[Thexgene14]

Here are some pictures of what is going on


In Game, Screen Flashes...


In Azureus, the "3D View" does the same thing

I'm running XP service pack 2
Nvidia Geforce 6600 GT (drivers updated)
AMD Atholon 3200+
1 GB DDR

I need some help with this one...don't know what could be causing it...

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Hi. I take it that the issue just started? Have you made any changes to your system recently?

[Facedown98]

Hi. I take it that the issue just started? Have you made any changes to your system recently?

[Thexgene14]

Yea, I was running windows Vista but I just didn't like its bugs...and I thought this glitch was from windows VIsta...so I just reformatted and changed it back to XP...and its still doing it...probably should've mentioned that in my first post...

[Facedown98]

I see. Have you tried updating your video card drivers?

[Thexgene14]

Yes they are fully updated...

[Thexgene14]

*bumb*

Need help, I am running out of things I can try...

[Thexgene14]

*bump*

PLEASE HELP!

[Facedown98]

Please pardon the delay, we are researching your issue.

[Thexgene14]

Thank you...I wasn't meaning to whine...lol

I might as well tell you some of the things I've tried...

I have reinstalled my operating system (keep in mind I have a seperate partition for all my "files" videos, pictures, music, ect....) So if there are anything on there that could some how me messing it up...doubt it though

I have updated all my video drivers (even tried beta drivers and older drivers) (the beta drivers changed the "flash" from dark to some pink...weird....) and even updated my BIOS (yea I was running out of things to try)

I don't believe I have any programs that could be messing it up installed (spyware doctor, nod 32, zone alarms, msn messanger, Free download manager, firefox, azerues, limewire...those are the ones i'm running a lot.)

I tried cleaning out some of the dust in my computer, but didn't really do a good job cuase I didn't want to actually touch anything...

Thats about it...

Don't know if my video card is just blown though...

Oh one more thing, this morning I was messing around with it again and I tried starting "Marvel Ultimate Alliance" and it was doing the same thing, but when I went into settings and changed the option for "advanced lighting" to "on" it "fixed" it...the mouse and all the words were still flashing but the main graphics (where I guess the "advanced lighting" was applied to) was clear...this doesn't help becuase my video card runs "advanced lighting" kinda sketchy and it doesn't fix it for other games, but I thought I should let you know since this may help solve the problem....

Hope we can solve this...thanx....

[Facedown98]

Ok, sorry for the wait. Here's what I want you to do...

(1) Do you know if your chipset drivers are up-to-date?

(2) I want you to download Speedfan (The download link is in the first line of the second paragraph), and install it. Once it's installed, run the program and post here the information it shows. The information I want you to post is the stuff that is circled in the example picture I have attached.

[Thexgene14]

So, I noticed the "flame"

does that mean its running to hot?

[Facedown98]

You're burning up man! I need some info from you.

Besides the fan over the Processor, how many fans do you have? There must be at least one blowing air out, right?

I want you to try something... Right click on the desktop and select PROPERTIES. Then click on the SETTINGS tab and then click the ADVANCED button. In the new window that appears, there should be a tab with the name of your card. I want you to click that, and then in the menu that will appear on the left side, click on the item pertaining to temperature. I can't really tell you exactly where that is, because we're on different versions. We are doing this just to be certain that the 70 degrees is or isn't his video card temperature. If it's not the video card temperature, then it most likely is the CPU temperature.

[Thexgene14]

I think I have like 3 fans...1 is unplugged sometimes becuase it glows blue and annoys me...guess I should keep that on more often...

I see a fan directly on the video card as well...

[Facedown98]

Ok friend, I ran the results by some other gurus, and we're thinking that it's time you replaced your PSU, short for Power Supply Unit. Do you know how much voltage your has now? I think we need to upgrade.

[Thexgene14]

I don't know...Just a standard supply...How much is a new one going to be? And what should I get?