computer display problem - would appreciate some help

[Ben_]

I was playing Everquest when all of the sudden my screen started having these little lines across it. It's like having bad cable TV. Whenever there is a bright color on one area of my screen, its sorta bleeds itelf over to the right. Its very strange and hard to describe. Its almost giving me motion sickness 😛
I have reinstalled my 3d drivers for my GeForce DDR, played with my refresh settings, and even tried a whole new monitor. No spoon. These little lines even occur during the Windows 98 loading screen. If I cant fix this by tomorrow afternoon, I'm taking the computer to get fixed.

I would appreciate any help, thanks

 

[Ronstang]

Did you try a different monitor cable with the 2nd monitor? If you didn't I would try that first. If that doesn't do it I would say the video card is going south! I'm not an expert but what else could it be?

 

[Ben_]

im guessing the card is borked

 

[Hossenfeffer]

Is the system running normally besides the bleeding? Do you overclock it at all?

Also, what sort of monitor(s) are you using?

 

[Ben_]

yep everything else seems normal.. btw its a 21 inch komodo monitor, and the other i tested on was my brothers little 15incher.. not sure what brand his is. but it had the exact same lines across it.. and it used a different monitor cable so its not that.

im thinking my video card is dying ;P i play a LOT of heavy 3d games, and for several hours at a time.. im assuming i just killed the damn thing 😛

 

[Ben_]

and no i dont overclock at all.. i could have overclocked the 3d card if i wanted to, but i never did

 

[Hossenfeffer]

Might try reseating the graphics card. Shutdown, make sure the card is securely in place, screw it down with a thumbscrew (I'm a thumbscrew evangelist for some reason) and fire 'er up.