Black lines on my hdtv screen in the background while playing coh

Tonight while playing I noticed 4 black lines in the background of my screen while playing.

Please note that this is on a Vizio 42inch hdtv

Details: 3 vertical lines on the right side of screen, 2 are spaced about 4 inches apart and the other is on the right about 1 inch from the other 2 and the last one is on the far left of the screen about 1 inch from the left side of the screen.

The lines are only visible while moving up, down left or right or while looking around but are not visible while standing still. Again note this is on a 42 inch hdtv and this problem is not occuring or not visible enough to notice while watching movies, playing other games or just browsing the net or using windows in general.


Steps I have taken to correct the problem and notes:
This is the first time this has occurred in the the nearly 2 months I've owned this tv. This will be the 2nd time I've had a problem with a vizio tv as the contrast went out in my last one after only having it for 1 week.

I tried using another hdmi cable but nothing changed, I unhooked my video game consoles and don't have a cable cord connect, just the hdmi directly connected to my computer.

I has not change any settings or download any windows or driver updates over night.

Now I have reset my nvidia profile settings on my gtx 480 as well as the ingame settings.

This problem cannot be caught on screenshots. The screenshots don't display the problem so it can't be the video card but im confused as to why it only shows up for coh. What would cause my tv to suddenly not function correctly with coh?

Special note: The problem does not occur when I disable the ui. I can also move the chat box or other parts of the ui and make some of the lines disappear or shift to another area of the screen. Alt tabbing out of coh results in no lines while another program or screen is maximized. Just affecting coh.

Here is all the hijackthis and coh helper stuff but I'm not sure if it will help.

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

DxDiag gathered at September 1, 2010 22:13 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.100216-2016)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: 132-CK-NF79
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB
.Net Memory Report: 461MB out of 2046MB available
Page File: 2278MB (1660MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD10 02FAEX-00Z3A SCSI Disk Device) 906921MB out of 953859MB (95%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD10 02FAEX-00Z3A SCSI Disk Device) 182586MB out of 953859MB (19%) free
E Drive: (LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1L SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DirectX Diag version: 5.03.2600.2180 (32-bit version)

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

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce GTX 480
Video Memory: 1536.0 MB
Driver Version: 6.14.0012.5896
Driver Date: 7/9/2010 6:38:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Realtek HD Audio output
Driver File: RtkHDAud.sys
Driver Version: 5.10.0000.6029
Driver Date: 1/19/2010 6:36:48 PM

Sound Device Description: NVIDIA High Definition Audio
Driver File: nvhda32.sys
Driver Version: 1.00.0000.0059
Driver Date: 8/21/2009 4:24:10 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: EVGA
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 132-CK-NF79
Motherboard Version: 2
BIOS Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
BIOS Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: Nvidia - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20091230000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1080
3D Resolution: 1920x1080 (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: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
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: 522722 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1850.201007290124.24T2
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
.\texture_library\MAPS\city has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Midnight_Squad has 1 file
.\texture_library\MAPS\Safeguard has 9 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\sewers has 44 files
.\texture_library\MAPS\static has 32 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Outdoor_Missions has 9 files
.\texture_library\V_MAPS\Static has 16 files

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.3 (BETA)
Scan saved at 10:17:20 PM, on 9/1/2010
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\RTHDCPL.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\RUNDLL32.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Razer\Tarantula\razerhid.exe
C:\Program Files\Razer\Mamba\RazerTray.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
C:\Program Files\Razer\Tarantula\razertra.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wscntfy.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
C:\Program Files\Xfire\Xfire.exe
C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CityOfHeroes.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe
C:\Program Files\hijackthis\TrendMicro\HiJackThis\HiJackThis. exe

R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
O2 - BHO: btorbit.com - {000123B4-9B42-4900-B3F7-F4B073EFC214} - C:\Program Files\Orbitdownloader\orbitcth.dll
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHelperStub - {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Acrobat\ActiveX\AcroIEHelperShim.dll
O2 - BHO: Java(tm) Plug-In 2 SSV Helper - {DBC80044-A445-435b-BC74-9C25C1C588A9} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jp2ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: JQSIEStartDetectorImpl - {E7E6F031-17CE-4C07-BC86-EABFE594F69C} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\deploy\jqs\ie\jqs_plugin.dll
O3 - Toolbar: Grab Pro - {C55BBCD6-41AD-48AD-9953-3609C48EACC7} - C:\Program Files\Orbitdownloader\GrabPro.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Reader Speed Launcher] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe ARM] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\nView\nwiz.exe /installquiet
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvMediaCenter] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvMcTray.dll,NvTaskbarInit
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NvCplDaemon] RUNDLL32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\NvCpl.dll,NvStartup
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Tarantula] C:\Program Files\Razer\Tarantula\razerhid.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Razer Mamba Driver] C:\Program Files\Razer\Mamba\RazerTray.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Download by Orbit - res://C:\Program Files\Orbitdownloader\orbitmxt.dll/201
O8 - Extra context menu item: &Grab video by Orbit - res://C:\Program Files\Orbitdownloader\orbitmxt.dll/204
O8 - Extra context menu item: Do&wnload selected by Orbit - res://C:\Program Files\Orbitdownloader\orbitmxt.dll/203
O8 - Extra context menu item: Down&load all by Orbit - res://C:\Program Files\Orbitdownloader\orbitmxt.dll/202
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsof...?1282358755859
O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsof...?1282358740953
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Browseui preloader - {438755C2-A8BA-11D1-B96B-00A0C90312E1} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler: Component Categories cache daemon - {8C7461EF-2B13-11d2-BE35-3078302C2030} - C:\WINDOWS\system32\browseui.dll
O23 - Service: Java Quick Starter (JavaQuickStarterService) - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\jqs.exe
O23 - Service: NVIDIA Display Driver Service (nvsvc) - NVIDIA Corporation - C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe

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End of file - 4350 bytes

I'm hoping this might just be something yesterdays patch messed up since it only seems to be affecting coh. I'd rather not have to try and deal with walmart by taking this tv back.

update your xp to service pack 3. that may help.

Try turning Vertical Sync off.

Won't update to sp3 since it causes loss of performance especially in other games and its been working just fine without sp3 since I reformatted weeks ago.

And as long as you continue to believe that, there is little anyone professional can do to help you.

Bet you don't immunize your children either. Or believe that clicking on glowies make the hero side respec mission harder.

Dont know if it was vsync or not but I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers and turned off vsync and it appears to be fixed. Thank god. Vsync had not given me problems in the past so im going to assume that the drivers some how got corrupt. Thanks either way zombie man.

As for the comment by father christmas, its been proven by gamers worldwide that sp3 on xp does in fact cause a noticeable drop in system performance on many machines. Mine included which is why I didn't install it this time when I reformatted.

not to mention that sp3 has more security features that are needed and more included in it to stabalize the system overall.

Ended up being the tv it was not fixed. I replaced it with a sony 46 inch bravia. It cost a bit more but all in all its a nice upgrade and walmart didn't give me a hassle taking the vizio back.