2 months ago i built this computer
this is the current config
Gigabyte K7 triton mb
Sapphire radeon 9600
AMD Athlon XP 3200
Mad dog dvd-rom
lite-on cd-rom burner
512 kingstonvalue ram
westgate 80g Hd
quantumfireball 20g Hd
win2000 pro
Now the problem is that iam getting pixalation on my background and when i try to play movies i get pixalation problems and sound problems but dont get them when Iam online or in games(well actually gert a little online but looking at this screen i have none)

Ive updated all my drivers and looked in all the places to see errors (event viewer ect.) but dont see any thing relivant)
Its almost like this computer doesn't like itself.
Ive tried to insall XP but could never get dial up to work with it so went back to 2000pro
any help would be great
the only thing i can figure is it does not like the config

I also am trying the things in post garbled graphics by newt

Have you backed down the hardware excelleration on the Video card to eliminate a software conflict?

Dont know if this will help i also had Sapphire radeon graphics card....with gigabyte motherboard.....had loads of problems with graphics card for weeks in the end after trying everything i could...i opted for a gigabyte graphics card(NVIDIA GeForce 5900)and everything is sweet.....i questioned myself on the compatibly of Sapphire radeon with gigabyte????????.....same card make as motherboard no problems at all!!!!!!

yes I have tried to back down the excelleration that didn't work either.
and as for the compatibility issue it was working but i brought the wrong proccesor, a sempron 2200, and then upgraded that to the athlon and thats when the problems started, it seems. but it almost seems like some kind of bus problem because my dvd won't play movies right either.any other ideas would help alot that dont involve me buying a new video card or really anything else as i spent what money i had to build this computer(its actually a upgrade from another computer and the only things that are new are the MB,video card and ram. And like i said at one point i had this thing running right but tried to install XP on it a couple of times and went back to 2000pro
I don't know if this would cause the problem or not either, even though I cann't see why it would

dont know what else to say on this,except perserve!!!!!!!!!!1

You have done everything I would have myself. I will have to think some more on it and do some research...Hopefully another can chime in with what they think.

Sorry I havent helped much.

The problem could be in Win 2k, as its not designed for graphics. I know I had loads of problems with DVD play back when I was running 2k, that why I upgraded to XP.

Also check your direct X

Originally Posted by jephree

Try going to start/run/ dxdiag

Look under Display for any errors.

Also check the Device Manager: RT click My Computer then click Manage then Device Manager or go to start/run/ devmgmt.msc for any "!"

Also: look in your Event viewer: rt. click My Computer then click Manage then Event Viewer.
Or: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/ eventvwr
Open the system as well as the application tabs & look for [COLOR=RED]X[/COLOUR] errors. Click error line for details.
Post back the source & event id especially of errors that seem to coincide with this issue.

Regards
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Meck

I tried all of the things that jephree had wrote and checked the dxdiag. whats really bothering me is that if you look at it without the graphics problem it shows nothing wrong.At least i can't find anything wrong. guess I'll try to go to either sapphires or ATI's websites and see if they can tell me.
thanks for all your help everyone.