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Gray lines on monitor

Jun 9, 2005 8:19PM PDT

My monitor shows grey horizontal lines on the screen. I connected two other monitors to my computer to verify that the problem is not with any one monitor, but the lines seem to not go away. This makes me suspect that there's a problem with the computer or hard disk itself.

After my "experiment" with different monitors, my hard disk crashed and I had to replace it with a new one. The grey lines are still present on the screen even with the new hard disk.

Does anyone know what the problem might be?

Thanks much,

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Video mode or drivers?
Jun 9, 2005 9:14PM PDT

Many load windows but forget that the drivers are rarely supplied. We have to do that ourselves.

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Gray lines on monitor
Jun 10, 2005 2:50AM PDT

If not the drivers then the video card maybe going bad. John

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It's probably the graphics card...
Jun 10, 2005 4:03AM PDT

Might as well go shopping... ^_^