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**ajackson269** · 07-02-2008, 04:48 PM

Hi folks when i turned on my pc today the picture was distorted really messed up i waited till it had finished startup then switched it off then started it up again and it seems fine now but just worried there my be a problem any ideas guys....

**Wolfeymole** · 07-02-2008, 05:02 PM

You might need an updated graphics driver Alan.

What's the make and model of your pc and are you using onboard graphics or a card?

**ajackson269** · 07-02-2008, 05:24 PM

Hi Wolfey the graphics card is a few weeks old the make and model of my pc is as follows:
packard bell imedia mc 2470
pentium D 820 2.80ghz
2Gb RAM
600 watt ATX psu
8600GT 1MB NVIDIA Graphics card

**Wolfeymole** · 07-02-2008, 05:33 PM

Can you go describe how it seemed to be messed up and was ok once the OS had loaded Alan?

**ajackson269** · 07-02-2008, 05:37 PM

there just lines and squares could'nt make anything out and it wasnt ok after the os loaded i had to turn it off by holding the power button it is ok now though

**Wolfeymole** · 07-02-2008, 05:41 PM

I'd make sure the graphics plug is secure to the pc Alan and if running a TFT then on both pc and monitor.

**ajackson269** · 07-02-2008, 05:59 PM

yip they are all tight that was the first thing i checked

**Dalo Harkin** · 07-08-2008, 12:25 PM

If you get lines on the screen its normally the RAM on the GPU - do they have adequate cooling - the coolers on GPU's are very rarely enough - you should at least have one fan blowing over the GPU -