Monitor problems: venetian-blinds-like display Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 11:09 pm Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by michael (1 messages posted) I recently installed an 8M AGP video card into my computer (Pent II 300 running Win ME). It seems to work fine most of the time. However, every once in a while, on occasions when I need to reboot my computer, I experience problems. The bios text does not appear on the monitor during reboot, and the windows screens display vertical bands (like Venetian blinds). I have checked the display settings and the video drivers before and after the event and nothing seems to have changed. I have also reinstalled the video drivers several times but that does not seem to correct the problem. However, on all three occasions, the problem has corrected itself after I shut the system down overnight. I think the problem could be due to one of the following causes: the video card is overheating (never heard of this before; do you think this can happen?); a faulty monitor cable; maybe Windows needs several reboots to correct itself; hardware clash between old monitor and slightly newer video card. Responses to this message: re: Monitor problems: venetian-blinds-like display (carol: Monday, March 24, 2003 at 7:46 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Monitor problems: venetian-blinds-like display (michael: Sun, Sep 8, 2002, 11:09 pm) re: Monitor problems: venetian-blinds-like display (carol: Mon, Mar 24, 2003, 7:46 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum