"Snow" Appearing On Screen

[PCIsMasterRace]

Earlier this morning "snow" started appearing over my screen. I am using a laptop with the integrated screen, so its not an HDMI connection issue.

 

Has anyone ever seen this before, or does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it? It could be a driver issue, but I am more inclined that it is a problem with windows 10, as yesterday random letters in words on the screen disappeared(such as when i typed in my password wrong, it said that "The passwrd is inorrect. Ry Agin".

 

(Yes I have tried restarting my computer)

 

 

 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, PCIsMasterRace said:

Earlier this morning "snow" started appearing over my screen. I am using a laptop with the integrated screen, so its not an HDMI connection issue.

 

Has anyone ever seen this before, or does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it? It could be a driver issue, but I am more inclined that it is a problem with windows 10, as yesterday random letters in words on the screen disappeared(such as when i typed in my password wrong, it said that "The passwrd is inorrect. Ry Agin".

 

(Yes I have tried restarting my computer)

 

 

 

 

is it a screenshot?

[PCIsMasterRace]

Yes it is a screenshot

 

[RadiatingLight]

That's artifacting. usually a GPU issue.

you haven't overclocked your laptop GPU, right?

[RadiatingLight]

BTW, just so you know, HDMI is digital, which means that (in general) a connection is either working, or not. there is no inbetween. this means that an HDMI cable either passes through an image that is 100% correct, or a black screen. artifacting from cables only happens with analog, such as VGA or DVI-A

[PCIsMasterRace]

1 hour ago, RadiatingLight said:

That's artifacting. usually a GPU issue.

you haven't overclocked your laptop GPU, right?

No I haven't overclocked the GPU. The artifacting doesn't show up in the BIOS, and exists even when I am using the integrated graphics or the dedicated 940m.

 

What would you recommend to try and fix it? Would reinstalling the motherboard drivers or reinstalling windows affect anything?

[RadiatingLight]

1 hour ago, PCIsMasterRace said:

No I haven't overclocked the GPU. The artifacting doesn't show up in the BIOS, and exists even when I am using the integrated graphics or the dedicated 940m.

 

What would you recommend to try and fix it? Would reinstalling the motherboard drivers or reinstalling windows affect anything?

well, sometimes GPUs break, and show artifacting, and I assume that no matter what the OS says, you are always outputting to your display through the D-GPU.

it's possible that your Dgpu is broken, and you need to replace the laptop, but I would try everything else before replacing the laptop. (Reinstalling drivers, reinstalling windows, clearing CMOS, etc.)