Asus P6T SE 285GTX fonts distorted

Computer Forum CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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Hello all, I have the following problem with new pc just assebled:

The font on screen are distorted, for instance the backslash does not show a straight line but rather 3 short lines connected like stairs. The fonts are like mosaic ot an ascii art lol.

Specs:
i920
P6T SE
GSkill 3x2gb 2000mhz kit
XFX GTX285 DDR3 1gb 648bit
Corsair 650W
HD 750gb WD

Now I’ve done a few tests:

  1. Checked the vcard on another pc - its fine.
  2. Put another vcard(7800gtx) to this pc - still distorted.
  3. Tried different drivers: from the cd, from XFX site and nvidia latest 190.38, still the problem is there..
  4. 2 OS’s: XP 64bit, XP 32bit - both have the same problem.
  5. 4 different monitors and resolutions.
  6. Put the vcard in second PCIe slot.

Do you have any thoughts on this issue?

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is it not the screen that has issues? you tried another monitor?

3

Yep 4 different size monitors and different resolutions. Also different monitor cables.

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Hello all again, sorry for not replying, was busy.. Anyway somehow the problem was solved although its hard to tell what it was. So What I did was (not necessarily in that order):

  • Put the bios to defaults
  • There are 3 PCIe slots (triple crossfire) so I changed the slots a few times and put it back to upper slot.
  • Switched to Clear type fonts

Thanks all for your help.