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Strange tiling effect around any open application windows

Anonymous
2020-04-07T00:34:56+00:00

For about a week and a half now, I have been having this weird tiling effect/glitch that appears around my windows whenever they are not open in "maximized" mode. I attached a screenshot to get an idea of what I am seeing.

As I am writing this post, I am also noticing that it is appearing on my drop-down boxes in the Chromium Edge Browser as well.

I have updated my graphics driver, and even reinstalled it, but what else can I do to fix this problem? Does anyone else have this problem?

I have an ASUS Zephyrus GM501G laptop running Windows 10 Pro.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-07T00:55:22+00:00

    Hi Ian. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 year Windows MVP, and Volunteer Moderator. If you will work with me I will be here to help until the issue is resolved.

    By "tiling" I'm taking it that you mean some horizontal lines in the screenshot examples that probably shouldn't be there - like the line through the drop down menu "Select One" choice? Those are minor artifacts which always first go to the Display driver.

    Try a full shut down of WIndows 10, then restart from Power button.

    Let's try everything that can be done with the display driver to try to correct this:

    Update the Display driver from the PC or Display adapter maker's Support Downloads web page for your exact model number, HP Serial Number or Dell Service Tag - from the sticker on the PC.

    While there check also for newer chipset, BIOS/UEFI firmware (very important), network, sound, USB3 and other drivers, comparing to the ones presently installed in Device Manager reached by right clicking the Start Menu.

    If this doesn't give you the latest or ideal driver for what you need, compare it to the driver offered by the Intel driver update Utility here: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/...

    or the Nvidia Update utility here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Scan.aspx?lang=e...

    or the AMD autodect utility here: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/P...

    For Display issues one fix that is working is to Roll back or Uninstall the Driver on the Display Device > Driver tab, restart PC to reinstall driver.

    You can also try older drivers in Device Manager > Display device > Driver tab > Update Driver > Browse > Let Me Pick.

    Then you will know you've tried everything in addition to Windows Update drivers.

    Adjust the screen resolution until it fits and looks best at Settings > System > Display.

    I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and keep me posted. If you will wait to choose if I resolved your problem, I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-04-07T01:19:58+00:00

    Wow, thank you so much for your quick and detailed response! Yes, I really didn't know how to explain that display artifact that I was seeing as I have never seen it before...

    I checked my display drivers and graphics drivers and those were both up to date. Then, the next thing that I decided to do, per your recommendation, was to check if my device had a BIOS update from the ASUS driver download website. Sure enough, it did. Then, I installed that new update with WinFlash, and bam, problem solved.

    Thank you so much! I would have never thought to try updating the BIOS for a strange display problem like that, but it worked. Once again, thanks!

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