Blue and Red Lines all over Windows

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Invisionsoft

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All of a sudden I seem to have blue or red lines over Windows! At first I thought it was my physical screen but it can't be since the lines appear on printscreens. The lines seem to change in thinkness and pattern when you type or press a button. What is weird is how they appear before Windows even starts, when the OEM Logo (Acer) is shown. They also appear when it shows the XP logo and the loading bar, and when I logon. I've ran a virus check and eliminated 1 or 2 exes which were marked as suspicious but still no luck. They're really annoying me now, just look at these images below:

RedLines.JPG

BlueLines.JPG
 
Looks to me like your video drivers have become corrupted. Download and install the newest drivers.

Just a side note, do you think you have enough icons on your screen? :) That many would annoy me to death.
 
paratwa said:
Just a side note, do you think you have enough icons on your screen? :) That many would annoy me to death.
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lol thats what I was thinking...

Ive seen something similair to this a long time ago when a monitor was going bad. Are you using a CRT?
 
if the drivers dont work, I would say your monitor is going bad. Especially if it does from the second you start up.
 
Print screen screenshots. These appear on another monitor I have tried.

UPDATE: Tried to install new drivers but get hardware/software errors. I'm using an ATI Radeon 9700 Mobility Series and XP Home.

Regards
 
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Invisionsoft said:
Print screen screenshots. These appear on another monitor I have tried.

UPDATE: Tried to install new drivers but get hardware/software errors. I'm using an ATI Radeon 9700 Mobility Series and XP Home.

Regards
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If they are screenshots then it's not a monitor issue.
 
[-0MEGA-];828866 said:
If they are screenshots then it's not a monitor issue.
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Good call. I was about to say that it could be the refresh rate not matching the camera, but if it is an in-windows screenshot, it shouldn't be showing anything to do with the monitor.
 
I've opened up the bottom of the laptop and cleaned out the processor and motherboard but other components are sealed underneath some casing which seems to be attached and non-removable. However, when the OS is running and I "hit" the bottom at the front the lines change to be smaller, longer or deeper. I think there is a lot of dust here. I know where the problem is but I just can't access it.

Regards
 
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