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Hi All,

Lets start from the beginning... I recently bought second hand a 3 year old ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 256-bit 128MB card.. Installed it, currently on catalyst 6.1 driver. Now the problem is that every few seconds or so, the screen flickers yellow... the whole screen, everything, turns a shade of yellow... it can last as few as half a second, sometimes, 1-3 seconds before turning to normal... then it starts to flicker again. It seems that it flickers when there is alot of movement on the screen.

I've tried reinstalling the drivers a few times, even tried the omega drivers, still no improvement.

This never happened on my old card, so i'm pretty sure its a hardware or software compatibility issue...

Pls HELP!!!

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Given the reports from and of the whole-screen brief yellow tinting during motion, and ’s cable suggestion, a short, ordered diagnostic will quickly narrow the cause. A screen that briefly goes yellow typically means the blue channel is being lost or reduced (red+green remain, producing yellow), so tests should focus on the signal path, drivers, power and the card’s output stages.

Start with these targeted checks:

  • Swap the video cable and connector type. Try a known-good DVI and a known-good VGA cable, and inspect DVI pins and connector shells for damage or poor contact.

  • Cross-test monitor and PC. Attach the monitor to another working PC, and if possible install the suspect card into a different machine. If the tint follows the card, the card is likely at fault.

  • Eliminate driver/acceleration as a cause. Boot with generic drivers (Safe Mode or a Linux live USB). If the tint disappears with the generic driver, focus on driver cleanup and an older WHQL release rather than only the newest builds.

  • Reduce GPU load. Lower resolution, refresh rate and color depth or disable hardware acceleration briefly to see whether the problem correlates with activity level.

  • Check power and temperature. Verify PSU capacity and cable seating, confirm GPU fan spins, and remove dust. Intermittent color loss under load can be power or overheating related.

  • Do a visual inspection. Look for bulging capacitors, cracked solder joints or a loose heatsink on the card.

Interpreting results: if the fault persists across monitors and systems, it most likely indicates failing video output hardware (RAMDAC/output amp/VRAM) and replacement is the practical fix for older, used cards. If the problem only appears with vendor drivers, perform a clean driver uninstall then try a different stable WHQL driver. Take ESD and power-off precautions when reseating or swapping hardware.

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i have the same problem. have a geforce fx5200 128mb graphics card and a benq fp767 tft screen. had the screen replaced and still occurs, updated all graphics card drivers so im guessing its the graphics card - gona replace soon!

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it could be your monitor cable also, did you check that?

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