display and freeze problems

I have two problems :-
The first is that anything which appears on the screen has a dark line or
ghosting across the full width of the screen.
This occurs on desktop and in all programs.
I am running ME with XP installed in a separate partition.
This happens in both.
I tried the monitor, using my own leads, on a different PC and everything
was OK.
I have deleted and re-installed the monitor and display driver but that
didn't help.
The second problem, which seemed to start at the same time, is the PC
freezing randomly and the only way to correct it is switching off/back on.
System restore didn't cure either problem.
I had installed XP to try to cure the problem, since it didn't I decided to
delete this using partition magic.
The computer locked up part way through and I have now lost D drive ( system
restore ) completely.
Before I resort to using the restore disks to start afresh I would be
grateful if anyone had any ideas or advice on the problems.


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Monty
Wed Jul 09 21:46:28 CDT 2003

"Peter Warburton" <pw@norfin.freeserve.co.uk> had the fingers to type in
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> I have two problems :-
> The first is that anything which appears on the screen has a dark line
> or ghosting across the full width of the screen.
> This occurs on desktop and in all programs.
> I am running ME with XP installed in a separate partition.
> This happens in both.
> I tried the monitor, using my own leads, on a different PC and
> everything was OK.
> I have deleted and re-installed the monitor and display driver but that
> didn't help.
> The second problem, which seemed to start at the same time, is the PC
> freezing randomly and the only way to correct it is switching off/back
> on. System restore didn't cure either problem.
> I had installed XP to try to cure the problem, since it didn't I decided
> to delete this using partition magic.
> The computer locked up part way through and I have now lost D drive (
> system restore ) completely.
> Before I resort to using the restore disks to start afresh I would be
> grateful if anyone had any ideas or advice on the problems.
>
>
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Video Card problem?

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Tony
Wed Jul 09 21:54:08 CDT 2003

This could be a hardware problem. You might try a new video card. Since you
say the problem is in both Me and XP, it's not likely the software drivers,
though it might be worth a shot to download updated video drivers. Since you
say you tried the monitor on another PC, the next thing to try might be a
different video card. This also could cause the freezing ... and since
Partition Magic was interrupted during a process, it's quite possible that
damage was done to a partition. If you have on-board video, you may have to
disable it in the BIOS ... or if you have an AGP slot, you may have to
enable it in the BIOS before you can use it. Otherwise, you might try a PCI
video card.

Tony

"Peter Warburton" <pw@norfin.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23majP7nRDHA.1720@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
I have two problems :-
The first is that anything which appears on the screen has a dark line or
ghosting across the full width of the screen.
This occurs on desktop and in all programs.
I am running ME with XP installed in a separate partition.
This happens in both.
I tried the monitor, using my own leads, on a different PC and everything
was OK.
I have deleted and re-installed the monitor and display driver but that
didn't help.
The second problem, which seemed to start at the same time, is the PC
freezing randomly and the only way to correct it is switching off/back on.
System restore didn't cure either problem.
I had installed XP to try to cure the problem, since it didn't I decided to
delete this using partition magic.
The computer locked up part way through and I have now lost D drive ( system
restore ) completely.
Before I resort to using the restore disks to start afresh I would be
grateful if anyone had any ideas or advice on the problems.


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Tony
Wed Jul 09 22:08:36 CDT 2003

Hmmm ... seems replies are not all getting in the correct thread.

"Tony McCanless" <Tony@Mservers.net> wrote in message
news:uTOTz6oRDHA.2232@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
This could be a hardware problem. You might try a new video card. Since you
say the problem is in both Me and XP, it's not likely the software drivers,
though it might be worth a shot to download updated video drivers. Since you
say you tried the monitor on another PC, the next thing to try might be a
different video card. This also could cause the freezing ... and since
Partition Magic was interrupted during a process, it's quite possible that
damage was done to a partition. If you have on-board video, you may have to
disable it in the BIOS ... or if you have an AGP slot, you may have to
enable it in the BIOS before you can use it. Otherwise, you might try a PCI
video card.

Tony

"Peter Warburton" <pw@norfin.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23majP7nRDHA.1720@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
I have two problems :-
The first is that anything which appears on the screen has a dark line or
ghosting across the full width of the screen.
This occurs on desktop and in all programs.
I am running ME with XP installed in a separate partition.
This happens in both.
I tried the monitor, using my own leads, on a different PC and everything
was OK.
I have deleted and re-installed the monitor and display driver but that
didn't help.
The second problem, which seemed to start at the same time, is the PC
freezing randomly and the only way to correct it is switching off/back on.
System restore didn't cure either problem.
I had installed XP to try to cure the problem, since it didn't I decided to
delete this using partition magic.
The computer locked up part way through and I have now lost D drive ( system
restore ) completely.
Before I resort to using the restore disks to start afresh I would be
grateful if anyone had any ideas or advice on the problems.


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Peter
Fri Jul 11 16:11:31 CDT 2003

Thank you both for the advice.
Looks like the video card is the problem.