Originally Posted by mzmanda

My HP laptop that is only a year old recently started showing me these weird horizontial lines that cover my screen. -- does this happen from the moment the laptop starts up or when Windows starts up? Horizontal lines on the screen that show up even during POST or when the logo (HP) appears, could mean a defective LCD. Try it with an external monitor to rule out the video card.

Once my computer loads and i can get to the screen where I type in my password it then freezes. I cant even boot it up into safe mode. -- at this point do you still see the horizontal lines on the screen? Also try entering BIOS settings and observe if it hangs there after some time. Usually I use another operating system in liveCD (i.e. KNoppix, Ubuntu or PCLInuxOS) to check if it freezes in that environment too. If it does not freeze in linux liveCD environment, I would check my hard drive and my RAM for errors or I would attempt to repair/reinstall Windows.

Does anyone know how I can at the very least figure out whats wrong with my computer?