{"id":51,"date":"2011-07-20T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/?p=51"},"modified":"2011-08-06T15:54:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-06T15:54:32","slug":"how-to-fix-screen-flicker-problem-xfx-radeon-5770","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/?p=51","title":{"rendered":"How to fix Screen flicker problem &#8211; XFX Radeon 5770"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After spending over \u00a3100 pounds on a new<strong> XfX Radeon 5770<\/strong> graphics card, I hoped I my computer would finally behave itself. However there was an issue with screen flicker. At first it seemed to be random, but after a while it became clear that <strong>Adobe flash player <\/strong>and <strong>Cyberlink Power DVD 9 player software<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/147.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52\" class=\"size-large wp-image-52\" title=\"Exif_JPEG_PICTURE\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/147-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/147-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/147-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-52\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vertical lines can bee seen across the whole screen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It may not be clear from the picture, (as it is hard to get a good one) but if you look at the top of the image hopefully you can see the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The solution to this problem was quite simple after some trial and error, I tracked the problem down to <strong>hardware acceleration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To fix this problem in Power DVD 9:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open Power DVD<\/li>\n<li>Click on settings:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_04-Jul.-07-17.30.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53\" title=\"ScreenHunter_04 Jul. 07 17.30\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_04-Jul.-07-17.30.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_04-Jul.-07-17.30.gif 548w, https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_04-Jul.-07-17.30-300x36.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the video tab and then uncheck Enable hardware acceleration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_02-Jul.-07-17.27.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54\" title=\"ScreenHunter_02 Jul. 07 17.27\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_02-Jul.-07-17.27.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_02-Jul.-07-17.27.gif 618w, https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_02-Jul.-07-17.27-300x266.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click OK and you are done!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To fix this problem in Adobe flash player:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Go to a webpage using flash, i.e. you tube<\/li>\n<li>Right click on the video and select &#8216;settings&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Uncheck the &#8216;enable hardware acceleration&#8217; option and click close<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_03-Jul.-07-17.29.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55\" title=\"ScreenHunter_03 Jul. 07 17.29\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_03-Jul.-07-17.29.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_03-Jul.-07-17.29.gif 640w, https:\/\/blog.thepcmechanic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ScreenHunter_03-Jul.-07-17.29-300x182.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are done!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope this help people with vertical lines appearing on thier screens, its very annoying!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending over \u00a3100 pounds on a new XfX Radeon 5770 graphics card, I hoped I my computer would finally behave itself. 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