Black Dots On Desktop Background

charleyvonne

New Member
Hi folks,

I recently downloaded a wallpaper changer program called Winvista. As soon as I started to play with the different wallpapers on my desktop, I couldn't help but notice that it had completely cocked up! It seems rather odd, behind the display picture there are a series of grid formad dots, very small and regemented. These move around when I open windows over them or when I select desktop icons. I had a go at changing my resolution, display settings, themes, effects and tried using different background pictures. I've restarted a few times and have selected to use different solid colours, but these dots don't budge.

The program isn't running now, but I still have the dots! I could try to put up a screen cap of my desktop if it helps?

Any info on this would be greatly appreciated!
Many thanks.
 

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try diasbling then re enabling Aero , see if that resets anything

also you could try reinstalling your GPU drivers although im not sure that will help
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
Hi, thankyou Archie for the advice, however, it didn't work for me I'm afraid. Does nyone know what might be causing this? It's a real problem as I sometimes have a smaller image with a white or black background in the centre and adjust the desktop colour to match, so it appears full screen. With this issue going on, I can't do that anymore. Besides, it gives me a headache!

Many thanks again Archie!
 

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Hi, thankyou Archie for the advice, however, it didn't work for me I'm afraid. Does nyone know what might be causing this? It's a real problem as I sometimes have a smaller image with a white or black background in the centre and adjust the desktop colour to match, so it appears full screen. With this issue going on, I can't do that anymore. Besides, it gives me a headache!

Many thanks again Archie!
That sounds like the card has overheated, and fried.
Can you take a screenshot and post it?
Or post the temps?
Use this tool. CPUID
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    Intel Pentium E5200
    Motherboard
    NVIDIA nForce 730i
    Memory
    Some off brand 6 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon HD 3850 (512mb)
    Sound Card
    Integrated RealTek HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Some gateway VGA monitor from 99' (VX920)
    Screen Resolution
    1152 by 864
    Hard Drives
    1 WD Blue - 600 gigs
    PSU
    700 watt - OCZ Silent something
    Case
    Standard Gateway 4800- 05e case
    Cooling
    Standard, but the PSU has a huge fan in it
    Keyboard
    Old gateway keyboard, from 99'
    Mouse
    A black HP mouse, lazer...lazor?
    Internet Speed
    Uhh... I don't know, but it's pretty fast
    Other Info
    My computer has annoying freezes...
Hi, sorry I haven't replied in a long while, I've been really quite ill. I'm not sure what that tool is that you posted there, it doesn't look very self-explanatory, I'm a bit confused as to wht to do there.

Many thanks all!
 

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That tool is really very simple. Download the installer and run it. Then you double left click on the icon it gives you and it opens a screen with all you temperatures and fan speeds etc. You can then look at the readings and see if anything in your pc is running too hot.

By what you've described i think your graphics card is dying. I had the same problem with my last graphics card with little blue and yellow dots appearing and eventually it just stopped working completly.
 

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Hi,

I did as was suggested and here are the results:


CPUID Hardware Monitor 1.1.4.0
-----------------------------------------------------

Mainboard Vendor Acer, Inc.
Mainboard Model Makalu (0x25B - 0x78B6A0)

LPCIO
-----------------------------------------------------
Vendor NS
Vendor ID 0xFF02
Chip ID 0xFC
Revision ID 0xA2
Config Mode I/O address 0x2E

Dump config mode register space, LDN = 0x9
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 FC 11 00 00 00 00 00 A2 00 1C 00 00 00 00 00 00
30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00


Hardware monitor
-----------------------------------------------------

ACPI hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 48°C (118°F) [0xC8C] (THRM)

Dump hardware monitor



Hardware monitor
-----------------------------------------------------

Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T5800 hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 50°C (121°F) [0x23] (Core #0)
Temperature sensor 1 50°C (121°F) [0x23] (Core #1)

Dump hardware monitor



Hardware monitor
-----------------------------------------------------

GeForce 9300M GS hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 42°C (107°F) [0x2A] (GPU Core)

Dump hardware monitor



Hardware monitor
-----------------------------------------------------

WDC WD25 00BEVT-22ZCT hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 44°C (111°F) [0x2C] (HDD)

Dump hardware monitor


Processors Map
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of processors 1
Number of threads 2

Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0


Processors Information
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T5800
Codename Merom
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5800 @ 2.00GHz
Package Socket P (478) (platform ID = 7h)
CPUID 6.F.D
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping M0
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 1197.1 MHz (6.0 x 199.5 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 798.1 MHz
Stock frequency 2000 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 10.0x
max VID 1.250 V
Features XD


Thread dumps
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CPU Thread 0
APIC ID 0
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 0, Thread ID 0
Type 01008001h
Max CPUID level 0000000Ah
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h

Function eax ebx ecx edx
0x00000000 0x0000000A 0x756E6547 0x6C65746E 0x49656E69
0x00000001 0x000006FD 0x00020800 0x0000E39D 0xBFEBFBFF
0x00000002 0x05B0B101 0x005657F0 0x00000000 0x2CB4307D
0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x04000121 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x04000122 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x04004143 0x01C0003F 0x00000FFF 0x00000001
0x00000005 0x00000040 0x00000040 0x00000003 0x00022220
0x00000006 0x00000001 0x00000002 0x00000001 0x00000000
0x00000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000008 0x00000400 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x0000000A 0x07280202 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000503
0x80000000 0x80000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x20100000
0x80000002 0x65746E49 0x2952286C 0x726F4320 0x4D542865
0x80000003 0x44203229 0x43206F75 0x20205550 0x54202020
0x80000004 0x30303835 0x20402020 0x30302E32 0x007A4847
0x80000005 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x08006040 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000008 0x00003024 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

Cache descriptor Level 1 D 32 KB 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1 I 32 KB 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2 U 2 MB 2 thread(s)

MSR 0x0000001B edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0xFEE00900
MSR 0x00000017 edx = 0x001C0000 eax = 0x9A708A2B
MSR 0x000000CD edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x000009A2
MSR 0x0000003F edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x00000000
MSR 0x000000CE edx = 0x001B0A2B eax = 0x3F430817
MSR 0x000001A0 edx = 0x00000053 eax = 0x64972489
MSR 0x000000EE edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0xDAB90400
MSR 0x0000011E edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x74702107
MSR 0x0000019C edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x88230000
MSR 0x00000198 edx = 0x061B0A2B eax = 0x06000A2B
MSR 0x00000199 edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x00000A2B

CPU Thread 1
APIC ID 1
Topology Processor ID 0, Core ID 1, Thread ID 0
Type 01008001h
Max CPUID level 0000000Ah
Max CPUID ext. level 80000008h

Function eax ebx ecx edx
0x00000000 0x0000000A 0x756E6547 0x6C65746E 0x49656E69
0x00000001 0x000006FD 0x01020800 0x0000E39D 0xBFEBFBFF
0x00000002 0x05B0B101 0x005657F0 0x00000000 0x2CB4307D
0x00000003 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000004 0x04000121 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x04000122 0x01C0003F 0x0000003F 0x00000001
0x00000004 0x04004143 0x01C0003F 0x00000FFF 0x00000001
0x00000005 0x00000040 0x00000040 0x00000003 0x00022220
0x00000006 0x00000001 0x00000002 0x00000001 0x00000000
0x00000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000008 0x00000400 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x00000009 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x0000000A 0x07280202 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000503
0x80000000 0x80000008 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x20100000
0x80000002 0x65746E49 0x2952286C 0x726F4320 0x4D542865
0x80000003 0x44203229 0x43206F75 0x20205550 0x54202020
0x80000004 0x30303835 0x20402020 0x30302E32 0x007A4847
0x80000005 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000006 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x08006040 0x00000000
0x80000007 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
0x80000008 0x00003024 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000

Cache descriptor Level 1 D 32 KB 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 1 I 32 KB 1 thread(s)
Cache descriptor Level 2 U 2 MB 2 thread(s)

MSR 0x0000001B edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0xFEE00800
MSR 0x00000017 edx = 0x001C0000 eax = 0x9A708A2B
MSR 0x000000CD edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x000009A2
MSR 0x0000003F edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x00000000
MSR 0x000000CE edx = 0x001B0A2B eax = 0x3F430817
MSR 0x000001A0 edx = 0x00000053 eax = 0x64972489
MSR 0x000000EE edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0xDAB90400
MSR 0x0000011E edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x74702107
MSR 0x0000019C edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x88230000
MSR 0x00000198 edx = 0x061B0A2B eax = 0x06000A2B
MSR 0x00000199 edx = 0x00000000 eax = 0x00000A2B



Drive
-----------------------------------------------------
Name WDC WD25 00BEVT-22ZCT

Drive
-----------------------------------------------------
Name HUAWEI MMC Storage

Display API(s)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NVIDIA direct I/O API
NVAPI display API


Display Adapter(s)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Device number 0
Name GeForce 9300M GS
Vendor ID 0x10DE (0x1025)
Model ID 0x6E9 (0x15E)
Revision ID 0xA1

Perf Level Default
GPU core clock 169.0 MHz
GPU shaders clock 338.0 MHz
GPU memory clock 100.0 MHz

Perf Level 2D Desktop
GPU core clock 275.0 MHz
GPU shaders clock 550.0 MHz
GPU memory clock 250.0 MHz

Perf Level 2D Desktop
GPU core clock 500.0 MHz
GPU shaders clock 1000.0 MHz
GPU memory clock 400.0 MHz

Perf Level 3D Applications
GPU core clock 580.0 MHz
GPU shaders clock 1450.0 MHz
GPU memory clock 400.0 MHz

GPU temperature 42 C




ACPI
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ACPI Tree

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POSW
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ITOS
SMI0
[ ]
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[ ]
BCMD
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BLK0
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[ ]
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TPMS
EX3G
CIRI
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PSMX
SMIQ
PHSR
ACAD
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ERRC
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MNON
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DY22
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BEDS
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DY64
WPRW
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WPCI
WPIR
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GSTS
BFEF
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PHSR
AAF1
Z001
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Z006
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Z009
Z00A
Z00B
Z00C
Z00D
Z00E
Z00F
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Z00I
Z00J
Z00K
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Z00N
Z00O
Z00P
Z00Q
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Z00R
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Z00X
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_WDG
WQAA
WMBA
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WMBC
WMBD
WMBE
WMBF
WMBG
PR00
AR00
PR02
AR02
PR04
AR04
PR05
AR05
PR06
AR06
PR07
AR07
PR08
AR08
PR01
AR01
PRSA
PRSB
PRSC
PRSD
PRSE
PRSF
PRSG
PRSH
ECOK
PCI0
_HID
_CID
_ADR
_BBN
_UID
_PRT
HBUS
[ ]
EPEN
[ ]
EPBR
[ ]
MHEN
[ ]
MHBR
[ ]
[ ]
PEGA
[ ]
IGDE
[ ]
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[ ]
PXBR
[ ]
DIEN
[ ]
DIBR
[ ]
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[ ]
IPBR
[ ]
[ ]
PM0H
[ ]
PM1L
[ ]
PM1H
[ ]
PM2L
[ ]
PM2H
[ ]
PM3L
[ ]
PM3H
[ ]
PM4L
[ ]
PM4H
[ ]
PM5L
[ ]
PM5H
[ ]
PM6L
[ ]
PM6H
[ ]
[ ]
HENA
[ ]
TUUD
[ ]
[ ]
TLUD
[ ]
[ ]
GTSE
[ ]
MCHT
[ ]
[ ]
T0IS
[ ]
T1IS
[ ]
ESCS
BUF0
_CRS
PEGP
_ADR
_PRT
_STA
VGA_
_ADR
DISW
_DOS
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LCD_
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CRT_
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TV__
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DFP_
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PDSP
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TGLT
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DRUL
USTA
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MXMI
MXMS
MXM2
MX21
GFX0
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SDDL
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IGDP
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
GIVD
[ ]
GUMA
[ ]
[ ]
GMFN
[ ]
[ ]
ASLE
[ ]
GSSE
GSSB
GSES
[ ]
[ ]
CDVL
[ ]
[ ]
LBPC
[ ]
ASLS
IGDM
[ ]
SIGN
SIZE
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SVER
VVER
GVER
MBOX
DMOD
[ ]
DRDY
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CEVT
[ ]
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CPL8
CADL
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CAL7
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NADL
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NDL5
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NDL7
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ASLP
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[ ]
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[ ]
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TASM
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[ ]
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[ ]
[ ]
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[ ]
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[ ]
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[ ]
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[ ]
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[ ]
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USBR
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[ ]
U1EN
_PSW
_S3D
_S4D
_PRW
EHC1
_ADR
_PRW
USB3
_ADR
U1CS
[ ]
U1EN
_PSW
_S3D
_S4D
_PRW
USB4
_ADR
U1CS
[ ]
U1EN
_PSW
_S3D
_S4D
_PRW
USB5
_ADR
U1CS
[ ]
U1EN
_PSW
_S3D
_S4D
_PRW
EHC2
_ADR
HDEF
_ADR
HDAR
[ ]
DCKA
[ ]
DCKM
[ ]
DCKS
[ ]
[ ]
PMES
_PRW
RP01
_ADR
PXCS
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
LDPX
[ ]
[ ]
LASX
[ ]
ABPX
[ ]
PDCX
[ ]
PDSX
[ ]
LSCX
[ ]
[ ]
PSPX
[ ]
[ ]
HPSX
PMSX
_PRT
PSL1
_ADR
_RMV
RP02
_ADR
PXCS
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
LDPX
[ ]
[ ]
LASX
[ ]
ABPX
[ ]
PDCX
[ ]
PDSX
[ ]
LSCX
[ ]
[ ]
PSPX
[ ]
[ ]
HPSX
PMSX
_PRT
RP03
_ADR
PXCS
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
LDPX
[ ]
[ ]
LASX
[ ]
ABPX
[ ]
PDCX
[ ]
PDSX
[ ]
LSCX
[ ]
[ ]
PSPX
[ ]
[ ]
HPSX
PMSX
_PRT
RP04
_ADR
PXCS
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
LDPX
[ ]
[ ]
LASX
[ ]
ABPX
[ ]
PDCX
[ ]
PDSX
[ ]
LSCX
[ ]
[ ]
PSPX
[ ]
[ ]
HPSX
PMSX
_PRT
RP05
_ADR
PXCS
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
LDPX
[ ]
[ ]
LASX
[ ]
ABPX
[ ]
PDCX
[ ]
PDSX
[ ]
LSCX
[ ]
[ ]
PSPX
[ ]
[ ]
HPSX
PMSX
_PRT
RP06
_ADR
PXCS
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
LDPX
[ ]
[ ]
LASX
[ ]
ABPX
[ ]
PDCX
[ ]
PDSX
[ ]
LSCX
[ ]
[ ]
PSPX
[ ]
[ ]
HPSX
PMSX
GLAN
_ADR
_PRW
_INI
PDRC
_HID
_UID
BUF0
_CRS
SAT0
_ADR
SACS
[ ]
PRIT
SECT
PSIT
SSIT
[ ]
SYNC
[ ]
SDT0
[ ]
SDT1
[ ]
SDT2
[ ]
SDT3
[ ]
ICR0
ICR1
ICR2
ICR3
ICR4
ICR5
[ ]
MAPV
PRT0
_ADR
_SDD
_GTF
PRT4
_ADR
_SDD
_GTF
SAT1
_ADR
SACS
[ ]
PRIT
SECT
PSIT
SSIT
[ ]
SYNC
[ ]
SDT0
[ ]
SDT1
[ ]
SDT2
[ ]
SDT3
[ ]
ICR0
ICR1
ICR2
ICR3
ICR4
ICR5
[ ]
MAPV
SBUS
_ADR
SMBP
[ ]
[ ]
I2CE
SMBI
[ ]
HSTS
[ ]
HCON
HCOM
TXSA
DAT0
DAT1
HBDR
PECR
RXSA
SDAT
SSXB
SRXB
SWRB
SRDB
SWRW
SRDW
SBLW
SBLR
STRT
COMP
KILL
WMI1
_HID
_UID
_WDG
WMMX
WQXM
BN00
[ ]
[ ]
PARC
PBRC
PCRC
PDRC
[ ]
PERC
PFRC
PGRC
PHRC
[ ]
[ ]
PUME
PDME
[ ]
[ ]
PCIB
LNKA
_HID
_UID
_DIS
_PRS
_CRS
_SRS
_STA
LNKB
_HID
_UID
_DIS
_PRS
_CRS
_SRS
_STA
LNKC
_HID
_UID
_DIS
_PRS
_CRS
_SRS
_STA
LNKD
_HID
_UID
_DIS
_PRS
_CRS
_SRS
_STA
LNKE
_HID
_UID
_DIS
_PRS
_CRS
_SRS
_STA
LNKF
_HID
_UID
_DIS
_PRS
_CRS
_SRS
_STA
LNKG
_HID
_UID
_DIS
_PRS
_CRS
_SRS
_STA
LNKH
_HID
_UID
_DIS
_PRS
_CRS
_SRS
_STA
_SI_
_TZ_
THRM
_TMP
_PSV
_PSL
_TSP
_TC1
_TC2
_CRT
_REV
_OS_
_OSI
_GL_
SP2O
SP1O
IO1B
IO1L
IO2B
IO2L
IO3B
IO3L
MCHB
MCHL
EGPB
EGPL
DMIB
DMIL
IFPB
IFPL
PEBS
PELN
TTTB
TTTL
SMBS
PBLK
PMBS
PMLN
LVL2
LVL3
LVL4
SMIP
GPBS
GPLN
APCB
APCL
PM30
SRCB
SRCL
SUSW
ACPH
ASSB
AOTB
AAXB
PEHP
SHPC
PEPM
PEER
PECS
ITKE
TRTP
TRTD
TRTI
GCDD
DSTA
DSLO
DSLC
PITS
SBCS
SALS
LSSS
PSSS
SOOT
ESCS
PDBR
SMBL
GNVS
[ ]
OSYS
SMIF
PRM0
PRM1
SCIF
PRM2
PRM3
LCKF
PRM4
PRM5
P80D
LIDS
PWRS
DBGS
THOF
ACT1
ACTT
PSVT
TC1V
TC2V
TSPV
CRTT
DTSE
DTS1
DTS2
DTSF
[ ]
APIC
MPEN
PCP0
PCP1
PPCM
PPMF
[ ]
IGDS
TLST
CADL
PADL
CSTE
NSTE
SSTE
NDID
DID1
DID2
DID3
DID4
DID5
KSV0
KSV1
BDSP
PTY1
PTY2
PSCL
TVF1
TVF2
GETM
BLCS
BRTL
ALSE
ALAF
LLOW
LHIH
[ ]
EMAE
EMAP
EMAL
[ ]
MEFE
DSTS
[ ]
TPMP
TPME
[ ]
GTF0
GTF2
IDEM
GTF1
BID_
[ ]
ASLB
IBTT
IPAT
ITVF
ITVM
IPSC
IBLC
IBIA
ISSC
I409
I509
I609
I709
IDMM
IDMS
IF1E
HVCO
NXD1
NXD2
NXD3
NXD4
NXD5
NXD6
NXD7
NXD8
GSMI
PAVP
[ ]
DSEN
ECON
GPIC
CTYP
L01C
VFN0
VFN1
BRTN
BOWN
NV1_
[ ]
INDX
DATA
[ ]
[ ]
INS4
MUTX
PRT0
[ ]
P80H
P8XH
SPRT
[ ]
SSMP
_PIC
_PTS
_WAK
GETB
PNOT
TRAP
PICM
HKDS
IO_T
[ ]
TRPI
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
TRP0
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
IO_D
[ ]
TRPD
IO_H
[ ]
TRPH
PMIO
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
TDTY
DTYE
DTYF
THTL
[ ]
[ ]
SLID
[ ]
[ ]
SPST
[ ]
[ ]
GPEC
[ ]
[ ]
SCIS
[ ]
GPIO
[ ]
GU00
GU01
GU02
GU03
GIO0
GIO1
GIO2
GIO3
[ ]
GL00
GL01
GL02
[ ]
GP27
GP28
[ ]
[ ]
GB00
GB01
GB02
GB03
[ ]
[ ]
LIDP
[ ]
GIV1
GIV2
GIV3
GU04
GU05
GU06
GU07
GIO4
GIO5
GIO6
GIO7
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
GL05
GL06
GL07
RCRB
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
HPAS
[ ]
HPAE
[ ]
[ ]
[ ]
SATD
SMBD
HDAD
[ ]
RP1D
RP2D
RP3D
RP4D
RP5D
RP6D
GETP
GDMA
GETT
GETF
SETP
SDMA
SETT
_S0_
_S3_
_S4_
_S5_
SSDT
CFGD
PDC0
PDC1
PDC2
PDC3
SDTL

Anyone spot anything unusual please?
Many thanks everyone!
 

My Computer

Your pc is runnig quite hot. As a rough guide when my pc is idle i like every temp to be under 40c.

You should install more case fans to have better airflow and reduce temps. While this wont fix the problem as your graphics card is probably dying and will need replaced, it will mean that in the future this is less likely to happen again.
 

My Computer

his GPU temperature is fine.
his CPU temperature of 50 degrees celcius is a little bit warm if thats taken during idle.
During load 50 degrees is nothing to be worried about though.

As said before the problem might be with aero or something.

I recommend using system recovery and switch your pc back to a date before you installed that application.

Windows uses its own image viewer to 'display' a desktop background picture.
This displaying also includes 'smoothing' of images if the image resolution is smaller than desktop and you display it fullsize anyway.

It might have happened that that application changed the software used to display your desktop background to its own viewing software and that that software doesn't 'smooth' out the upscaled images.

This is just me guessing btw, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's your problem.

I HIGHLY doubt somehow that little program messed up your hardware.

If you still can, do the system recovery.
Or if you can't do that anymore, try using windows recovery disk to 'fix' your install of windows.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Me, myself and I
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E 8500
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q3 DELUXE
    Memory
    4x 1GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus GeForce 9800GTX+
    Sound Card
    SoundBlaster X-Fi X-treme gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung Syncmaster 226BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    1x 250gb SATA
    4x 1TB SATA in RAID5
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 650Watt
    Case
    CoolerMaster 690
    Cooling
    4x 140mm, 3x 120mm, 1x 80mm casefans
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    ADSL 12mbit/s
    Other Info
    My other OS is a Linux =)
Hiya all!

Many thanks for the replies. I've tried system restore but that doesn't help, I did this as soon as I noticed the problem. Also, I'm unable to make a disc for it, it's greyed out, as if my laptop doesn't support it... It always has been and I've had the laptop from new!
 

My Computer

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