Solve : wavy lines on older pc display?

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Answer» Not sure if this is the right place, but... I have an older desktop pc that I'm trying to use with my interactive whiteboard. When I HOOK it up to any MONITOR the display has tiny, wavy lines - not new lines - just what is on screen seems to be moving...just slightly. (The desktop pic is fine...but the icons on the desktop show it - and it shows up in the programs.) It isn't really noticeable unless you look for it, that is, until you hook it up through a projector (via a long vga cord) and it is unbearable to look at. I checked the System Information under Display and it had no info. In the Device Manager there was one question MARK under Other Devices -> Video Controller (VGA Compatible) and it said there was a problem with the driver. Is this the issue? Any advice on how to fix it? Or if I need to take it to someone who knows the "insides" of a computer better - could you help me know what to ask for? (I'm thinking it might need a new video card - I don't need anything too FANCY just to project the display onto an interactive whiteboard, do I? Or would a better card make a difference in seeing the display that large?) [4 feet across] Thanks for the assistance...Quote Is this the issue? Any advice on how to fix it? Or if I need to take it to someone who knows the "insides" of a computer better - could you help me know what to ask for? This is most likely the problem here. Using Device Manager, find out the what the driver is and search for it on the Internet (or you can post it here and we can locate it for you). It is an intel 82865G graphics card (64mb) and the driver now is 6.14.10.3722 I've searched around and found a couple of different possible driver updates - not sure which (or if) to try if they would make a difference. Or I guess I just put in a simple/cheap but reliable graphics card? (Recommendations?)Download and install the driver for the right piece of hardware (exact model) and Operating System (Vista, XP, ect...) I don't really have any recommendations on Graphics Cards though...Got the right driver from Intel - nothing changed. Guess it must be hardware? It doesn't do it during the start up menu or during the windows xp startup (black screens) but starts when windows says "welcome..." (blue screen) It couldn't be a windows thing? ...and if I go to replace the video card can this be a do-it-yourself job? Is the current graphics card "built-in" to the motherboard? (Intel 82865G) Or is this something a little beyond plugging a new card into a new slot? Thanks for the help

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Not sure if this is the right place, but...

I have an older desktop pc that I'm trying to use with my interactive whiteboard. When I HOOK it up to any MONITOR the display has tiny, wavy lines - not new lines - just what is on screen seems to be moving...just slightly. (The desktop pic is fine...but the icons on the desktop show it - and it shows up in the programs.) It isn't really noticeable unless you look for it, that is, until you hook it up through a projector (via a long vga cord) and it is unbearable to look at.

I checked the System Information under Display and it had no info.

In the Device Manager there was one question MARK under Other Devices -> Video Controller (VGA Compatible) and it said there was a problem with the driver.

Is this the issue? Any advice on how to fix it? Or if I need to take it to someone who knows the "insides" of a computer better - could you help me know what to ask for?

(I'm thinking it might need a new video card - I don't need anything too FANCY just to project the display onto an interactive whiteboard, do I? Or would a better card make a difference in seeing the display that large?) [4 feet across]

Thanks for the assistance...Quote

Is this the issue? Any advice on how to fix it? Or if I need to take it to someone who knows the "insides" of a computer better - could you help me know what to ask for?

This is most likely the problem here.
Using Device Manager, find out the what the driver is and search for it on the Internet (or you can post it here and we can locate it for you).
It is an intel 82865G graphics card (64mb) and the driver now is 6.14.10.3722

I've searched around and found a couple of different possible driver updates - not sure which (or if) to try if they would make a difference.

Or I guess I just put in a simple/cheap but reliable graphics card? (Recommendations?)Download and install the driver for the right piece of hardware (exact model) and Operating System (Vista, XP, ect...)

I don't really have any recommendations on Graphics Cards though...Got the right driver from Intel - nothing changed.

Guess it must be hardware?

It doesn't do it during the start up menu or during the windows xp startup (black screens) but starts when windows says "welcome..." (blue screen)

It couldn't be a windows thing?

...and if I go to replace the video card can this be a do-it-yourself job?

Is the current graphics card "built-in" to the motherboard?
(Intel 82865G)

Or is this something a little beyond plugging a new card into a new slot?

Thanks for the help

Solve : wavy lines on older pc display?

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