Vista - Huge yellow lines on my display????

Having a problem with my display in Vista. Every so often, vibrating yellow
lines about 1/2 to 1 inch wide will appear on my display for seconds,
minutes, or even hours. The problem has been occuring more and more
frequently. I never have this problem when running under Linux, so I think
the hardware is fine. I also never had this problem under XP.

I have a Dell Dimension desktop, P4, 2.8GHz, 1GB ram, ATI Radion 9800 card
with a dell monitor. I have had the same problem using the Microsoft
Drivers OR the ATI Catalyst drivers for Vista.

If I can't find a way to fix this, I'm going to have to blow away Vista and
reinstall XP.

Any thoughts?

Alvin,

Searching submitted bug reports, I can't find anyone else with this problem.
I've installed Vista on a machine with a 9800 with no apparent ill effects.
What kind of monitor? Make/model prefered.


--
Rafael Rivera Jr.
Windows Live Butterfly

"Alvin" <Alvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06BB8388-B995-48E1-AD09-FA1296142C96@microsoft.com...
> Having a problem with my display in Vista. Every so often, vibrating
> yellow
> lines about 1/2 to 1 inch wide will appear on my display for seconds,
> minutes, or even hours. The problem has been occuring more and more
> frequently. I never have this problem when running under Linux, so I think
> the hardware is fine. I also never had this problem under XP.
>
> I have a Dell Dimension desktop, P4, 2.8GHz, 1GB ram, ATI Radion 9800 card
> with a dell monitor. I have had the same problem using the Microsoft
> Drivers OR the ATI Catalyst drivers for Vista.
>
> If I can't find a way to fix this, I'm going to have to blow away Vista
> and
> reinstall XP.
>
> Any thoughts?

Dell monitor. The model number sticker on the back says E171FPD.

"Rafael Rivera Jr. [Windows Live Butterfl" wrote:

> Alvin,
>
> Searching submitted bug reports, I can't find anyone else with this problem.
> I've installed Vista on a machine with a 9800 with no apparent ill effects.
> What kind of monitor? Make/model prefered.
>
>
> --
> Rafael Rivera Jr.
> Windows Live Butterfly
>
> "Alvin" <Alvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:06BB8388-B995-48E1-AD09-FA1296142C96@microsoft.com...
> > Having a problem with my display in Vista. Every so often, vibrating
> > yellow
> > lines about 1/2 to 1 inch wide will appear on my display for seconds,
> > minutes, or even hours. The problem has been occuring more and more
> > frequently. I never have this problem when running under Linux, so I think
> > the hardware is fine. I also never had this problem under XP.
> >
> > I have a Dell Dimension desktop, P4, 2.8GHz, 1GB ram, ATI Radion 9800 card
> > with a dell monitor. I have had the same problem using the Microsoft
> > Drivers OR the ATI Catalyst drivers for Vista.
> >
> > If I can't find a way to fix this, I'm going to have to blow away Vista
> > and
> > reinstall XP.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
>

Typo... that should be E171FPB

"Alvin" wrote:

> Dell monitor. The model number sticker on the back says E171FPD.
>
> "Rafael Rivera Jr. [Windows Live Butterfl" wrote:
>
> > Alvin,
> >
> > Searching submitted bug reports, I can't find anyone else with this problem.
> > I've installed Vista on a machine with a 9800 with no apparent ill effects.
> > What kind of monitor? Make/model prefered.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rafael Rivera Jr.
> > Windows Live Butterfly
> >
> > "Alvin" <Alvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:06BB8388-B995-48E1-AD09-FA1296142C96@microsoft.com...
> > > Having a problem with my display in Vista. Every so often, vibrating
> > > yellow
> > > lines about 1/2 to 1 inch wide will appear on my display for seconds,
> > > minutes, or even hours. The problem has been occuring more and more
> > > frequently. I never have this problem when running under Linux, so I think
> > > the hardware is fine. I also never had this problem under XP.
> > >
> > > I have a Dell Dimension desktop, P4, 2.8GHz, 1GB ram, ATI Radion 9800 card
> > > with a dell monitor. I have had the same problem using the Microsoft
> > > Drivers OR the ATI Catalyst drivers for Vista.
> > >
> > > If I can't find a way to fix this, I'm going to have to blow away Vista
> > > and
> > > reinstall XP.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> >

"Alvin" <Alvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06BB8388-B995-48E1-AD09-FA1296142C96@microsoft.com...
> Having a problem with my display in Vista. Every so often, vibrating
> yellow
> lines about 1/2 to 1 inch wide will appear on my display for seconds,
> minutes, or even hours. The problem has been occuring more and more
> frequently. I never have this problem when running under Linux, so I think
> the hardware is fine. I also never had this problem under XP.
>
> I have a Dell Dimension desktop, P4, 2.8GHz, 1GB ram, ATI Radion 9800 card
> with a dell monitor. I have had the same problem using the Microsoft
> Drivers OR the ATI Catalyst drivers for Vista.
>
> If I can't find a way to fix this, I'm going to have to blow away Vista
> and
> reinstall XP.
>
> Any thoughts?

I'm running the ATI Radion 9800 card on Asus PC4800-E Deluxe
and it works fine wit Vista-5744.
I'd check monitor with other OS running ( If possible) and would
check the refresh set up of monitor (my is LCD set at 70Mhz)

Try to swap the memory sticks if there is more that one.
Check also Power Supp. connections.

Vista Aero yellow "caution" line warning you to be careful. =0}


"Alvin" <Alvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:06BB8388-B995-48E1-AD09-FA1296142C96@microsoft.com...
> Having a problem with my display in Vista. Every so often, vibrating
> yellow
> lines about 1/2 to 1 inch wide will appear on my display for seconds,
> minutes, or even hours. The problem has been occuring more and more
> frequently. I never have this problem when running under Linux, so I think
> the hardware is fine. I also never had this problem under XP.
>
> I have a Dell Dimension desktop, P4, 2.8GHz, 1GB ram, ATI Radion 9800 card
> with a dell monitor. I have had the same problem using the Microsoft
> Drivers OR the ATI Catalyst drivers for Vista.
>
> If I can't find a way to fix this, I'm going to have to blow away Vista
> and
> reinstall XP.
>
> Any thoughts?

I suspect that you do have a hardware issue causing this.


Alvin wrote:

> Having a problem with my display in Vista. Every so often, vibrating yellow
> lines about 1/2 to 1 inch wide will appear on my display for seconds,
> minutes, or even hours. The problem has been occuring more and more
> frequently. I never have this problem when running under Linux, so I think
> the hardware is fine. I also never had this problem under XP.
>
> I have a Dell Dimension desktop, P4, 2.8GHz, 1GB ram, ATI Radion 9800 card
> with a dell monitor. I have had the same problem using the Microsoft
> Drivers OR the ATI Catalyst drivers for Vista.
>
> If I can't find a way to fix this, I'm going to have to blow away Vista and
> reinstall XP.
>
> Any thoughts?

Alvin,

Try the manufacturer's drivers (INF in this case) for your LCD:
http://tinyurl.com/ybs8p7

--
Rafael Rivera Jr.
Windows Live Butterfly

"Alvin" <Alvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsF4C64A0-F227-4A36-83B8-3A5F8F4D992F@microsoft.com...
> Typo... that should be E171FPB
>
> "Alvin" wrote:
>
>> Dell monitor. The model number sticker on the back says E171FPD.
>>
>> "Rafael Rivera Jr. [Windows Live Butterfl" wrote:
>>
>> > Alvin,
>> >
>> > Searching submitted bug reports, I can't find anyone else with this
>> > problem.
>> > I've installed Vista on a machine with a 9800 with no apparent ill
>> > effects.
>> > What kind of monitor? Make/model prefered.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Rafael Rivera Jr.
>> > Windows Live Butterfly
>> >
>> > "Alvin" <Alvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:06BB8388-B995-48E1-AD09-FA1296142C96@microsoft.com...
>> > > Having a problem with my display in Vista. Every so often, vibrating
>> > > yellow
>> > > lines about 1/2 to 1 inch wide will appear on my display for seconds,
>> > > minutes, or even hours. The problem has been occuring more and more
>> > > frequently. I never have this problem when running under Linux, so I
>> > > think
>> > > the hardware is fine. I also never had this problem under XP.
>> > >
>> > > I have a Dell Dimension desktop, P4, 2.8GHz, 1GB ram, ATI Radion 9800
>> > > card
>> > > with a dell monitor. I have had the same problem using the
>> > > Microsoft
>> > > Drivers OR the ATI Catalyst drivers for Vista.
>> > >
>> > > If I can't find a way to fix this, I'm going to have to blow away
>> > > Vista
>> > > and
>> > > reinstall XP.
>> > >
>> > > Any thoughts?
>> >

It's been about 24 hours and it appears that that fixed the problem. Thanks!

"Rafael Rivera Jr. [Windows Live Butterfl" wrote:

> Alvin,
>
> Try the manufacturer's drivers (INF in this case) for your LCD:
> http://tinyurl.com/ybs8p7
>
> --
> Rafael Rivera Jr.
> Windows Live Butterfly
>
> "Alvin" <Alvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsF4C64A0-F227-4A36-83B8-3A5F8F4D992F@microsoft.com...
> > Typo... that should be E171FPB
> >
> > "Alvin" wrote:
> >
> >> Dell monitor. The model number sticker on the back says E171FPD.
> >>
> >> "Rafael Rivera Jr. [Windows Live Butterfl" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Alvin,
> >> >
> >> > Searching submitted bug reports, I can't find anyone else with this
> >> > problem.
> >> > I've installed Vista on a machine with a 9800 with no apparent ill
> >> > effects.
> >> > What kind of monitor? Make/model prefered.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Rafael Rivera Jr.
> >> > Windows Live Butterfly
> >> >
> >> > "Alvin" <Alvin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:06BB8388-B995-48E1-AD09-FA1296142C96@microsoft.com...
> >> > > Having a problem with my display in Vista. Every so often, vibrating
> >> > > yellow
> >> > > lines about 1/2 to 1 inch wide will appear on my display for seconds,
> >> > > minutes, or even hours. The problem has been occuring more and more
> >> > > frequently. I never have this problem when running under Linux, so I
> >> > > think
> >> > > the hardware is fine. I also never had this problem under XP.
> >> > >
> >> > > I have a Dell Dimension desktop, P4, 2.8GHz, 1GB ram, ATI Radion 9800
> >> > > card
> >> > > with a dell monitor. I have had the same problem using the
> >> > > Microsoft
> >> > > Drivers OR the ATI Catalyst drivers for Vista.
> >> > >
> >> > > If I can't find a way to fix this, I'm going to have to blow away
> >> > > Vista
> >> > > and
> >> > > reinstall XP.
> >> > >
> >> > > Any thoughts?
> >> >
>