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Old August 13th 03, 01:28 PM
Dom Robinson
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Default Aldi Medion - ATI 9600TX - Engineer visit :(

Previous google post about this he http://tinyurl.com/jvsg

Well, the engineer came at 11am, looked at the output on the TV (s-video) and
said he could replace the graphics card but that it wouldn't make a blind bit
of difference as that's the kind of picture you can expect when putting the PC
through to a TV, due to a TV's standard refresh rate. (Even though I had no
such problem with the ATI Radeon 8500LE 64Mb)

So, feeling dejected because I was really hoping this would sort it, I went
downstairs to make a brew while I let him get on with changing the card over.
He didn't want a brew as he "would be off in 5-10 minutes".

Then, when I came back upstairs the PC had booted up and the problem had gone.
I was well chuffed. Then he left. Then, over the next 30 minutes the problem
returned, not as bad as it was with the previous card but it's still there to
a degree and so I'm still not happy and I'll get back on to Medion but I'm
trying to get some feedback in the newsgroups first.

Also, the composite output isn't working on this one either, even with the
s-video unplugged in case there was a conflict (should there be?). Is there
somewhere in the display properties that allows me to switch this on? I looked
through them but couldn't find anything specific to it.

If a replacement ATI 9600TX isn't doing the trick, I'll ask Medion about
replacing it with the next card up, even if it means me buying the card from
elsewhere and getting the money back from Medion, since I'd rather not wait in
on a call-out all day again just to be disappointed again.

I'll look forward to any replies or help people can give. TIA,
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