Graphical Issue: Transparent white line at the bottom of the screen

[Cysia]

Hi,

 

I am having an issue on Skyrim,

a transparent white line appears on the bottom of my screen, in game, but even on the main menu and during the loading time!

 

It is very discreet so I only noticed it now, but now I am only staring at it and its pretty annoying.

I don't know since when it had appeared.

 

I unchecked all my mods on the launcher, but it is still there, though it is weird that a mod could affect even the main menu (i Have graphical mods for mods, Dance of Death and else...)

I also have changed the ini file, but i did not have that line after I did it.

 

Could it be a problem with my drivers instead?

 

I am sorry but the line does not show at all on any screenshot, so I can't show you (this is very weird)

 

Do you know this issue?

What are u advicing me?

 

A reinstall is my very last option, I really don't want to, and prefer to play with the line for the moment, so if anyone have other solutions I am listening,

 

Thx

Edited July 3, 2012 by Cysia

[xlcr]

@Cysia, this sounds like a graphics setting/driver or maybe a mod causing a display response sync issue.

Does this happen with any other games or just Skyrim?

Have you tried troubleshooting by lowering the game resolution to see if the line is still there?

What kind of gaming rig you have, is this a laptop or external monitor?

I hope this isn't a hardware issue, is your cabling short and secure?

You might try a test by enabling VSync in your GPU game profile settings and adding this line to your skyrim.ini:

[Display]

iPresentInterval=1

 

What graphical effects or ENB mods did you install?

What driver version did you recently update to?

What Skyrim INI settings have you been changing?

:)

[Cysia]

Thank you a lot xlcr,

I tried other games, and the white line appear as well on every game, not only Skyrim! I was not expecting this!

 

I have a Dell monitor 4/3, not a good quality one I know, but I have it for a long time and never had such a problem.

I tried to play on another monitor (on my HD TV), and the white line was gone....

The weird thing is that the line does not seem to show up on my desktop, or on internet, only when I am playing.

But maybe it is, but it is soo discreet that I am not noticing.

I tried to put a black wallpaper but can't see it.

And screenshots in game do not show the line as well.

 

So the problem is either my monitor or the VGA? (It is not connected in HDMI)

[xlcr]

@Cysia, my guess is since you're using an external monitor using an analog VGA cable there might be signal loss

affecting stablity if you're using a really long cable (over 3 feet) or maybe a loose pin/port connection.

But I'm sure you probably checked if the cable is connected tightly at both ends already.

 

You might consider looking into a digital cable solution using HDMI/DVI-D/DVI-I connectors if this is possible with your setup.

I don't know what kind of gaming rig you have, GPU? PC or laptop?

VGA (video graphics array) might be having performance issues with games at higher resolutions beyond 1024 horizontally/vertically

unless you're running XGA (ibm extended graphics array) hardware.

 

For a 5:4 proportion aspect ratio monitor, did you setup your PC's GPU and game settings to use a native resolution pixel count like

1280 x 1024 or maybe 1600 x 1280 if your GPU/monitor can be driven that high?

Trying to run 4:3 / 16:10 / 16:9 or other aspect ratio resolutions might be causing image scaling issues on your 5:4 monitor.

 

Are all your monitor settings configured to use a refresh rate of at least 60Hz or maybe higher?

Anyway, you've got me guessing at this point.

You could always just ignore the transparent white line or adjust your desktop size/position graphics settings slightly to hide it!

:turned:

Edited July 3, 2012 by xlcr

[Cysia]

@Cysia, my guess is since you're using an external monitor using an analog VGA cable there might be signal loss

affecting stablity if you're using a really long cable (over 3 feet) or maybe a loose pin/port connection.

But I'm sure you probably checked if the cable is connected tightly at both ends already.

 

You might consider looking into a digital cable solution using HDMI/DVI-D/DVI-I connectors if this is possible with your setup.

I don't know what kind of gaming rig you have, GPU? PC or laptop?

VGA (video graphics array) might be having performance issues with games at higher resolutions beyond 1024 horizontally/vertically

unless you're running XGA (ibm extended graphics array) hardware.

 

For a 5:4 proportion aspect ratio monitor, did you setup your PC's GPU and game settings to use a native resolution pixel count like

1280 x 1024 or maybe 1600 x 1280 if your GPU/monitor can be driven that high?

Trying to run 4:3 / 16:10 / 16:9 or other aspect ratio resolutions might be causing image scaling issues on your 5:4 monitor.

 

Are all your monitor settings configured to use a refresh rate of at least 60Hz or maybe higher?

Anyway, you've got me guessing at this point.

You could always just ignore the transparent white line or adjust your desktop size/position graphics settings slightly to hide it!

:turned:

 

I have a PC, and good one, running in 75hz, 'only my screen sucks a litle) Unfortunaltey I'll have to buy a new screen for connecting it to my PC.

I'll check for DVI maybe, or check desktop configurations,

 

Thx xlcr !!!

[xlcr]

try bumping the screen refresh from 75Hz down to no less than 60Hz to see if this fixes your issue.

also be sure to try to use screen resolutions native to your 5:4 aspect ratio.

instead of analog VGA, you can probably pick up a DVI-D or HDMI or whatever digital cable you need for under $10.

 

OOPS! i just noticed you said you have a 4:3 aspect ratio monitor not a 5:4! sorry!

so you'll only want to use these native settings:

640x480

800x600

1024x768

1152x864

1280x960

1400x1050

1600x1200

2048x1536

3200x2400

4000x3000

6400x4800

Edited July 3, 2012 by xlcr