TSGL: Still troubles - blinking + dark screen

[Tilman Brandl]

John,

ahhh, understood. No, I've never changed any settings there. Guess I'll look into it next time, something could've changed them without me knowing. Although I can't imagine what kind of something - no chance that a living person did it, perhaps some Bios zombie or other spooky entity? 

Thanks
Tilman
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jonpan 
  To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List 
  Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 5:23 PM
  Subject: Re: TSGL: Still troubles - blinking + dark screen


  Hi Tilman,

  I thought you might have changed some settings to improve performance, e.g. 
  DRAM timing, CAS latency, RAS to CAS delay, Refresh Rate, etc.  The default 
  settings are supposed to be 'safe'. You could try it?

  Tschüß

  John

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Tilman Brandl" <tbrandl2 at chello.at>
  To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
  Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 3:56 PM
  Subject: TSGL: Still troubles - blinking + dark screen


  John,

  what have safe defaults in Bios to do with RAM? Can you please enlighten me?

  I've meanwhile bought a new PSU - when it's cooling stopped, the PC started 
  rebooting, and files got corrupted (and maybe my system spoiled). So I just 
  had to.

  Then I've played a bit with my RAM banks, 512 MB each. Left only one of them 
  in slot 1, then swapped it with module 2 - both didn't prevent the screen 
  from blinking. Of course BOTH chips could be corrupt, that's true. Just - 
  chances aren't too high for this.

  Also - I don't see any problems on my machine, unless I start playing with 
  TV Browser (TVB) and/or the Java settings under control panel. Also saw a 
  few signs of screen blinking/blanking on certain websited - possibly ones 
  using Java.

  Guess I'll next remove any files and traces of my Java installation, try a 
  nondestructive XP repair, and then re- install JRE. If this doesn't help, 
  I'll probably have to install XP again from scratch ;-(

  Tilman

  ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: jonpan
    To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
    Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 12:53 PM
    Subject: Re: TSGL: Big trouble - blinking screen


    Hi Tilman,

    On the subject of RAM, you might try setting the BIOS to safe defaults
    first, after noting the settings you normally use.

    Nein, hier friert es kaum, höchstens zwei- dreimal über Nacht. Zurzeit 
  gegen
    13.00 Uhr, haben wir 13°C, trocken und bedeckt.

    Grüße.

    John
    Od/G

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: "Tilman Brandl" <tbrandl2 at chello.at>
    To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
    Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 2:43 PM
    Subject: Re: TSGL: Big trouble - blinking screen


    Hi John,

    Thanks for your ideas!
    I guess there are restore points that I could use ... and I have acronis
    images of my system partition too. They all would make sense in case this
    were a software thing.

    Before that I'll check RAM, it could be behind this. And of course also 
  the
    graphics drivers. The device is on-board, so no problem with seating +
    contacts.

    Initially I thought it was the KVM switch I have which connects 2 PCs to
    monitor, keyboard + mouse. It wasn't though ... things are scary without 
  the
    switch too ;-(

    Aaaaaaargh !

    Cheers
    Tilman
    Friert es schon im Odenwald? Im Wienerwald hat's noch um die 12 Grad C ...

      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: jonpan
      To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
      Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 9:25 AM
      Subject: Re: TSGL: Big trouble - blinking screen


      Hi Tilman,

      Do you have a system restore from before the time of initial 
  installation
    of
      TVB? Or a DVD-backup?

      Have you tried swapping the monitor?

      My wife's monitor is momentarily 'blacking out' occasionally. So far, 
  I've
      just changed the monitor, to no effect. I'm thinking about re-seating 
  the
      graphic card, updating the driver, swapping the card...

      Cheers,

      John
      Od/G




      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: "Tilman Brandl" <tbrandl2 at chello.at>
      To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <List at tsgserver.com>
      Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 1:33 AM
      Subject: TSGL: Big trouble - blinking screen


      Hi,

      I'm having big trouble. My ssreen sometimes starts blinking between 
  normal
      display and (mainly) being black only. The black periods tend to grow
    longer
      over time...

      It all started with a program I'm using since some time, TV Browser - 
  TVB.
      Recently it began this blinking action and eventually froze my whole 
  PC -
      only restore brought it to reboot and back to live.

      When I asked people at the forum for TVB they said: check 1. graphic 
  card
      drivers 2. Java, 3. RAM

      Meanwhile I've tried to uninstall older JRE versions,  which didn't work
    out
      correctly so I ended up removing 2 versions using MS Windows Installer
      Cleanup. Then I uninstalled the latest version and reinstalled it - jre
      1.6.0_03.

      Since then things are quiet sofar, but start again as soon as I look at
    the
      Java settings under control panel - screen goes blank=black in about 5
      seconds, so I always finish playing around that way. All is well as soon
    as
      the dialog is closed ... And of course - everything is in upheaval when 
  I
      try to start TVB - which is a Java application AFAIK. Just tried it a 
  last
      time, took a reset again ...

      Guess I'll try and test RAM tomorrow (but - shouldn't there be more
      indications if there were any problems? And I could reinstall the 
  graphics
      drivers too.

      If none of these make things any better I'll perhaps try a system 
  restore
      (or system repair?)

      Any other ideas anybody?

      TYVMIA
      Tilman

      Win XP sp2 + most updates; AVG + ZA.
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