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Currently i do not own a colorimeter. I will look into it if it's available in my country. These things are rare in my country. Folks with this issue know what i am talking about. We face this low color fidelity(washed out/ dull colors) everyday. It's even causing strain on our eyes and brain. Calarity is not present at all. Color depth is not present. We (people with higher intensity of this issue) cannot pinpoint objects at medium distance let alone far away from us in games. Color loss even affect bios logo. Keep in mind color fidelity loss is just one issue among many other issues(mentioned by many posters here) that comes with this. It all depends upon intensity of this issue if you have higher intensity of this issue so will your colors(other symptoms as well) mess up alot compared to those users who have low intensity of this issue. I am in no way shape or form advocating anyone(people who have no knowledge about dangers in electricity) to open their PSU. It's just a test in which i have shared my findings so that many with this issue won't be left astray thinking it could be this or that. Also if someone comes along and have enough Electrical knowledge with practical background to understand what i showed. They will at least have a direction to follow. As mentioned i don't have these available in my country. So i will look into this. Thanks for the advice. Leakage current is indirectly the cause. According to my findings intensity of leakage current increases with intensity of this issue.

It's leakage current as demonstrated by measuring with a DMM. Not related to humidity at all. Yes it is actually shocking me with voltage above 100VAC. It does not shock with ground attached. Removed grounding point to test the intensity of this leakage current. No i don't have colorimeter measurements but i have my eyes. I can confirm change in colors. If you ever get this issue you might know how this issue manifest itself and bring the color fidelity down to nothing. Colors get dim and dull. Brightness increases aswell. I am an Electrical Engineer. I have enough knowledge when it comes to SMPS. With this issue Leakage current starts to appear as well in the chassis but you can only measure it if you remove ground. I took objective readings with a DMM to ponder upon.

Before this issue i did not have leakage current to an extent that i have now. I have tested leakage voltage/current with a DMM and a voltage tester. For the purpose of testing i had to remove Earth to get the intensity of this leakage current. When i bought my PC in my old(good/not affected) city i never got a shock from my PC and never had Earthing there as well. After moving to my new(affected) city I started to get this issue and with this issue i started to get shock from my PC. Now i am back in my old city and colors are better but the issue remains so is this leakage voltage/current. With my dmm i have measured this potential difference between Earth from outlet and PC chasis. Measuring leakage current: Leakage current used to be 700uA. Then i removed few components from PSU and the colors got much better than before so is leakage current dropped to 500uA. Ordered few of those components. I will completely replace them as soon as they arrive. Keep in mind i am at my old (not affected)city. I can buy new PC and get rid of this issue but still doing all of this to pinpoint what exactly this issue weakened in my devices.

Just posting these videos to broaden the perspective of people here who have hard time understanding how come this issue exist with Electricity.

Look at this video of me sending this video to the guy i bought this GPU from. It happened after moving to this new city along with other symptoms, At that time i never knew that it was the Electricity in the new house/city behind all this. So i sent him this video thinking that it was the GPU going bad out of nowhere. Silly me. After the graphical issues appearing in my Laptop and TV, it was started getting clearer to me that nothing else could cause all this. All of this happened alongwith stutters in GTA V as soon as i moved to this new city. I fixed those stutter in GTA V by removing Logitech mouse software from the background but i was using this same software in my old city without any such issues. Notice how the left fan was not working those days and other 2 fans in my GPU were showing weird symptom of increasing rpm and then decreasing whenever i appy the settings. I am not saying that everyone should see this specific symptom because I think the issue in Electricity was at it's peak for me during that time thats why fans in my PC were doing this. "TotallyNotYaBoi" said in his post that he also noticed microstutter in games alongwith other graphical symptoms. Also after "Harsh" said that he could see his room lights dim whenever he applied in game graphical settings. "Assasinas" showed how it's happening even in video playback. See the post of "Lucenta" at page 115 that it's happening after some time of use. Some people claims they see strobing effect in the lights in their home. Many more such posts. After these posts there were no doubts in my mind that they were also having the similar issue as me and it can't be anything except Electricity. Even after sharing all this we still have people here saying Electricity can't cause anything in your PC. Because it's either ON or OFF and PSU will protect from everything. Well if PSU supposed to help me then why was it not shutting down my PC in the video above. Atleast give me a notification that there is some problem with the power. Why it never did any of this if it's so intelligent and PSU was supposed to protect from all power quality issues? Again with theories like Z-Buffer. We should focus on what's causing this not what is happening. This is not normal what we are experiencing. The way they say it's Z-buffer and claims that it's normal is not right. Please someone invite them to your house and show them that it's happenening even in Bios Screen, TV, Console, Phone. Otherwise they will never be able to understand what we are actually facing. Z-Buffer that want's to give me bad graphics just because it did not like me moving to a new city. What was this Z-Buffer doing for 5 years in my old city? Sleeping? Z-Buffer that want's to appear after some time of use and unleash it's powers to give us bad graphics. Why does it sleep for some time when someone buy new PC. Does Z-Buffer exist in Bios screen or TV? I don't wanna be rude. I know some of these guys might be trying to help but they don't realize the severity of this issue. I recommend to them reading all the symptoms first. Also I want you to go back in time and see the symptoms "Magix" explained. That guy explained our symptoms in detail. How in the end he said it can't be anything except Electricity and they simply ignored him by saying that Electricity can't cause anything in PC.

Do you have advanced testing equipment? If not advanced testing equipment then at least an Oscilloscope? Do you know what type of issues exist in Electricity? How can you say in your village electricity is very very bad? Do you have any testing equipment at all. Are these guys lying about moving to another place/city and fixing this issue? Do you think i am lying that i got it after moving to this new city? I lived in my old city for more than five years and as soon as i moved to this new city it started appearing in all my audio/video devices. Maybe your village and city has same power grid. Maybe your method of analyzing this issue was wrong. Maybe you did not realize that your village was also started getting this issue at the same time. Maybe your PC is past the recovery stage. There can be many such reasons. But please don't jump to conclusion immediately that it's not Electricity. The fact that people still think it's software is mindboggling to me. Even after explaining to them that a software that can affect bios screen, Consoles, Phones, even TVs at the same time and with varying intensities does not exist. If they have any knowledge about how software interacts with hardware and as soon as i say that it's happening in my TV, Console, phone, PC (even in bios screen) etc in my house and with varying intensities. They should immediately discard the idea that it's software. The only thing that can cause these symptoms and in a way that we are experiencing them is Electricty. But too bad that they don't realize this basic idea.

Why do we still have this idea around that it's not Electricity? Even after sharing that it's happening even in my TV, console, phone, PC at the same time. Also it's happening with different intensities. Also it never happened to me in my old city where i lived for 5 years and as soon as i moved to this new city it started appearing in all my audio/video devices. Even after telling these guys all this. They still think it's software. Please listen to what you are saying that a software so much intelligent that it want's to give me bad graphics just because it does not like me moving to a new city? I guess this software has feelings too. That a software so intelligent that it vary the intensity of the symptoms on a day to day basis? WOW do these guys have any idea what we are dealing with here. I don't think so. Also this theory that game devs are intentionally putting these symptoms in the games.WOW seriously? Do they not realize that this issue exist outside of games even in BIOS screen? On top of that when I prove to them with articles that Electricity is not simple and that it's not simply ON or OFF. They deny this and go with their own theory that Microsoft will help us with an update. Believe me Microsoft or any other company will never help us. Even if they want to help us they can't do that unless they bring with them Electrical/Electronic Engineers, Power Quality Experts with advanced equipment to our house. If not advanced equipment then atleast an Oscilloscope. I am trying to import an oscilloscope from USA but because of Coronavirus i can't. I wanted to buy it on Amazon. But now all the services have been halted due to Coronavirus. So i'll have to wait. In the meantime my advice to everyone here is not to buy anything thinking that it might help. The only way we can apply any solution to this issue is when we will know what specific issue in Electricity is causing this. Instead please read this article to know about the complexity of these issues: https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SPD_VAVR-5WKLPK_EN

I have answered it before that maybe whatever in Electricity causing this is either appearing or disappearing for you or has low intensity these days or you have to wait for your laptop to get it after some time of use as some people are saying that it usually appers for them after some time of use. Maybe your laptop was sitiing in your house and was not plugged in for a long time. In short there can be many such reasons. Just know that what we are dealing with in Electricity is not that simple to figure out. Also please don't jump to conclusions that it's not Electricty. Being an Electrical Engineer i can assure you that it's Electricty. Also listen to the interesting findings of one guy who posted here. I think he said that when he moved from Sharjah to Dubai his PC still showed symptoms in the new city as soon as he moved. But on the next day the issue disappeared. This tells us that this issue is not that simple and somehow our PC's are going in some kind of mode (e.g low power mode). Although i also think that something(electronic components) must be altering their characteristics after all this time of being under stress. But after his post i think there might be chance that our PC's will recover at new place if not immediately then after some time depending upon the intensity of this issue that they have to put up with all the time at the old place. PS: If i remember it correctly when i moved to this new city some of the symptoms in my gaming PC were immediately there which i discussed before (e.g. stutter in GTA V while running logitech mouse app in the background which i used to run in my old city without any issue and fans not running properly in my PC) but other(intense graphical) symptoms took a week or so to appear. But among all this interestingly my non-gaming laptop showed sympttoms after more than a month.

4k or 8K or whatever 'K' you apply to this issue in future, you can't fix something that's causing texture pop ins, Flickering shadows, Flickering AA, Low lod, Everything seems blurred in distance, Bad(washed out) colors, Increased brightness, jagged font in windows, Everything jagged on screen, issues in videos watched on youtube, Blur in overall image even in bios logo, issues that exist outside of games even in TV, phones, Console, etc. These are just few symptoms. I could leave this new affected city and go back to my old city and get crystal clear graphics. So why should i even upgrade my display when i know for sure that i used to get amazing graphics with same display in my old city? Seriously are these guys even listening to the symptoms that we have? I doubt that they are listening at all. Either they don't have similar issue as us or they don't realize the ground realities that this issue exist in all devices at home. Maybe the intensity of this issue is less for them that's why they don't see this issue outside of games. I have shared it before that a simple UPS can't fix all issues in Electricity. So stop saying that if i'll use UPS and still get it then i'll conclude it's not Electricity. If you don't wanna accept this information from me then atleast listen to these videos from power quality experts. Do they say we use UPS to fix everything?

Only if it was that simple but it's not. Maybe whatever is wrong in Electricity got fixed for you but your old PC never recovered. So when you bought new one only then you were able to see the difference. Or maybe the intensity of this issue is less for you lately therfore you saw improvement. That's why we need advanced Electrical test equipment to figure this out and keep an eye on this issue daily. As i can see the intensity of this blur(with other symptoms) changing in my TV, Laptop, PC, Phone on a day to day basis, I can assure you that this issue is not that simple. Maybe you got lucky and you don't have this issue in Electricity anymore. But it's very important that there is this good point raised by few people here that whenever they buy new PC this thing appears for them after some time of use. If that's the case then i think you should wait and hope that it will not appear after some time of use.

In all honesty you should learn about how Electricity works. Believe me you have no clue at all. I again recommend for you reading this article. https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SPD_VAVR-5WKLPK_EN

Well that's ignorant. Either learn how Electricity works or don't reply to atleast my posts. You never even read the article (The Seven Types of Power Problems) that i have posted. Your question "will UPS protect from all electrical issues" has answer in it.

It's not a theory it's a fact that Electricity is the culprit here. The electrician who watched might not have the proper tools that i mentioned in the post. Or he might not be fully knowledgeable of Power Quality issues. He was an Electrician without any test equipment and not a Power Quality Expert with advanced and proper testing Equipment. So you are just discarding the ONLY possibility i.e. Electricity that can cause these issues in all audio/video devices in a house by basing someone's analysis who never even used proper testing equipment as i mentioned in the above post. About using a UPS, I have answered it many times a UPS can not fix all problems in Electricity. Each Power Quality issue in Electricity has a specific solution. Please read this thread from the beginning and read carefully the article (The Seven Types of Power Problems) i have mentioned in the above post. In that article you can see each power quality issue has it's own mitigating techniques.

This thing that we are dealing with has nothing to do with issues in software. Sadly our issue is not that simple. How can anyone explain Overall bad image quality even in bios logo with varying intensity, also it affecting all the audio/video devices in the house including Consoles, Phones, TV, PC etc? This issue has an effect outside of the realm of software. So please stop saying that it's because of this software or that update. It has nothing to do with any software. Software itself is the victim here not the cause. Also please stop posting these tweaks(High resolution, post processing, TAA, etc. ) that only makes your GPU work harder to try to fix something that's not supposed to be there in the first place. On top of that these tweaks don't even work if the intensity of this issue is higher. Also this theory that game devs are implementing this blur like condition in their new games. Seriously? Are these guys even listening to the symptoms? Or are they just ignoring the fact that this blur exist even outside of games(even in bios screen, phones, consoles, etc). I have shared this article before that there can be many issues in Electricity but for the ones who believe that Electricity is simple and it's just ON or OFF. Here we go again: https://download.schneider-electric.com/files?p_Doc_Ref=SPD_VAVR-5WKLPK_EN We will require Electrical/Electronics Engineers or Power Quality Experts, Certified Electricians with advanced test equipment not just a mulimeter. Although there are best equipment for this job that costs more than 10k USD like this one: But atleast an oscilloscope is just the tool we should begin our tests with. I am for a long time (since i have this issue after moving to this city) wanted to buy an oscilloscope so that i will have something to figure out the specific issue in Electricity that we are dealing with. Solutions can come later depending upon that specific issue. But because in my country things like these are rare and costly. Nonetheless i will try to import it from US(amazon). About testing for noise/Interference, although noise can be measured with an oscilloscope but there are other tools as mentioned in this video: The best way right now for an ordinary user to figure this thing out is to go to another house in the same city or another city far away with different power grid and buy a new hardware at the new place and test it. Buying new PC at new place might not be necessary. Maybe your old PC will work fine at new place. Or you can go to some gaming shops/zones near the new house or in new city and see if their PCs have it. These gaming zones usually are available in some Asian countries. Don't know if they are available in other countries. Or you can go to some relative/friend's house. But this is the only way we can test it as of now. Right now we don't know for sure if it is the entire city affected by it. But as some people were saying that they observed it through out the city. Maybe for some of us it's only the issue in power because of their own wiring and for others it's coming in from the power company side. Or something wrong with the transformer shared by our neighbours and us. At this point it would only be a speculation because we don't know what specific issue in Electricity or maybe in environment we are dealing with. But the above mentioned method of testing it is the only way we can test the AOE(Area of effect) of this issue. This shows that it has to do something with the place we are living at. There are ONLY 2 possibilities. Electricity or Interference.

@CanCeralpSo you do have this issue. Do you have symptom where you can see blur(bad image quality) in everything on the screen? Also if you have blur in bios screen. I never had this blur in my old house/city. When i moved to this new house/city i got it. i never changed not even single cable after moving to this new house. I plug my GPU directly with hdmi cable to my 1080p monitor. This blur(bad image quality) is affecting my eyesight. Even my laptop has it. Yeah it is very likely that the screen itself is getting affected. But when i moved to this new house i noticed micro stutter in GTA V and some of the fans in my PC casing stopped spinning. Got rid of these stutters by removing Logitech mouse software that i was using in my old house without any such issues. This tells me that PC was also getting affected by it. Yeah the topic name does not cover all symptoms. We need to make a list of all symptoms in some single post. I think Turkey is near Pakistan.