Random Horizontal Lines
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:36 am
I built some new systems for a client, below are the specs and I'm having some odd issues with 2 of them... Due to the nature of "Everything is itegrated" it really could be ANYTHING :| Was hoping something in the specs would raise a red flag to someone.
AMD A8-3850
8GB of Corsair XMS3 - 1600 @ 1333 (2 x 4GB)
Corsair CX600 V2 Builder Series (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817139028)
Asus F1A75-M (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131768)
The hard drives are two totally different sizes/brands and this issue isn't related to them at all, i'm sure about that. The odd thing is that if I have the windows minimized I don't see it at all... its only when I have windows that occupy the majority of the screen. This issue also is intermitent, but seems to get worse with time the longer the system is on. If the system is shut down and then restarted, things seem to work great for quite some time. It can be a few hours or a few days or maybe even week before the issue slowly starts to creep back up.
I'm going out on a limb here and saying that I doubt that its the APU, just very rare to see something like that go out. I'm leaning towards the PSU as it could be dishing out dirty power. Or the ram, which is being used for the video as its intergrated and shared. Or last but not least, the motherboard. After all everything goes through it, whats not to say that it is failing somewhere and making these other parts look bad .
I have updated the drivers for all 4 of these systems (only 2 seem to show these signs). The machines are identical with the exception of the hard drives. I also flashed the BIOS on 2 of these machines, 1 thats having the issue and 1 thats not. Otherwise the other 2 have also been flashed, just not to the VERY latest BIOS revision.
I'm considering testing the PSU, but the system seems VERY stable with the exception of the lines, and testing a PSU isn't the easiest, especially if I wont have any load on it out of the box. Any suggestions or red flags raised from the info I've posted?
AMD A8-3850
8GB of Corsair XMS3 - 1600 @ 1333 (2 x 4GB)
Corsair CX600 V2 Builder Series (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817139028)
Asus F1A75-M (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131768)
The hard drives are two totally different sizes/brands and this issue isn't related to them at all, i'm sure about that. The odd thing is that if I have the windows minimized I don't see it at all... its only when I have windows that occupy the majority of the screen. This issue also is intermitent, but seems to get worse with time the longer the system is on. If the system is shut down and then restarted, things seem to work great for quite some time. It can be a few hours or a few days or maybe even week before the issue slowly starts to creep back up.
I'm going out on a limb here and saying that I doubt that its the APU, just very rare to see something like that go out. I'm leaning towards the PSU as it could be dishing out dirty power. Or the ram, which is being used for the video as its intergrated and shared. Or last but not least, the motherboard. After all everything goes through it, whats not to say that it is failing somewhere and making these other parts look bad .
I have updated the drivers for all 4 of these systems (only 2 seem to show these signs). The machines are identical with the exception of the hard drives. I also flashed the BIOS on 2 of these machines, 1 thats having the issue and 1 thats not. Otherwise the other 2 have also been flashed, just not to the VERY latest BIOS revision.
I'm considering testing the PSU, but the system seems VERY stable with the exception of the lines, and testing a PSU isn't the easiest, especially if I wont have any load on it out of the box. Any suggestions or red flags raised from the info I've posted?