Why is there unwanted red pixels on my desktop?
Posted in: Million Dollar City Pages by admin on April 28, 2009
Jake asked:
I have red pixels over black areas on my desktop, they go away sometimes, so they aren’t stuck or frozen pixels. I noticed these after I played a computer game (counterstrike source), and I asked around online and a person said my graphics card was overheating (an nvidia), but when I woke up and used the computer for the first time, they came back. My computer is operating normally, but they just are annoying and cover up areas that are supposed to be black. Any thoughts?
Aldwin
I have red pixels over black areas on my desktop, they go away sometimes, so they aren’t stuck or frozen pixels. I noticed these after I played a computer game (counterstrike source), and I asked around online and a person said my graphics card was overheating (an nvidia), but when I woke up and used the computer for the first time, they came back. My computer is operating normally, but they just are annoying and cover up areas that are supposed to be black. Any thoughts?
Aldwin
That person would be right your graphics card is starting to go and just replaced mine and it was a nVIDIA FX5500 256m so i would spring for a new one.
Comment by 'clowN' — April 28, 2009 @ 4:33 pm
For dust make sure the fan still spins freely are you overclocking or overvolting.
Comment by JoelKatz — April 29, 2009 @ 11:34 pm
may by your graphics card not enough to play some games
Comment by Amir A — May 3, 2009 @ 4:14 am