, icons and such will be much larger with less detail, the color should be about right. See if the gray lines, etc. still exist. If not, suspect your video card. There is a slim chance it could be your monitor's cable (if your new one did not come with one), but, I would lean toward your video card. If you have 'on board' video and a vacant PCI slot, you can add a video card and probably cure the issue. You may have to consult your motherboard documentation to see if there is something to disable the onboard video or maybe something in the BIOS. Being a Dell, you probably have a vacant PCI expansion slot and onboard video. Consult Dell's website for your particular model.......hopefully, they will have the info you need. There are some free tools available that can provide info about your machine, such as: Everest, SiSoft Sandra and Belarc Advisor..........good to have on hand, in any case. I'm not one of the gurus, so, you may want to wait for confirmation, but, I believe the above to be true. Heirloom, old and happened to me "Shani S." Shani wrote in message ... Hi, I hope someone out there can help me! I noticed the other day that my monior color suddenly changed. I saw the color of my wallpaper dramatically darken and I now have an awful gray shadow, gray horizontal lines running across my screen, and a strange discoloration of everything that is displayed on my monitor screen. At that time, I tried changing the color display settings but this was to no avail. I basically tried everything I could thnk of to fix the problem but nothing worked. I thought my monitor was breaking down, so I foolishly ordered a new Dell monitor and after throwing out my old monitor and hooking up the new one the problem still persists. I again attempted to reinstall my display driver but that did nothing, then I tried readjusting the display pixels, but that didn't work either. I then uninstalled and REinstalled my video driver, but that did not work. I did an update driver search but could find none for my Windows ME operating system. I scanned my disk for errors, I did a registry fix for errors, I did a system restore, I did a disk defragmenter, rechecked my monitor settings, rechecked my pixel settings, checked my advanced display settings, etc.; nevertheless, nothing is working to remedy the problem. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY MONITOR DISPLAY! Thank you, Shani S. |
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Shani, just a reminder to check your video cable first - bent pin or damaged
wire within the cable etc. Try 'turning the cable around' end-to-end to see if it makes any difference BEFORE you replace your video card. Good luck. Mart "Shani S." wrote in message ... Hi Mart, I did as you said, and sure enough I am seeing the gray lines while viewing my WinME start-up disc. I guess a new Video Card is the solution! Thanks for everyone's help. Shani "Mart" wrote: It's looking like a faulty video card, but just to completely eliminate (or otherwise) WinMe from being involved with the problem, boot into Real Mode DOS by using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and letting it continue until the 'white text on blue background' Help pages appear. Scroll up and down using the arrow keys and look to see if you still get the gray shadow and horizontal lines. If so, then you've proved WinMe not to be the cause, nor anything on your hard drive! Depending on the above result AND from your previous responses, then as Heirloom implied, the video card is certainly looking like the prime suspect - but you should substitute your video cable first, just to be sure. Mart "Shani S." wrote in message ... Hi Heirloom, Thanks for the info. As you suggested, I booted to "Safe Mode," and to my surprise the gray lines are still there. Besides my video card, what else do you think the problem could be? This is driving me crazy.......Grrrrrrr Thanks, Shani "Heirloom" wrote: Boot into the Safe Mode........there you will be using simple VGA and, although, icons and such will be much larger with less detail, the color should be about right. See if the gray lines, etc. still exist. If not, suspect your video card. There is a slim chance it could be your monitor's cable (if your new one did not come with one), but, I would lean toward your video card. If you have 'on board' video and a vacant PCI slot, you can add a video card and probably cure the issue. You may have to consult your motherboard documentation to see if there is something to disable the onboard video or maybe something in the BIOS. Being a Dell, you probably have a vacant PCI expansion slot and onboard video. Consult Dell's website for your particular model.......hopefully, they will have the info you need. There are some free tools available that can provide info about your machine, such as: Everest, SiSoft Sandra and Belarc Advisor..........good to have on hand, in any case. I'm not one of the gurus, so, you may want to wait for confirmation, but, I believe the above to be true. Heirloom, old and happened to me "Shani S." Shani wrote in message ... Hi, I hope someone out there can help me! I noticed the other day that my monior color suddenly changed. I saw the color of my wallpaper dramatically darken and I now have an awful gray shadow, gray horizontal lines running across my screen, and a strange discoloration of everything that is displayed on my monitor screen. At that time, I tried changing the color display settings but this was to no avail. I basically tried everything I could thnk of to fix the problem but nothing worked. I thought my monitor was breaking down, so I foolishly ordered a new Dell monitor and after throwing out my old monitor and hooking up the new one the problem still persists. I again attempted to reinstall my display driver but that did nothing, then I tried readjusting the display pixels, but that didn't work either. I then uninstalled and REinstalled my video driver, but that did not work. I did an update driver search but could find none for my Windows ME operating system. I scanned my disk for errors, I did a registry fix for errors, I did a system restore, I did a disk defragmenter, rechecked my monitor settings, rechecked my pixel settings, checked my advanced display settings, etc.; nevertheless, nothing is working to remedy the problem. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY MONITOR DISPLAY! Thank you, Shani S. |
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HL wrote :-
..... there remains the possibility that you may have 'onboard' video Fair point HL - Shani should confirm that all the (video) hardware on the PC has been accounted for and is 'correctly' installed. Mart |
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Good work, Mart..........I do believe we have this one nailed down. I am
curious about her Dell model and if it has onboard video. None of my few machines have had that and, as I understand, it may need to be disabled on the motherboard or the Bios or both.........is that correct?? If she'll send her model/year, I bet we can find out. She really could use SiSoft Sandra, or the like........it would tell us a lot. Heirloom, old and 'bout supper time "Mart" wrote in message ... Shani, just a reminder to check your video cable first - bent pin or damaged wire within the cable etc. Try 'turning the cable around' end-to-end to see if it makes any difference BEFORE you replace your video card. Good luck. Mart "Shani S." wrote in message ... Hi Mart, I did as you said, and sure enough I am seeing the gray lines while viewing my WinME start-up disc. I guess a new Video Card is the solution! Thanks for everyone's help. Shani "Mart" wrote: It's looking like a faulty video card, but just to completely eliminate (or otherwise) WinMe from being involved with the problem, boot into Real Mode DOS by using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and letting it continue until the 'white text on blue background' Help pages appear. Scroll up and down using the arrow keys and look to see if you still get the gray shadow and horizontal lines. If so, then you've proved WinMe not to be the cause, nor anything on your hard drive! Depending on the above result AND from your previous responses, then as Heirloom implied, the video card is certainly looking like the prime suspect - but you should substitute your video cable first, just to be sure. Mart "Shani S." wrote in message ... Hi Heirloom, Thanks for the info. As you suggested, I booted to "Safe Mode," and to my surprise the gray lines are still there. Besides my video card, what else do you think the problem could be? This is driving me crazy.......Grrrrrrr Thanks, Shani "Heirloom" wrote: Boot into the Safe Mode........there you will be using simple VGA and, although, icons and such will be much larger with less detail, the color should be about right. See if the gray lines, etc. still exist. If not, suspect your video card. There is a slim chance it could be your monitor's cable (if your new one did not come with one), but, I would lean toward your video card. If you have 'on board' video and a vacant PCI slot, you can add a video card and probably cure the issue. You may have to consult your motherboard documentation to see if there is something to disable the onboard video or maybe something in the BIOS. Being a Dell, you probably have a vacant PCI expansion slot and onboard video. Consult Dell's website for your particular model.......hopefully, they will have the info you need. There are some free tools available that can provide info about your machine, such as: Everest, SiSoft Sandra and Belarc Advisor..........good to have on hand, in any case. I'm not one of the gurus, so, you may want to wait for confirmation, but, I believe the above to be true. Heirloom, old and happened to me "Shani S." Shani wrote in message ... Hi, I hope someone out there can help me! I noticed the other day that my monior color suddenly changed. I saw the color of my wallpaper dramatically darken and I now have an awful gray shadow, gray horizontal lines running across my screen, and a strange discoloration of everything that is displayed on my monitor screen. At that time, I tried changing the color display settings but this was to no avail. I basically tried everything I could thnk of to fix the problem but nothing worked. I thought my monitor was breaking down, so I foolishly ordered a new Dell monitor and after throwing out my old monitor and hooking up the new one the problem still persists. I again attempted to reinstall my display driver but that did nothing, then I tried readjusting the display pixels, but that didn't work either. I then uninstalled and REinstalled my video driver, but that did not work. I did an update driver search but could find none for my Windows ME operating system. I scanned my disk for errors, I did a registry fix for errors, I did a system restore, I did a disk defragmenter, rechecked my monitor settings, rechecked my pixel settings, checked my advanced display settings, etc.; nevertheless, nothing is working to remedy the problem. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY MONITOR DISPLAY! Thank you, Shani S. |
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Oh my God, you guys are scaring me! LOL
I just ordered a new DELL Video Card. I ordered the same one I started with, which is the 32bit Graphics Card. Here is my system information. I have NO idea what you guys are talking about as far as the mother board, etc. Please tell me the NEW Video Card will suffice! YIKES!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------- SYSTEM INFORMATION: OS Name Microsoft Windows Version 4.90.3000 Build 3000 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name NONE System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation System Model XPS-Z System Type X86-based PC Processor Pentium(r) III processor GenuineIntel ~1000 Mhz BIOS Version Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS Locale United States Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time Total Physical Memory 191.26 MB Available Physical Memory 176.00 KB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.68 GB Page File Space 1.81 GB ================================================== Name 32MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX (Dell) Adapter Type Not Available Adapter Description NVIDIA Bits/Pixel -1 Memory Address 0xA0000-0xAFFFF Memory Address 0xB0000-0xBFFFF I/O Port 0x03B0-0x03BB I/O Port 0x03C0-0x03DF IRQ Channel IRQ 11 Memory Address 0xFD000000-0xFDFFFFFF Memory Address 0xE8000000-0xEFFFFFFF Memory Address 0xC0000-0xCA3FF Memory Address 0xFC900000-0xFE9FFFFF Driver c:\windows\system\vmm32.vxd (, 1,019.88 KB (1,044,352 bytes), Not Available) "Heirloom" wrote: Good work, Mart..........I do believe we have this one nailed down. I am curious about her Dell model and if it has onboard video. None of my few machines have had that and, as I understand, it may need to be disabled on the motherboard or the Bios or both.........is that correct?? If she'll send her model/year, I bet we can find out. She really could use SiSoft Sandra, or the like........it would tell us a lot. Heirloom, old and 'bout supper time "Mart" wrote in message ... Shani, just a reminder to check your video cable first - bent pin or damaged wire within the cable etc. Try 'turning the cable around' end-to-end to see if it makes any difference BEFORE you replace your video card. Good luck. Mart "Shani S." wrote in message ... Hi Mart, I did as you said, and sure enough I am seeing the gray lines while viewing my WinME start-up disc. I guess a new Video Card is the solution! Thanks for everyone's help. Shani "Mart" wrote: It's looking like a faulty video card, but just to completely eliminate (or otherwise) WinMe from being involved with the problem, boot into Real Mode DOS by using your WinMe Startup (floppy) Disk and letting it continue until the 'white text on blue background' Help pages appear. Scroll up and down using the arrow keys and look to see if you still get the gray shadow and horizontal lines. If so, then you've proved WinMe not to be the cause, nor anything on your hard drive! Depending on the above result AND from your previous responses, then as Heirloom implied, the video card is certainly looking like the prime suspect - but you should substitute your video cable first, just to be sure. Mart "Shani S." wrote in message ... Hi Heirloom, Thanks for the info. As you suggested, I booted to "Safe Mode," and to my surprise the gray lines are still there. Besides my video card, what else do you think the problem could be? This is driving me crazy.......Grrrrrrr Thanks, Shani "Heirloom" wrote: Boot into the Safe Mode........there you will be using simple VGA and, although, icons and such will be much larger with less detail, the color should be about right. See if the gray lines, etc. still exist. If not, suspect your video card. There is a slim chance it could be your monitor's cable (if your new one did not come with one), but, I would lean toward your video card. If you have 'on board' video and a vacant PCI slot, you can add a video card and probably cure the issue. You may have to consult your motherboard documentation to see if there is something to disable the onboard video or maybe something in the BIOS. Being a Dell, you probably have a vacant PCI expansion slot and onboard video. Consult Dell's website for your particular model.......hopefully, they will have the info you need. There are some free tools available that can provide info about your machine, such as: Everest, SiSoft Sandra and Belarc Advisor..........good to have on hand, in any case. I'm not one of the gurus, so, you may want to wait for confirmation, but, I believe the above to be true. Heirloom, old and happened to me "Shani S." Shani wrote in message ... Hi, I hope someone out there can help me! I noticed the other day that my monior color suddenly changed. I saw the color of my wallpaper dramatically darken and I now have an awful gray shadow, gray horizontal lines running across my screen, and a strange discoloration of everything that is displayed on my monitor screen. At that time, I tried changing the color display settings but this was to no avail. I basically tried everything I could thnk of to fix the problem but nothing worked. I thought my monitor was breaking down, so I foolishly ordered a new Dell monitor and after throwing out my old monitor and hooking up the new one the problem still persists. I again attempted to reinstall my display driver but that did nothing, then I tried readjusting the display pixels, but that didn't work either. I then uninstalled and REinstalled my video driver, but that did not work. I did an update driver search but could find none for my Windows ME operating system. I scanned my disk for errors, I did a registry fix for errors, I did a system restore, I did a disk defragmenter, rechecked my monitor settings, rechecked my pixel settings, checked my advanced display settings, etc.; nevertheless, nothing is working to remedy the problem. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE SOMEONE OUT THERE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY MONITOR DISPLAY! Thank you, Shani S. |
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