Help with Laptop monitor, white streaking lines.

[Timbo]

Hi ya guys,

Over the past few days my laptop has started to, for no reason, just have this white lines go down my screen.. They are usually real think and a lot of them.. It's kinda hard to describe.. If anyone has any idea what it might be it'd be a huge help.. Also if I open Mozilla it stops.. But usually if I goto another web page (other than homepage ) it starts again, and it always starts again if I goto a page with a dark blue/black back drop.

 

[The_Other_One]

Could be a failing graphics card. Do you think you could get a picture of it? EIther try with printscreen or use a camera...

 

[Timbo]

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3376/a7mi.png

Theres a print screen.. I can't tell if it's showing it or not because the white lines are kinda disguising the other white lines.. Heh. Lemme go look for my camera.

 

[Timbo]

Here's it from my camera.. The kindar gray lines are actually BRIGHT white, my flash I think just kinda grayed em out.. Hehe.

Alright here..

http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn02701zg.jpg

 

[kof2000]

FRIED CARD, i had somethint like that on an old pc with an generic 8mb pci graphic card.

dots everywhere, lines all over. i know is the card cuz same thing on different pcs installed.

is the monitor ON in that pic or you just flash on it?

 

[Timbo]

Yeah it is.

The monitor is perfectly normal in terms of brightness, that pic is just an illusion.. If it's a fried card..

I better be under warranty.

 

[Bunchofstuff]

You can rule out the monitor by hooking up a external one

 

[The_Other_One]

Yeah, try an external monitor. But I'm quite sure that'll be your GPU...

 

[Timbo]

I tried but I didn't get a signal..

 

[The_Other_One]

Did you enable the VGA output?

 

[Timbo]

Uhm...

Nope..

I'll try that.

 

[Timbo]

Alrighty.. I did that any the CRT is worrking fine without any lines.

 

[Timbo]

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