line problems

[Plutotheplanet]

for some of my games my screen goes a bit off center and a green line apears at the bottom of my screen and a line made of red dots appear close to the center on the right, so im wondering if someone can tell me please if its a problem with my computer or the screen that im using?

[˜lokkandload˜™]

Are you using onboard or dedicated graphics? If dedicated, have you tried removing the graphics card to see if it still does it with the onboard. Are you using DVI, VGA, HDMI what? Have you verified that the cable ends aren't damaged like pins bent or broken off.


If you have a spare monitor have you tried swapping out to see if it's the monitor. I usually keep an older monitor from my older system lying in a closet and use it when I help others with PC issues.

[videogames]

Do the red dots appear on screenshots? Artifacts on screen can mean GPU problems, or an unstable overclock.
If you're using VGA, try a digital input and see if things go back to normal.

[˜lokkandload˜™]

Yes this ^^ as well changing inputs..

[Plutotheplanet]

mine is dedicated i think, and sorry but i dont know what you mean by removing it,im connected though a vga and when i try hdmi its still there, i took a screenshot and the pictura appears normal, i dont know how to do that but ill try it now, thanks to all of you, also sorry for the late reply i have a bad internet connection

[Plutotheplanet]

also i just switched my game to windowed and it works fine now....except for i can see the window, so its only a problem in fullscreen view

[˜lokkandload˜™]

If dedicated, can you tell what model GPU it is? Right-Click My Computer Icon on the desktop select Manage and click on Device Manager. Then on the right window pane click the Display adaptor drop down tab and see what GPU you are running.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If it appears in Full Screen and not Windowed; uninstall your GPU Drivers and try a different version.

Use a digital connection between GPU and Display if u can help it. With VGA u will have to re-align the screen every time u change screen res or refresh rate.

[Plutotheplanet]

my display adapter says nivda geforce GT 545, and it appears in windowed and not full screen

[FluffyPinkDecoyBunny]

Originally posted by JJDK:

mine is dedicated i think, and sorry but i dont know what you mean by removing it,im connected though a vga and when i try hdmi its still there, i took a screenshot and the pictura appears normal, i dont know how to do that but ill try it now, thanks to all of you, also sorry for the late reply i have a bad internet connection

Originally posted by JJDK:

also i just switched my game to windowed and it works fine now....except for i can see the window, so its only a problem in fullscreen view

If you took a screen shot and you don't see the problem in the screen shot image, then the problem would be with the monitor or the video driver having conflicting issues utilizing full screen.

Try using a different monitor on your computer or try using that monitor on another computer to see if the problem follows the monitor. You need to pinpoint if the problem is strictly hardware (monitor) or if the problem stays with your computer (most likely software).

[Plutotheplanet]

ah ok thanks for that