My PC is in Jail - Please help set it free

[Guest]

My computer looks like it's in jail. White lines run down the screen. I am running on Window XP home edition with a nvidia Geforce4 video card. Problem started while playing game. Please help. Thank

What I have done
Downloaded the driver from windows updat
Downloaded the lastest version from nvidia.co
Downloaded directx v.
Refreshed adapter many times trying everything optio

Error: Video driver not running properl

 

[t.cruise]

Maybe the card is defective? Or, have your tried reseating it?
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My computer looks like it's in jail. White lines run down the screen. I

am running on Window XP home edition with a nvidia Geforce4 video card.
Problem started while playing game. Please help. Thanks

 

[dglock]

there are two possibilites,your graphics card is dieing
or the monitor is near death.
you could try another monitor,if available,if it still
does the same thing you will have eliminated it.
try uninstall your video card drivers and rebooting.
don

-----Original Message-----
My computer looks like it's in jail. White lines run

down the screen. I am running on Window XP home edition
with a nvidia Geforce4 video card. Problem started while
playing game. Please help. Thanks

 

[Bruce J. Weiers]

Does the problem appear in Safe Mode or in VGA-only mode?

 

[Guest]

It appears in both safe mode and VGA Mode. But when I try to start up with the windows XP disk and it runs the setup the screen is perfect.

 

[Bruce J. Weiers]

It appears in both safe mode and VGA Mode. But when I try to start up
with the windows XP disk and it runs the setup the screen is perfect.

Interesting.

XP setup is a character-based screen, and if it looks OK, I think it
would be safe to conclude that the monitor is not at fault.

VGA mode (also used in Safe Mode) is, I believe but am not absolutely
sure, a generic, lowest-common- denominator Microsoft driver, so I would
tend to think it is not a driver (i.e. software) issue. If the full
video acceleration with the manufacturer's full driver produces the same
result as the no video acceleration with Microsoft's minimal, generic
driver, then I don't think the problem is likely to be in any OS setting
you can tweak or driver software you can reinstall.

That leaves a hardware fault, as the most likely cause. Something has
gone wrong physically with the card. Unusual and probably not worth
trying to fix; unless you can make a warranty claim with the
manufacturer.

As someone else suggested, you could shut down the machine, open the
case, take the videocard out, wipe off the contacts, and then firmly
reinsert it. That would be worth trying.