nvidia Geforce4 mx420 graphics card problem

[Guest]

have a nvidia Geforce4 mx420 graphics card.
My computer was running fine.
Then one day when I woke up to boot the system, there were vertical stripes
on the display (i.e. when the system displays the P4 logo and logging into XP
pro).
Worst yet, it freezes half way through logging into windows and I can never
get it to work.
So I have to go in safe mode and disable the card. And even though the
vertical stripes still appear, I can log into normal window mode. Of course,
I'm having one horrible time dealing with the squary graphics.
Is there any way to fix this, as I have already reinstalled windows as well
as formatted my c: where my windows directory sits (although I haven't
formatted my other partitions.)
Thank you very much for yoru time and effort in reviewing to my query. Your
help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[M and D]

You need a new graphics card.

Steven

 

[Yves Leclerc]

have a nvidia Geforce4 mx420 graphics card.
My computer was running fine.
Then one day when I woke up to boot the system, there were vertical stripes
on the display (i.e. when the system displays the P4 logo and logging into XP
pro).
Worst yet, it freezes half way through logging into windows and I can never
get it to work.
So I have to go in safe mode and disable the card. And even though the
vertical stripes still appear, I can log into normal window mode. Of course,
I'm having one horrible time dealing with the squary graphics.
Is there any way to fix this, as I have already reinstalled windows as well
as formatted my c: where my windows directory sits (although I haven't
formatted my other partitions.)
Thank you very much for yoru time and effort in reviewing to my query. Your
help will be greatly appreciated.

Your problem seems to be a "hardware" issue where the GeForce 4 MX420 card is
beginning to fail. It is time for your to consider buying a new video card.