monitor just got ****ed from doom 3?

[X-AtreYu-X]

i was playing doom 3 and looked at a screen in the game and then all of a suddon my whole screen was covered in little green and black squares and it even looks like that right now its all squares like bricks of black and green, and when i switched my compute to my tv its fine on that no squares no nothing... the wierd thing is is the squares arnt everywhere its only on some pictures the start button and the bottom right system tray? its really wierd can anyone please help me?

[DaCougarMech]

wow. that's freaky. burned out monitor maybe?

[Bowbow]

My opinion: Your video card 'desynched' or messed up when it tried to load doom 3 graphics? Mayb you need a better video card? Not sure, this happens to other games too (the starcraft players out there know that if they start a game and minimize, theres all these black shit there but it dissapears if u move your mouse on it).

Just restart your comp, it fixes most stuff. Then try to run doom3 again, if the screen is messed up again, you'll know that doom 3 is somehow involvd.

[X-AtreYu-X]

i have ati radeon x700 pro i dont think itd be a shitty card, and ive also restarted my computer, unpluged my monitor, shut the whole computer down for 2 hours and non of that ****ing worked... do you guys think its my monitor then? **** this sucks

and also should i try to look at the same screen in doom 3 on my tv to see if it will **** up? im just scared it might **** my tv to i just dont understand how looking at some monitor in a computer game could **** up my monitor:S

[Bowbow]

Hmm we'll ive had the same monitor for over 4 years and its never actually '* * * * ' up on me or glitch like that. Maybe it was a coincidence that while looking at Doom 3 graphics, your monitor internally blew up ( X_X ) . Try using your tv to view doom, and looking through a tv to view doom wont mess your tv up if i'm correct since all graphic processing is either done by your video card (or if u dont have one) your motherboard. Your monitor is just pixels to show the processed stuff.

[Deadlyy-Guy]

question, is your monitor ****ed when your not playing doom 3? or is it only ****ed up when you play doom 3?

if its only ****ed up while playing then you need to check for the latest drivers for that card. i know nvidia is bad about sending you outdated drivers with your new card. i also know that Radeon cards like to run hot, maybe your computer doesn't have adequate cooling and you fried your card... just a thought.

[FrogMan]

if u keep hi-fi speakers next to yr screen that can also mess up ur monitor over a period of time

[Tool]

Bad video memory. Hope you have a warranty on your graphics card.

[Beholder99]

yea, atis burn out, easily, i think that is what happened, in css i get purple and black dots, but thats just because i meet the bare min reqs, and play on weird maps

[X-AtreYu-X]

its like this all the time, and also when i play on my tv its fine?

[fleaflickerx]

how old is the monitor?

[5|*42]

Excuse the pun, but Tool hit the nail on the head when he said it's the VC Ram. However, it could also be overheating, in which case it might not be a permanent problem. Does it do this is any other games? And if you turn the settings down, does it still artifact (that's what the blocks are called)? Also, make sure the fan on the VC heatsink is still spinning.

[X-AtreYu-X]

well to answer if its doing it to other games... its doing it right now and its constantly doing it... if it was my video card though, wouldnt it show up like this on my tv as well?

i just tryed using another monitor... same ****ing problem... how do i fix this now?????? do i need to get a new video card cuz i didnt perchase the waranty and i just ****ing bought it like a week ago...

also should i not be playing any games on it while it is doing this cuz i can play games fine on my tv just not on the monitor wich i find strange?:S

[Dan]

do u hook up the tv to the same connection as your monitor, or do u use something like svideo?

[X-AtreYu-X]

theres a plug in the back of my video card and then i just put one of the yellow cables i got when i puchased the video card in there and plug it into my tv and then when i go to properties on my desktop and go to settings i change it to monitor 2

[Dan]

so it is a different plug? that could be the problem, try cleaning it or if u have another place to plug in your monitor try that

[X-AtreYu-X]

i have nowhere else to plug it in and i just blew on it and tryed ti clean it (its a week old dono if cleanign will help it) and it didn nothing, everythings the same

[Tool]

It didn't come with a standard 1-year warranty through at least the manufacturer? What's the manufacturer? I'll look it up. Where'd you buy it, too? I've never seen a computer part come without a warranty. Also, if it doesn't have a warranty, you might be able to RMA it.

[5|*42]

What kind of card do you have? Does it have a DVI (white) plug on the back of it?

[X-AtreYu-X]

i see a white plug on the back dono if its dvi cuz i dont know what that meens, i bought it from bestbuy, its a ATI Radeon x700 pro, i lost the reciete aswell and i phoned bestbuy and they said theyd look at it but if its anymore then 30 mins to look at they will charge me.... im so mad this ****ing sucks