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  • #1

    Stray pixel-blocks is this normal?

    I have just gotten my Parhelia and so far I'm not convinced that it was money well spent

    I mainly bought it for the 2D quality, but actually I don't think that it is a lot better than my ATI 8500, it is better but not a lot!

    My big problem though is that I get blotches of stray pixels on the screen from time to time, I have included a few screen shots.

    Error1 is from the desktop, even if I refresh it stays, I have to change wallpaper to make it go away

    Error2 is from Internet Explorer, if I refresh the page or scroll it will go away.

    This is very annoying even more so since I spent a lot of money on the card

    I would like to know if this is because of bad memory on my card or poor drivers or maybe something else?

    My system:
    ASUS P4S533 w. P4 2.4 & 512 MB DDR
    Matrox Parhelia
    Eizo T965 21" monitor
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    Looks like bad memory on the card to me. Try the P. in another rig if you can and see if it exhibits the same problems
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    • #3
      I think I found the solution.

      Turn off Fast wirites in bios!

      So far it seems to work

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      • #4
        What is a system without an OS?
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Greebe
          What is a system without an OS?
          According to M$ it's unlicensed and therefore illegal .......
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          • #6
            I thought the P only worked on Win XP anyway?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Ali
              I thought the P only worked on Win XP anyway?
              There are also Win 2000 drivers.
              Specs:
              MSI 745 Ultra :: AMD Athlon XP 2000+ :: 1024 MB PC-266 DDR-RAM :: HIS Radeon 9700 (Catalyst 3.1) :: Creative Soundblaster Live! 1024 :: Pioneer DVD-106S :: Western Digital WD800BB :: IBM IC35L040AVVN07

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              • #8
                My issue is solved and I'm using WinXP

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