windows flashing black

[foodawg]

screen flashes black intermittently and then intervals of flashing increases until restart.

[Grizzlys2k]

check cables and video card...do a system diagnostic

[foodawg]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your reply.  This is an All in One computer so I have checked the power cable and have not been able to open up base to access video card.  I have  run the system diagnostic.  What do I do with the diagnostic?

Thanks!

[foodawg]

Diagnostic Results

Warnings

Warning   Severity:

Informational Symptom: Missing Events in Event Log Details: Investigate why 25% (7,869) events were lost during data collection. The settings for Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) maximum buffers and buffer size may not be optimal depending on which data sets are being collected. Related: Event Tracing for Windows Basic System Checks     Tests Result Description

OS Checks

Passed Checks for attributes of the operating system   Test Groups Tests Failed Description OS Version Check 1 0 Passed

Disk Checks

Passed Checks for disk status   Test Groups Tests Failed Description SMART Predict Failure Check 1 0 Passed Logical Disk Dirty Bit Check 1 0 Passed

Security Center Tests

Passed Checks for state of Security Center related information.   Test Groups Tests Failed Description User Account Control Enabled Check 1 0 Passed User Account Control Enabled Check 1 0 Passed

System Service Checks

Passed Checks for state of system services   Test Groups Tests Failed Description Abnormally Terminated Services Check 1 0 Passed Workstation Service Check 1 0 Passed

Hardware Device and Driver Checks

Passed Survey of Windows Management Infrastructure supported devices.   Test Groups Tests Failed Description Controller Device Configured Fail Count 12 0 Controller devices. Controller Device Status Fail Count 12 0 Controller devices. Cooling Configured Fail Count 5 0 Cooling devices. Cooling Status Fail Count 5 0 Cooling devices. Input Configured Fail Count 5 0 Input devices. Input Status Fail Count 5 0 Input devices. Memory Device Configured Fail Count 103 0 Memory devices. Memory Device Status Fail Count 103 0 Memory devices. Motherboard Device Configured Fail Count 24 0 Motherboard devices. Motherboard Device Status Fail Count 24 0 Motherboard devices. Network Configured Fail Count 14 0 Network devices. Network Status Fail Count 14 0 Network devices. Port Device Configured Fail Count 50 0 Port devices. Port Device Status Fail Count 50 0 Port devices. Power Device Configured Fail Count 0 0 Power devices. Power Device Status Fail Count 0 0 Power devices. Printing Device Configured Fail Count 24 0 Printing devices. Printing Device Status Fail Count 24 0 Printing devices. Storage Device Configured Fail Count 3 0 Storage devices. Storage Device Status Fail Count 3 0 Storage devices. Video Device Configured Fail Count 4 0 Video devices. Video Device Status Fail Count 4 0 Video devices. PlugAndPlay Device Configured Fail Count 198 0 PlugAndPlay devices. PlugAndPlay Device Status Fail Count 198 0 PlugAndPlay devices.

[foodawg]

Hello and thanks for your response.  i didnt reply to you but just posted my response.