need some monitor help.

[WYZe1 10]

I've been having this weird problem with my monitor lately, its not arma2 related but i thought maybe someone here could help me out with this,

whats happening is there are these annoying horizontal lines constantly waving up my screen and it looks terrible, I've tried reseating my graphics card, checked the cables, tried 60 hertz and 75 hertz for refresh rates, and ive messed around with the monitor settings on the monitor itself, and it sometimes also makes text look darker then it should,

the only reason i ask here is because I've searched all over and haven't found a solution for this, the weirdest part though is that i uninstalled my drivers, and when the resolution is at its lowest and no drivers are installed the lines dissapear but as soon as i install the drivers, and i set my default resolution which is 1680x1050 the lines come back again,

I've tried drivers 190.38 and i am now currently using 186.18 and the same problem happens, its starting to distract me while playing the game as i can constantly notice it in the sky mostly.

Sorry for the long non related arma2 post lol, but my hopes is someone here might know whats going on with this monitor of mine.

heres my specs

Hanns-g 22inch Monitor

BFG GTS 250 OC

2GB Ram

E7400 @2.80GHz OC @ 3.31GHz

XP Pro SP3

Intel CoreDuo

[Bulldogs 10]

I've seen this a few times and it could be a number of thing, overheating/dying graphics card, dying monitor, cable damage (most likely)

when windows runs at default video it's at a VGA/svga resolution, seeing these lines most likely means you have a problem with xga resolutions so the likely culprit is your monitor cable. If you are using a dvi cable you could try with a VGA cable or try another dvi cable, and when you put the cable in, don't screw the screws in til you've fully tested it.

If that doesn't work then borrow a friends monitor to see if the monitor is the problem.

[WYZe1 10]

thanks bulldogs, ill try all of those things you mentioned, i hope its not a dying card or monitor since they are both new, so that would be a pain in the ass, cables can be a quick easy replacement though, hopefully i get it sorted out soon.

[todayskiller 10]

May not sound like much help...But My Monitor had the same issue, until i made sure the cables were pushed in all the way...Then it started working fine :) Idk if this is your problem also, but just check into it, unplug it then plug it back in all the way and see if it helps. :)

[randir14 10]

The monitor is probably dying. I'm on a crappy one myself, fuzzy image with a slight pink hue, lol. Also make sure you don't have anything magnetic nearby.

[Bulldogs 10]

Yeah, magnets (usually from powerful speakers) always cause havok with CRTs, but I don't think they affect LCDs as much. The lines down the screen usually mean a bad cable or bad cable connection in most cases, but in other cases can be the bus lines on the graphics card or inside the monitor, but it's usually very unlikely to be anything other than the cable.

In most cases the cable is lose or a pin is bent, but sometimes the graphics card connection could be warped, which is why I don't screw my dvi cables in, trip on the cable and you could rip your whole card out.