Ok so the other day I was surfing the net and suddenly something looked funny on my computer. The reds and oranges where extremly bright and I had lines galore on it. Like right now from at the end of every line (on the left and right) I see light gray lines going out to the sides of the screen. And where is says "Post new thread" above and where it has "USER CP, etc, etc," those grayish mine go out from the ends of the blue there too. I watch stuff on hulu and youtube and the videos play fine, but Im worried its something more then the monitor. How can I figure this out?

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So if you watch the videos in full screen there's no lines?

Seems like a bad connection to the PC/monitor.

This could be either bent pins on the VGA cable or just a loose cable (this can happen if you don't screw the connectors in place).

It could also be your graphics drivers. To see if that is the case do the following:

Restart PC
Press F5 repeatedly
Select Enable VGA Mode

If the problem goes away then the problem is your graphics card drivers. Uninstall them from the Add/Remove Programs and install new ones.

Ok I tried reconnecting the monitor... didnt help. I even tried the VGA made thing. still had em. So is it looking like my monitor or my computer. (please let it be the monitor lol)

Im thinking I should just toss this set up outt the window LOL.

ok I just hooked it up to my wife's laptop. lo and behold the lines werent there. So now Im gonna try the driver suggestion

Sorry to be a pain, but how do I know which is the cideo card driver? Im completely lost here lol