Posts by vividhawk49

Hey there!

I'm looking to finally part ways with this old computer of mine. I was hoping someone could give me a rough idea of what it's actually worth? I really want to avoid just dropping it off at a scrap yard if there's a better way to handle this...

Motherboard: ASUS
RAM: 1 GB DDR2 Kingmax and 2 GB DDR2 Kingmax
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4850 1 GB GDDR4
CPU: Intel Core i5
Hard Drives: 160 GB and 80 GB—honestly, I have no clue who manufactured them.
DVD Drive: Sony
PSU: 400W, no brand listed, probably some cheap generic unit.

If anyone can lend a hand with an estimate, I’d truly appreciate it!

Hey everyone!
I’ve been dealing with a bit of a headache since this afternoon. My monitor screen has started jittering—nothing massive, but it’s noticeable enough that you can see the letters shaking left and right really quickly.

Everything was working perfectly yesterday and even through this morning, but then out of nowhere today, this trembling started.
It isn't happening constantly, either. Sometimes it pops up while I'm just sitting on the desktop, and other times it stays constant while I'm playing a game, yet I don't see any issues at all when I'm browsing on Chrome... I initially thought maybe I messed up my resolution or refresh rate settings, so I went in to check, but everything is set exactly how it was before. I'm using a 19-inch Samsung W1034S, running at my native 1440x900 resolution at 60Hz, just like always. Honestly, I'm stumped.

I already tried swapping out the cables, but that didn't fix a thing. Right now, I'm running an analog connection from the monitor to the GPU. I have a DVI cable lying around somewhere, but I can't track it down at the moment to test it out.

Does anyone have any insight into what might be causing this? Is a component simply dying on me? 🙂