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Severe computer problem, Help Me please!

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SteezyasPie
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hey my computer just started to act up a few hours ago

the problem is that the screen is all sorts of different colors and isnt displaying properly, its not the moniter, ive checked hat by trying one from a different computer

windows still loads fine, its just the display thats all scrwed up, some time it will put random charactors on the screen, sin a random scattered pattern, the colors occasionally switch around, and once and a while the screen works normal up until a certain point and then the problems start

i first noticed this playing a game when after a while playing it would do this, and id have to reboot

now its doing it pretty much all the time, even in the POST  and the BIOS screens

i have a Geforce 8500 GT graphics card and an AMD Athlon 64 dual core processor on a mach speed MSNV-939 board

could it be that i overheated something? a BIOS virus?

any good help is appreciated and gets ++++K

Aug 22 2008 10:52PM
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Billek
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Does your motherboard have onboard graphics?  If so, disable your dedicated card, and its drivers, and plug your monitor into the onboard output and see if it works, if it does, I think you should invest in at least an HD4850.
Aug 22 2008 11:20PM
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SteezyasPie
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no it doesnt have onboard graphics, oh and i dont know if i mentioned already that i installed the newest Nvidia drivers that came out about a week ago, in case you know of any problems with those
Aug 22 2008 11:23PM
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Malcolm
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i know pretty much nothing but are all your cables in good shape and pluged in properly?

Aug 22 2008 11:23PM
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SteezyasPie
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http://www.nvidia.com/content/forcewithin/us/download.asp here is the link to the new drivers for Gforce 8 series and up graphics cards
Aug 22 2008 11:29PM
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SteezyasPie
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yep all brand new cables, all plugged in, and fully functional to my best knowledge
Aug 22 2008 11:30PM
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SteezyasPie
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safe mode doesnt work either, it happens even when its first booted, and the graphics card crapping out would suck, its only like 6 months old

i was playing a game when it started, with everything pretty much fully up in quality, playing in 800x600x32 resolution
Aug 22 2008 11:47PM
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BigJew
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You're getting what they call artifacts. Open up your computer case and make sure that there's nothing in the video card's fan. Try playing some intensive games for a bit with your case open, if that solves the problem it's overheating. If it doesn't I would say your card is defective and you should try to warranty it.
Aug 22 2008 11:51PM
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SteezyasPie
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holy shit i just tried it again and it seems to be working fine..... i just waited a few hours
Aug 22 2008 11:51PM
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SteezyasPie
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thanks for everyones help though, ill be back if it happens again
Aug 22 2008 11:52PM
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