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Hi there, i was wondering if anyone out there had come across this before, but just within the past like 2 or three days i get these random semi transparent red pixelated bars appearing on my screen. They are about an inch wide by half an inch tall and were appearing not that frequently. This morning however, i turned on my pc and now they are coming fast and furious, infact in the time it taking me to type this message almost my whole screen is covered. Everytime i minimize a window or even drag something across one it dissapears only to re-appear like 2 minutes later on that screen.

they dont have a pattern as to how they come, but it looks like they are in designated columns

Tried running spyware, using spy-sweeper and adaware and did a virus scan with Trend-micro pc-cillin and they all came back negative.


Any ideas?

have you tried using a different monitor?

yes, i just bought a brand new Acer AL1916W (19" widescreen) and thought it might have been deffective, so i swapped it for my roomates CRT and same thing is happening. And the Acer was percectly fine on his PC

This isnt really my area of expertise but wait until a tech guy comes along!

It could be something to do with your graphics card post the model of that it could help.

im running a GeForce4 MX440, i just went to the Nvidea website and downloaded all the latest firmware and drivers and its still happening

Sounds like it could be an overheating video card. Have you checked if the fan on it still works, and isn't glogged up with dust?

Great!! thanks for the tip, i'll give it a shot and if it doesnt work i'll be back here : - )