killagee 0 Posted September 24, 2003 Hi there Since being away from my computer for a month, I have a few graphics problems. I have lots of little different coloured dots appearing next to words and windows... I did a virus check... And even (cause I thought it was about time anyway) formatted my hard disk and started from scratch. These little UAD's ( unidentified annoying dots ) appear throughout my desktop and are really bad on the Windows splash screen... Any idea's? I have no idea what mischeif my flatmate got up to on my commputer while I was away! Cheers P.S. Will post pictures from indonesia tomorror... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 28 Posted September 24, 2003 Graphic card been overclocked? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killagee 0 Posted September 24, 2003 Possibly. How would I find that out? Should it be overclocked? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozanzac 0 Posted September 24, 2003 Did you create a systen checkpoint before you left for indonesia, or is there one from a date when you know your system was working fine? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killagee 0 Posted September 24, 2003 No I didnt. Does Win 98 have system checkpoints or just the new ones? Playability is the same, but the dots multiply over time... Maybe I just need to clean the dirt out of my scope Where would I learn to check what the overclocking should be for my Video card? (WinFast A280 Geforce 4 Ti 4200 GPU with 8x AGP) Cheers in advance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killagee 0 Posted September 24, 2003 Oh dear... Just upgraded to OFPR 1.92... The problem just got a whole lot worse!! Maybe thats started it, I remember the first thing I did when I got back was install this patch, then my problems started. But why would it still carry on after a a full re-install of all the drivers and every application on my computer? Wierd... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EiZei 0 Posted September 24, 2003 I get some color spots on textures sometimes, whats up with that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 28 Posted September 24, 2003 Only time I've had something similar to what you mention is when I overclocked my gfx card beyond a point it was happy, don't know how you'd find out as I know nothing at all about GF cards (ATI man), I'd start by looking in your display settings/advanced, see if there's an overclock tab in there, beyond that you're on your own I'm afraid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
killagee 0 Posted September 25, 2003 OK, apparently my powersupply and motherboard (1.0gighz 133 AMD) is too old and small for my video card and intensive use. I am gonna get a 2.5gighz 333 AMD with 512 DDRAM. This better work! G. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
