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From: John Moore <jmoore5@uswest.net>
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I have been running a pci 8meg thriller for 6 months and did get a funky
screen a coulpe of times early on. It also wouldn't hold the gamma setting
or resolution for awhile but they both work now... wierd computer thing.
JM

Jeff Vincent wrote:

> On Tue, 08 Dec 1998 23:24:12 GMT, a_renault@hotmail.nospam.com
> ("Antoine Renault") wrote:
>
> >I've been having a strange new problem since I've installed my new
> >Thriller3D AGP 8Mb.  At some point, for no reason, the menus get
> >scrambled up, and all letters on that page look blurry and are totally
> >unreadable.  If I go to the game and come back everything is back to
> >normal.  This is kinda annoying...
> >
> >Anyone's had these kind of troubles or am I the chosen one?
>
>   I think I've had something similar (same card).  A couple of times
> after running several online races a few weeks back it did this.  I
> had to either restart GPL or reboot Win95 to fix it (I forget).
> Haven't seen it since.  I assumed it was some sort of online glitch.
> Maybe it's overheating or a hardware fault?  I'm using the latest (85)
> drivers.  As a side note, I sure wish they'd fix the gamma setting so
> I didn't have to reset it every time I reboot.  :(
>
> "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was
> nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into
> a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark



