S96J Graininess Issue Thread

[zippoKC]

Decided to start a thread about the background noise issue since posts about it are dotted around the owner's lounge.

Has anyone contacted ATI, Asus, or Intel about this?

[SRD]

If you mean LCD grainyness. well theres nothing any of those companys will do. its not a defect its a trait of those monitors.

[noodles12]

Is it a possibility that it could be driver/software related?

[zippoKC]

I'm not too sure, the noise on the screen is static and doesn't move with the image on the screen. I've tried installing different drivers for the LCD and graphics card and nothing seems to work.

Found this software to show the noise.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...tor-Test.shtml

If you choose the brightness and contrast option you can clearly see the graininess.

SRD: It's a defect and not just one of the LCD's characteristics. A similar problem appeared on some Acer models that had the x1600 graphics card.

[Geared2play.com]

A bios update was released end of september 2006 to fix the issue. The problem was with the bios related to the vga card

[Hyperluminous]

Eddie, it's viewable from a few feet away because it changes a black background into a dark gray background and makes some DVDs look like old-timey movies.

Again, let's specify that this is pervasive clusters of 1-6 pixels the same color as they should be but shaded lighter and splattered all over the screen like freckles.

The problem comes and goes. I get it when I watch a DVD or play City Of Villains and after I close the applications the problem persists in everything I do until I reboot and then it's fine. During and after playing CS:S doesn't generate the problem.

People report the problem does not exists on external monitors. I'm not sure what that means. But it's obviously not the screen and not the X1600, so it has to be something between the two.

[SRD]

It depends what you mean. Certain Lcds have what looks like sparkles or grain on solid colors. it is static does not move. dells are notorious for that. its most noticable on bright green and looks like a shimmer. now is it that. or are you talking about actual noise. see the thing about noise is its not static. like lcd tvs you can see the actual noise in the image is moves with the image. if its static and doesnt move at all its not noise.

some movies you will notice noise more than others. depends how the movies are mastered. but if it goes away after a reboot thats just strange. sounds like electrical interferience or something. try calling asus.

[Geared2play.com]

kind of hard to picture what you are describing but sounds like nothing more then the grainy effect on laptop screens when playing dvd's/ z70va did it and pretty sure you will get the same on some or any other laptop with the same resolution display and same dvd. You are not displying a picture that has a specific number of dots per inch. A dvd movie when played back will have a certain ammount of grey matter on the screen. doubt you actually have something that needs to be addressed. try not to concentrate on lcd imperfections. there are always some.

[rudiger533]

it's very noticeable eddie. just look at the s96j lounge where I posted the doom3 picture. Please look at that before you dismiss this as nitpicky

[Geared2play.com]

Thats a long thread how about a link?