chessboard of fuzz (in-game)

[nerve]

Hey guys,

I just recently got a new monitor, a Samsung 906BW 19". Now, when I try to play any a game i get a chessboard of fuzz (one square snowy the next square not, in the pattern of a chessboard) lol. Even when the screensaver comes up it does it. I checked all my connections to my monitor and they were fine, now i have a second monitor and i tested a game on that one too, same thing. Now I am thinking it is my graphics card, maybe i should reseat it or try to reinstall drivers. If anyone has any suggestions, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

Andrew

 

[nerve]

OK so I just updated my drivers through Device Manager. The screen went blank and flashed a couple of times then I got this message quite a few times,

"Error in NVCPL.DLL
Missing entry:NvCplRestorePersistence"

..lol

(I have a attached a screenshot of the error message)

 

[dmex]

Hey Nerve,

You need to use the setup program to install the NVidia drivers, dont use the Device Manager...You can download the latest NVidia driver from: NVIDIA Driver Downloads - Automatically Detect NVIDIA Products

Also checkout this thread for the http://www.vistax64.com/gaming/162064-latest-directx-update.html

Steven

 

[nerve]

Thanks dmex, I appreciate the suggestions. I actually unplugged my S-Video cable from my graphics card and now it doesnt seem to be doin it.. So I guess we will see what happens.. lol