[SOLVED] computer acting weird

baronobeefdip · 10-20-2009, 07:21 AM

this is getting very annoying
whenever i'm in the middle of doing something, out of nowhere the screen will click and then it will show either a series of vertical lines that look like gradients, or a mixture of pixelated colors. it doesn't go away until i unplug the computer and restart (loosing all my work)

what would be the reason for this and how do i make it stop

catkin · 10-20-2009, 08:45 AM

You are losing your work because you do not save it as you go along. Possible solution: adopt the habit of saving your work as you go along!
It may be a hardware fault. Possible problem analysis: change a) the screen and, if that doesn't fix it, b) the video card for "known good" equivalents.

baronobeefdip · 10-20-2009, 09:09 AM

it shuts down before i get the chance i can save my work

plus that isn't the work i am doing you can't save it til its finished
ex:
-installing an os in virtualbox to run my peripherals that aren't compatible in linux
-skype calling
-downloading files with firefox
-installing new software

it also does this sometimes when i boot it up (verticle lines that look like gradients)
along with the sound not working until i run alsaconf in admin console, or just restart the system and cross my fingers that it works again

ronlau9 · 10-20-2009, 09:22 AM

With distro are you using ?
Pclinux ?
You are aware that if you use Pclinux you should update pclinux at very regular basis to keep it stable.
Use the package manager to update it.
If you do not use pclinux with distro are you using ?
A other possibility is that is something wrong with you graphic card or monitor

baronobeefdip · 10-20-2009, 08:28 PM

come to think of it i never bothered updating it, maybe because it takes too long

but will try it the next chance i get

the distro i am using is pclinuxos 2009.2

what update will keep it stable when something like this happens

ronlau9 · 10-20-2009, 11:37 PM

I use Pclinux for several years now.
In fact Pclinux is my main distro .
It works just fine.
But every time I log in the first I do updating

baronobeefdip · 10-21-2009, 04:46 PM

smart idea i think i could make some time to do that last time before re-installing it took hours but i guess i have to be a little more patient

baronobeefdip · 10-21-2009, 11:03 PM

heres another problem

when i was trying to upgrade the thing just froze now i am getting more gradient looking screens now am i now better off doing a clean install now

after all the stuff i put on here now i have to break it in all over again

baronobeefdip · 10-22-2009, 11:10 PM

okay everyone this just in

after tinkering around i have discovered that it isn't the os or the drives its the graphics card

i tried booting in windows and the same thing happened what is the problem with my machine

baronobeefdip · 10-22-2009, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ronlau9

I use Pclinux for several years now.
In fact Pclinux is my main distro .
It works just fine.
But every time I log in the first I do updating

which version i was using 2009.2 but after all of this mess i switched back to 2009.1

was this a smart move

ronlau9 · 10-24-2009, 03:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baronobeefdip

which version i was using 2009.2 but after all of this mess i switched back to 2009.1

was this a smart move

Stick to the version that works best for you .
I am now at version 2009

baronobeefdip · 10-24-2009, 12:27 PM

well it started happening again after i upgraded it i discovered that it wasn't the os lack of updates its thb hardware the video card to be precise, is ther e a driver download in the repositories for video cards i have an nvidid

smeezekitty · 10-24-2009, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baronobeefdip

well it started happening again after i upgraded it i discovered that it wasn't the os lack of updates its thb hardware the video card to be precise, is ther e a driver download in the repositories for video cards i have an nvidid

just to test try running at lower res, maybe lower color depth and 60HZ refresh and disable all 3d effects
just to see if it fixes it
maybe you are overdriving it?

baronobeefdip · 10-24-2009, 08:29 PM

just re-installed it and declined the choice of removing drivers before the installation, and went to synaptic and downloaded all of the nvisia drivers that i could find (surely one of them was going to work) i haven't had any problems so far