i have a problem with my screen.. sometimes it goes all pixelated out of the blue [see the images below].. i asked another guy who knows a bit about computers, and he said it could either be 1) the screen going. 2) the graphics card could be out slightly or i may need a new one. 3) or the computer could be overheated [but sometimes it happens straight away so it cant be that can it?].. and this usually happens when im casually using it, [i only ever have msn/iTunes/firefox open] and i have to minimize the internet window and maximize it again and the fuzziness will go.. but the other day, it went reeeally bad, all over [not like in the images] and i couldnt fix it, so i turned the computer off, and as it was shutting down where it goes to the windows screen and says “the pc is shutting down” or whatever, it was still fuzzy then.
ive scanned for viruses multiple times, and theres nothing found at all..
does anyone know what it could be? i could try taking out the graphics card and reinserting it, but im clueless with computers on the inside, so i dont know if i’ll do it right lol or could it be the monitor going? since it was still fuzzy while shutting down?
image 1: http://i53.tinypic.com/2yl42ds.jpg
image 2: http://i52.tinypic.com/15evlfm.jpg
help would be HUGELY appreciated.
Usually, display corruption means that something on the video card–usually VRAM–is going bad. But because your taskbar is fine, I think it might be a software issue. Reinstall the video driver.
I’ve actually seen similar display corruption on old Win98 machines with f**ked GDI files, but unless your hard drive is connected to an overclocked PCI bus, it’s unlikely that your problem is Windows related.
This can happen because the display resolution that you have set it is not the right one for your screen. To solve this, click your name on the top bar and go to System Settings. Try some of the Resolution options and set the one that makes the screen look better.