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Computer Hangs with Diagonal Pattern on Screen

Article ID: 106736

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006


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SYMPTOMS

Your may computer stop responding (hang) with a strange, diagonal pattern on your screen. This problem occurs with some S3-based video adapters.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem was corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

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Keywords: kbhardware KB106736