Geforce fx5500

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been running this card for close to a year with no problems now all of
a sudden I am getting black spots in everything desktop picture
viewer movies little black spots everywhere i checked the monitor by
plugging it into my laptop and it seems fine does not happen I
upgraded the drivers still the same thing is this what happens when a
video card goes ? Ive never had one die on me before
 
Ken1937 said:
been running this card for close to a year with no problems now all of
a sudden I am getting black spots in everything desktop picture
viewer movies little black spots everywhere i checked the monitor by
plugging it into my laptop and it seems fine does not happen I
upgraded the drivers still the same thing is this what happens when a
video card goes ? Ive never had one die on me before
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Could be a ram problem (not the ram on the video card). It could also be a
power supply problem. -Dave
 
It might be the video card overheating causing video ram problems.

Open the case and take a look at the video card. If it has a fan on it, make
sure the fan is working.
 
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