Has anyone had this problem happen before?

[johnnyyynguyen]

http://tinypic.com/r/106n6fk/7

This happened to my computer the other day and I have no idea what it is wrong with it, I know that it is a internal problem because the monitor has been used with other devices and it works normally. If anyone could give any help, that would be really great. Thanks!

 

[DCIScouts]

Are you talking about the banding on the screen? Is that an LCD monitor? (hard for me to tell for sure)

 

[voyagerfan99]

Looks like a video card problem. Then again, it could also be faulty RAM, especially if it's onboard video.

 

[johnnyyynguyen]

The bands on the screen is stemming from some problem internally that is ending up giving me the BSoD.

 

[NyxCharon]

run a memtest, if possible.

 

[johnnyyynguyen]

I can't get pass BSoD or into Safe Mode.

 

[GaryCantley]

Looks like a video card problem.

^^ This

Slap a different Gfx card in and see if the problem goes away.

I have never fixed this one through replacing RAM.

 

[voyagerfan99]

^^ This

Slap a different Gfx card in and see if the problem goes away.

I have never fixed this one through replacing RAM.

I have - it was onboard video with defective RAM. Swapped the RAM and that fixed the problem.

 

[Dngrsone]

Yeah, I've seen RAM cause this, as well in shared memory setups.

Most linux live discs have memtest86+ on them. Boot the disc and select Check Memory and run it for a day.

If you get any errors in memtest, then you have a bad memory stick (or memory manager on the motherboard, though that is rare).

 

[johnnyyynguyen]

This is not onboard video and on the BSoD, its not giving me what the problem is at top but is giving a stop code and continuously restarting upon reaching the BSoD.

 

[voyagerfan99]

This is not onboard video and on the BSoD, its not giving me what the problem is at top but is giving a stop code and continuously restarting upon reaching the BSoD.

What's the stop code? If you can't read it in time, press F8 before Windows boot and select "Disable Automatic Restart on system Failure".

But even still if you're getting the artifacts, then it's a bad video card.

 

[Okedokey]

Please post full system specs and what PSU you have.

 

[S.T.A.R.S.]

Oh man the same thing happened to me on my Fujitsu Siemens laptop.Only I have even a bigger problem because it is a laptop and I cannot change the graphic card lol...

Not to mention that laptop is only 1 year old.

Nah Acer and Asus are the best lol.
I have 2 Acer laptops which are 8 years old and they still work just like the day I bought them.

 

[Okedokey]

I have 2 Acer laptops which are 8 years old and they still work just like the day I bought them.

You mean when your parents bought them right