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I'm on Windows 2000, and have ATI 9800. So a couple of days ago, suddenly, my computer display got screwed up for no reason. I see lines all over the screen, but those line don't stay, I mean, they come and go, it's not consistent. This is pretty weird because I've been using this graphic card for a few years, and, I do have the latest graphic card update, I believe. Can't seem to solve it.

Here's a screenshot of what my desktop looks like these days: http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9314/wtfiszzwronghm5.jpg

Let's hope someone can help me, thanks!!
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Hi, I've had similar problems, but only temporary. In my case, it would happen when waking up from standby, only way I could stop it was to disable standby. It has also happened from a reboot but also would go away, for the most part my problems have stopped since I put on an arctic cooling silencer. It could also be heat, how is your cooling fan working?

When did the problem start?
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pintofhooky said:
Hi, I've had similar problems, but only temporary. In my case, it would happen when waking up from standby, only way I could stop it was to disable standby. It has also happened from a reboot but also would go away, for the most part my problems have stopped since I put on an arctic cooling silencer. It could also be heat, how is your cooling fan working?

When did the problem start?
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I'm usually rebooting my computer every day, and as I have that problem for more than a week already, that doesn't solve the problem.
My cooling fan is doing great as usual.
When the problem started? Well, I don't exactly know anymore, but I could say that it pretty much happened without having done anything special.

Also, can't play games anymore, well, I can, but can't see a darn thing, it's a total mess. (see for yourself: http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/3884/gamedisiplayyy0.png)
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get a can of air and blow the dust out of the computer especially around the fans and heatsinks
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dai said:
get a can of air and blow the dust out of the computer especially around the fans and heatsinks
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Ok, I'm back with some pics.
So I was gonna do what you said, when I saw this thing that seems to be broken off. As far as I know, that's my graphic card there, I assume that's the problem...

Here are the pics:
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/577/dsc01235copiern9.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/869/dsc01238copieor4.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6882/dsc01243copiejv1.jpg

Thanks.
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it looks from the pics that it is the problem
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dai said:
it looks from the pics that it is the problem
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I'm not really good at hardware at all, so would be nice if someone could tell me what should be done to repair that. I think I'll have to buy some hardware component? Right?
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it looks like you need a new video card
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Alright. Thanks for the help man :)
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