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Help please!?!!

nobbyy87

nobbyy87

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Hi all

I have been building a SFF PC as part of my little ones Christmas present.

All went together well, nut after installing the OS (Vista) the screen 'wobbles' every now and again.

It is a gigabyte mobo with onboard nvidea graphics - I have tried updating the drivers with no success.

I am pretty sure that it is not harware related as I do not experience the wobble in the bios screen.

Any thoughts on how to resolve this - obvioulsy I only have a few days to do this - so no pressure!
 
hmm intermitent wobble sounds strange that one. to me sounds like apower thing like some sort of intefernce when something kicks in.

you using a lcd or crt screen ?
 
Its an Antec Aria case with built in PSU (rated @ 300W) - only running CPU, HD and CD ROM so the PSU should not be overstretched.
 
I would look at the motherboard and find the forums for that specific board and trouble shoot from there.
Then the monitor.
 
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double check all leads and drivers and that you have onboard gpu enabled correctly in bios
 
Cant see it being the PSU for lack of power. While idle it doesn't suck anywhere near as much power when at full load. I could be wrong though but this is just my opinion, if the PSU is old then maybe it is a fault within the PSU causing it some other way.
 
screen wobble does suggest a power issue though, i think his best bet is to go to gigabyte forums for that specific board and monitor and power supply
if it's a known issue i am sure you will find a possible solution.
 
Also he states that it's fine in the bios which suggests a software problem i'd start fresh uninstall all drivers and clean them out then reboot see if your getting same wobble at least then you know it's not a driver issue and it's either vista or a hardware problem.
 
C64 said:
screen wobble does suggest a power issue though, i think his best bet is to go to gigabyte forums for that specific board and monitor and power supply
if it's a known issue i am sure you will find a possible solution.
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I agree it could be the PSU somehow but it could be many things really.

Take note though that your problem will have happend with someone else before and for this google is usually your best friend.

I agree with C64 regarding software issue more than PSU. If you have Windows XP try that perhaps.
 
And again, if its Home Premium, try disabling Aero first - its the easiest thing to do, and the only thing I can think of that could possibly cause graphical issues even when on desktop.
 
Wow - have been out for an hour and cant believe how many responses I have had - thank you all very much!

I think I will try a clean install of XP - out of interest how do I disable Aero?

Problem is I am working against the clok if I do need a new board - I have posted a wanted ad for a PCI-e card just in case its a mobo problem

Thanks again
 
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