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Flint · 09-14-2010, 10:11 PM

Am I reading this right: you used to be able to display at this resolution, and now you can't? I would do a full hardware check. Is the video card overheating, under-powered, not well-seated? Edit: If your video comes directly off the motherboard (no "video card") please ignore this whole post.

shut down PC and remove power cord to the PC's power supply
open up the case, maybe take it outside and spray out the dust bunnies with some canned air
an air compressor works even better...but: DON'T SPIN THE FANS (you'll wear the bearings out) . . . DO NOT USE A VACUUM CLEANER
find the video card and make sure the fans/heatsinks aren't gunked up with dust and fibers
unsecure any latches or anything holding it in place and remove it, then put it back in (checking that it is "well seated")
if power is pulled from the power supply (as opposed to directly off the motherboard) make sure the right things are plugged in
take your clean PC back inside and plug everything back...sometimes an unplug/replug, unseat/reseat "magically" fixes mystery problems

09-14-2010, 10:11 PM	#18
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Am I reading this right: you used to be able to display at this resolution, and now you can't? I would do a full hardware check. Is the video card overheating, under-powered, not well-seated? Edit: If your video comes directly off the motherboard (no "video card") please ignore this whole post. shut down PC and remove power cord to the PC's power supply open up the case, maybe take it outside and spray out the dust bunnies with some canned air an air compressor works even better...but: DON'T SPIN THE FANS (you'll wear the bearings out) . . . DO NOT USE A VACUUM CLEANER find the video card and make sure the fans/heatsinks aren't gunked up with dust and fibers unsecure any latches or anything holding it in place and remove it, then put it back in (checking that it is "well seated") if power is pulled from the power supply (as opposed to directly off the motherboard) make sure the right things are plugged in take your clean PC back inside and plug everything back...sometimes an unplug/replug, unseat/reseat "magically" fixes mystery problems __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**