Environment:
- HP Envy 17-3070NR with latest video drivers & BIOS
- 3x HP ZR2440w Monitors attached, 2 on display port, 1 on HDMI
Any time I access ANYTHING to do with recording, such as going to the windows sounds interface and clicking on the recording tab, the screen on ONE of the Display Ports flickers to the point of being unusable.
It shows flashing thin 1 or 2- pixels white lines in random patterns on the screen, then the entire display shuts off. It turns back on and looks fine for 2 seconds, then does it again until I click on the Playback, Sounds, or Communications tab. This happens with ANY access to "recording" from any app including my Skype call recorder or my Screencast recorder.
This did not happen before I upgraded to the 1920x1200 ZR2440w monitors, which I did after confirming with HP support that the Envy 17-3070NR would indeed support 1920x1200 resolution if I used display port connections.
The problem continues if I swap monitors, so it is not a monitor issue.
The problem continues if I disconnect/disable the 3rd monitor on HDMI, in fact the cycle happens even faster with that display disconnected.
This looks very much like an old-school video memory corruption issue like you would have back in 1996 on a Windows XP computer with crappy video cards and/or poorly written video drivers. If I had to guess I would say BIOS and/or AMD drivers need work.
Has any else seen this problem?
Any clues how to fix this besides "don't use 3 monitors" or "don't record screen casts"?
Video of Graphics Fail on 17-3070NR