PC help - videocard problem?

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  1. mattym123

    mattym123 Regular member

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    Hey,

    I recently turned on my pc, and i booted into ubumtu, I left it for about half an hour and when I got back, i moved the mouse, and the screen went from normal to alot of white Dots, the screen flashing and just funny colors, in windows the Rez would be really big and unuseable, my bios number code is 26, i'm currently using my iPhone to do this thread, so if I sound strange, that's why :)

    does it sound like my graphics card or motherboard?
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    onboard videocard or seperate videocard?
     
  3. Paula_X

    Paula_X Guest

    great title.. very helpful indeed.

    boot in single user mode and run

    dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

    that should solve it.. unless you have a hardware fault.
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    title edited
     
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    mattym123 Regular member

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    Hey, Sorry for the poor title :)

    It's a separate video card, a 9800GX2, its about 2 years old

    Here is an mp3 of the sounds my pc makes when starting up:

    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WZ33LXO4
     
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