topic Re: Annoying blink in OpenGL in Installation & update

Annoying blink in OpenGL

Richard Morrison — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:57:51 GMT

Wnen working in a 3D window, after every move, there is an annoying "blink" of the screen at the end of every move (i.e. every regen). I've had this in the past, then it went away for awhile, and now it's back. I have the latest NVidia video drivers.

Anyone have a clue as to what's causing this, and if there is a setting to make it go away? It's not a big issue, but certainly annoying.

Re: Annoying blink in OpenGL

Richard Morrison — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:03:02 GMT

For those who may face this issue themselves, re-Installed earlier video driver (pre-Vista) and all is back to normal. I don't even have Vista, and it's causing problems!

Re: Annoying blink in OpenGL

Richard Morrison — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:23:02 GMT

Darn, the blink came back, even with the older driver. I think I've now tracked it down to using 32-bit color vs. 16-bit. It blinks in 32-bit, but doesn't in 16-bit. My apologies to Bill G. for the previous comment. (Still not getting Vista, though.)

Re: Annoying blink in OpenGL

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:53:14 GMT

I had the same problem in the past. Restarting the PC solved the issue. Strange but the blinking starts whenever it wants and thank God it hasn't appeared recently.

Re: Annoying blink in OpenGL

Richard Morrison — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:20:49 GMT

Okay, final FINAL resolution on this. I updated the BIOS of the motherboard, and all is good now. (There was a BIOS update specifically to address compatibility issues with 3rd party graphics cards.)

No blinking now at any color depth.