Screen blinking

The day before issue 17 came out, I decided to update my drivers since I hadn't done it in a while. I updated them and didn't play CoH until the next day, when issue 17 came out. Now, I'll try to explain the glitch I'm getting.

After playing for a few minutes, the game's HUD (health bar, targeting box, ect..) will all blink white / gray and then return to normal. It does it very quick, but it is very noticeable. This normally happens when I toggle open the enhancement inventory, inspirations, or recipe inventory by clicking on them above my powers in the bottom right corner of the screen or opening the map, contact, ect.. at the top of the screen. If I continue to play the game, I will sometimes have the entire screen blink white / gray then return to normal from just running around. I can still play the game when it does this, but it is very annoying.

The main problem is, I don't know if the new issue is causing this or if the driver update is. I tried downloading an older driver from nVidia (running a 7950 GT with Windows 7) but it doesn't help. When I install new drivers, I always uninstall the old driver first, boot in safe mode, run driver sweeper, and then install the new ones.

((Yesterday, I used the system restore and went back to the old drivers before I updated them, but its still blinking))

This has never happened before issue 17. Has anyone had this happen to them?

Check out these threads:

• Common Solutions & Posting Guidelines

• Players experiencing issues related to Graphics cards

• Notice: just because your Computer Says your Drivers are up to date: they probably are not

• Ultra Mode: here's what you need to know

• Ultra Mode Graphics Settings Breakdown

• ATI Users: 2 problems you need to know about!

• CoH Helper - it will show us basic computer settings and your CoH configuration.

• HijackThis - it will show us what's running on your computer concurrently with CoH. Click on "Do a system Scan and save a logfile." It will automatically open up Notepad and put the info there. Make sure Wordwrap is off in Notepad (Format > Wordwrap unchecked) before you cut and paste here.

Well here you go, I ran both of them.

Results of CoH Helper:

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at May 3, 2010 21:02 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.091207-1941)
System Manufacturer: INTEL_
System Model: D955XBK_
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Central Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 2048MB
.Net Memory Report: 1591MB out of 2043MB available
Page File: 3303MB (783MB currently in use)
C Drive: (ST3250823AS ATA Device) 208359MB out of 238372MB (87%) free
D Drive: (SONY DVD RW DRU-820A ATA Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (32-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 7950 GT
Video Memory: 1270 MB
Driver Version: 8.16.11.9107
Driver Date: 9/27/2009 4:12:22 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 6:51:47 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: D955XBK
Motherboard Version: AAC96732-406
BIOS Manufacturer: Intel Corp.
BIOS Name: Default System BIOS
BIOS Version: INTEL - 5ac
BIOS Release: 20050430000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1280x1024
3D Resolution: 1280x1024 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Medium quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Medium?


World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Disabled
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600

Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.500
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 726197 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1800.201003300904.10T4r
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found


Results of HiJackThis:

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 9:05:11 PM, on 5/3/2010
Platform: Windows 7 (WinNT 6.00.3504)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.7600.16385)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\taskhost.exe
C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashDisp.exe
C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis.exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,SearchAssistant =
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search,CustomizeSearch =
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar,LinksFolderName =
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] "C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashDisp.exe"
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [Sidebar] %ProgramFiles%\Windows Sidebar\Sidebar.exe /autoRun (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\RunOnce: [mctadmin] C:\Windows\System32\mctadmin.exe (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Office12\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~1\Office12\REFIEBAR.DLL
O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe
O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - ALWIL Software - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\Windows\system32\nvvsvc.exe

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I would be surprised if a virus was causing this problem, as I'm very paranoid about viruses and programs running on my computer without my permission. I typically deactivate everything I can find running before I play CoH. I hope you can find the problem.