Hey everyone!
I'm new to the forum and pretty new to trying to fix my own PC as well ... which is why I'm here.
I have had a problem with the screen freezing on my HP pavilion for a few months now and, after contacting HP mulitiple times, haven't come up with a solution. The computer is about 2 years old and has Windows XP Media Center OS on it. The computer boots fine and runs fine but at any given time throughout the day the screen will freeze into a nice little herringbone pattern of colored shapes.
(Tried inserting a pic I took of the frozen screen; doubt you can see it though)
It does this at any time, regardless of what program is running (if any ... it even does it in the screensaver mode). I can't tell if the programs are running in the background because I can't get past the screen freeze. I initially tested the monitor by hooking it up to my laptop and letting it run all weekend. The monitor worked fine and didn't freeze once. I updated all drivers and the BIOS after doing a system restore (destructive hard drive reformat) and pulled, cleaned, and re-seated my memory sticks two days ago (suggested on another forum) and finished with running memtest86. Nothing worked. Screen still freezes for no apparent reason. Could this be the graphics card?
I'm new to the forum and pretty new to trying to fix my own PC as well ... which is why I'm here.
I have had a problem with the screen freezing on my HP pavilion for a few months now and, after contacting HP mulitiple times, haven't come up with a solution. The computer is about 2 years old and has Windows XP Media Center OS on it. The computer boots fine and runs fine but at any given time throughout the day the screen will freeze into a nice little herringbone pattern of colored shapes.
It does this at any time, regardless of what program is running (if any ... it even does it in the screensaver mode). I can't tell if the programs are running in the background because I can't get past the screen freeze. I initially tested the monitor by hooking it up to my laptop and letting it run all weekend. The monitor worked fine and didn't freeze once. I updated all drivers and the BIOS after doing a system restore (destructive hard drive reformat) and pulled, cleaned, and re-seated my memory sticks two days ago (suggested on another forum) and finished with running memtest86. Nothing worked. Screen still freezes for no apparent reason. Could this be the graphics card?