Display help needed..

5000

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Hi!
well, i have a compaq presario 5000, all the sudden one day, i have these light gray shaded lines accross the screen wherever there are words or sentences or pictures or whatever, its almost like when your printer drags a little and leaves that light shaded line behind all the words and stuff that its printing..its light enough that i can still see everything ok, but i know its not supposed to be doing this..like right now why im typing this out, the screen is white like it should be underneath this sentence, but as soon as i get to the end of this line and the cursor drops down a line, the gray shaded stuff starts, so when im sone, it almost looks like notebook paper with all the lines forming behind my sentences..ok, ive tried pulling the video card out and reseating it, along with the memory stick, ive tried installing the recovery disc and starting all over reloading windows ME, and also removed and reinstalled an updated video driver, nothing changes it. The video card is a nvidia vanta LT, dont know if something could be wrong with it or not, i wouldnt think so though, any ideas guys?
thanks!
 
try your graphics card in another machine. And try another graphics card in yours. This will help narrow down the problem.

How old is the card?
 
turns out it was the video card..lol.. now a question, ok, the original one was a nvidia vanta lt TNT2 8 mb, the new one is the same thing only its 16mb, since the new one is 16mb, will it help anything? I mainly just surf the net..
thanks
 
i had the same thing but with orange lines, it was a problem with my samsung 793MB monitor. its a known porblem and when i called them they gave me an account # that i can use to get free shiping to one of thier repare places i just have to get around to call ups... lol god im lazy
 
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