Do pink speckles over HDMI mean video card death imminent? My ATI 1900 did the same over DVI to a LCD then died about a year later. This is a lowly 3x00 series in a HTPC connected to a plasma. (I think it is 3400). I turned the TV off restarted the computer and pressed the HDMI-->DVI adapter into the PC and they (pink crawly speckles) went away, but I am not sure if it could be a connection issue, or if this card too is dying. I have had horrible luck with ATI cards lately arg...I wish they had XFX or one of those producing them earlier when I got these cards.
Pink speckles over HDMI mean video card death imminent?
- Thread starter Sxotty
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DVI/HDMI is apparantly relatively sensitive to transmission interference from what I've read. If the issue went away after re-seating your connectors it could very well just have been a bad connection. Or perhaps you've got a low-quality cable and jiggling it a bit made things get better. 
Silent_Buddha
Legend
I will cross my fingers and hope for the best Grall
At least in this case it is a cheap card so I cannot be too upset if it dies, but it would still be annoying.
Well if it can at least last until 2010 before dying, you'd have a good excuse to buy an Rv810/830 based card.
I'm eagerly awaiting those so I can upgrade the 3450 I have in my HTPC.
Regards,
SB
Silent_Buddha
Legend
Well, I won't be upgrading the rest of my HTPC for at least another 2-4 years, other than possibly a HDD here and there, so IGP is out for me. Basically built the machine to last me a good 4-8 years.
Besides I'm not sure if any IGPs have HDMI + audio over HDMI + bitstreaming.
Regards,
SB
Besides I'm not sure if any IGPs have HDMI + audio over HDMI + bitstreaming.
Regards,
SB
