Interesting graphics glitch?

[Reido]

Anyone seen this before?

Has happened a few times. Computer is only about a month old

The screen goes like that. Can move the mouse around a bit then it freezes.

[iYRe]

take it back.. hardware failure.

[Reido]

Not that simple, I put it together XD

[iYRe]

Not that simple, I put it together XD


if it has a video card, make sure the card is plugged in properly, and all the cables are right.. if yes, replace it.

[mashman]

if it has a video card, make sure the card is plugged in properly, and all the cables are right.. if yes, replace it.

+1 on the cable check

[iYRe]

if it locks up and crashes its not likely to be the cable, more likely the hardware or the driver.. or the driver because of the hardware...

[Gremlin]

Yep, double check cables, but that looks like a very unhappy graphics card. Try another graphics card, all other hardware remaining the same.

Double check drivers, but I suspect corruption in the graphics card memory.

[sil3nt]

Yep my guess would have been dead gfx card as well.

[Gremlin]

Oh, and if you have another PCI-E slot (assuming it's PCI-E) then try that as well... mobo should be fine booting off a secondary PCI-E slot.

[SMOKEU]

+1 to GPU issue. Could be a GPU driver issue, but that's unlikely.