- Jan 16, 2001
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Hi folks,
I recently built a new machine and during post, the screen is distorted. The distortion consists of lines going across the screen (similar to old CRT TVs that had rabbit ears) and the words/logos on the screen are 'echoed' horizontally. The effects persist through the Windows startup screen. When the user name and password prompt comes up, the distortion is gone.
This is consistent for all starts and reboots. The catch; this only occurs when I am using an Acer P243W (24" display). When I connect the machine to a Sceptre X20WG (20.1" display), there is no distortion what so ever.
Machine hardware:
AMD Phenom II X3 720
MSI 790FX-GD70
Corsair DDR3 1600 4GB
ATI HD4770 in Crossfire (2)
Corsair 750W PS
WD 750GB HD
Nothing is overclocked. All pieces are running at default speeds; even the memory, which is running at 1066. I am running Windows 7 RC1 64-bit. All drivers are as up-to-date as I can find. Even then, it couldn't be a driver problem because the drivers don't even come into play until Windows is up, right? There is a BIOS update available on MSI's website, but I have not tried it yet.
-Thanks
--edited because I can't spell--
I recently built a new machine and during post, the screen is distorted. The distortion consists of lines going across the screen (similar to old CRT TVs that had rabbit ears) and the words/logos on the screen are 'echoed' horizontally. The effects persist through the Windows startup screen. When the user name and password prompt comes up, the distortion is gone.
This is consistent for all starts and reboots. The catch; this only occurs when I am using an Acer P243W (24" display). When I connect the machine to a Sceptre X20WG (20.1" display), there is no distortion what so ever.
Machine hardware:
AMD Phenom II X3 720
MSI 790FX-GD70
Corsair DDR3 1600 4GB
ATI HD4770 in Crossfire (2)
Corsair 750W PS
WD 750GB HD
Nothing is overclocked. All pieces are running at default speeds; even the memory, which is running at 1066. I am running Windows 7 RC1 64-bit. All drivers are as up-to-date as I can find. Even then, it couldn't be a driver problem because the drivers don't even come into play until Windows is up, right? There is a BIOS update available on MSI's website, but I have not tried it yet.
-Thanks
--edited because I can't spell--