Graphics Problem Radeon 9600?

Question

Hello, have a strange problem with my Desktop/TFT display. All the icons now have white (vertical) bars through them, even on IE. Second Life has become unplayable, just a mess of "blocks". Flash and videos are fine as are my photos. Have adjusted the monitor settings, Graphics card settings, updated the ATI Radeon drivers etc,etc. Now have little hair left, any help REALLY appreciated, thankyou.

Rowdy.

Answer 1

Well the Radeon 9600 is a moderatly old card, it just sounds like it's dying to be honest. You've already updated drivers so all I can suggest is checking cable connections along with blowing away any dust in or around the fan - it might be overheating if the fan is clogged up.

If that doesn't work then there's not really much you can do apart from buying a new card, sorry =[

Answer 2

The white lines indicate that the video ram or video chip has failed. You will need a new graphics card http://www.trilogicuk.co.uk