Vertical yellow bands

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W. Clinton Terry

I have just created a new computer, where all the component parts are new
except for my Sony DVD burner and reader. The ATI card I installed was the
Radeon Pro. If there are different versions of this, I am not sure which
one it is and unfortunately, I discarded the box it came in. In any event,
there are light vertical yellow bands, about one inch wide, that one can see
on the monitor. Sometimes when there is a white document that does not
occupy the entire screen, this yellow tint extends between the bands. I do
not do games so I did not install the drivers that came on the CD. I guess
that I do not have Catalyst installed. I am using XP professional and the
display driver is 6.14 or something to that degree. Trying to get any
support from ATI is pretty hard. I did hook up another monitor to the new
computer and the banding did not go away. If I had another video card I
would stick it in to see whether the bands do go away, but I do not have
anothe card. Does anyone have an idea what the problem here is....and how
to remedy it short of going to another video card. This is a particular
problem for my photographic work is affected inasmuch as my monitor is
profiled and it is difficult to color correct pictures in Photoshop with
this situation.

Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer.

W. Clinton Terry
 
P.S. the card is plugged in the AGP slot and the motherboad is a Tuyan Tiger
i7505/ S2668 which I needed because this computer is using twoXeon
processors.

Clinton
 
W. Clinton Terry said:
I have just created a new computer, where all the component parts are new
except for my Sony DVD burner and reader. The ATI card I installed was the
Radeon Pro. If there are different versions of this, I am not sure which
one it is and unfortunately, I discarded the box it came in. In any
event, there are light vertical yellow bands, about one inch wide, that
one can see on the monitor. Sometimes when there is a white document that
does not occupy the entire screen, this yellow tint extends between the
bands. I do not do games so I did not install the drivers that came on
the CD. I guess that I do not have Catalyst installed. I am using XP
professional and the display driver is 6.14 or something to that degree.
Trying to get any support from ATI is pretty hard. I did hook up another
monitor to the new computer and the banding did not go away. If I had
another video card I would stick it in to see whether the bands do go
away, but I do not have anothe card. Does anyone have an idea what the
problem here is....and how to remedy it short of going to another video
card. This is a particular problem for my photographic work is affected
inasmuch as my monitor is profiled and it is difficult to color correct
pictures in Photoshop with this situation.

Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to offer.

W. Clinton Terry
Click to expand...

most likely the video card is faulty or psu is undersized for this card -
check this card in another system. Maybe your dealer is more than happy to
checck the card in his workbench system
 
W. Clinton Terry said:
.... This is a particular problem for my photographic work is affected inasmuch
as my monitor is profiled and it is difficult to color correct pictures in Photoshop
with this situation.
Click to expand...

Any change of video card means you need to redo your monitor profile anyway.
 
W. Clinton Terry said:
I do not do games so I did not install the drivers that came on the CD. I guess
that I do not have Catalyst installed. I am using XP professional and the
display driver is 6.14 or something to that degree
Click to expand...

Load the driver that came with the card. That's what it's for. If the
banding persists then at least you know it's installed properly and can
take it from there. Shaun
 
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