Date: 02/28/06 (Computer Help)    Keywords: no keywords

I thought I had a monitor problem, but it's not the case. One day, everything was fine, the screen was all nice. But then i clicked on an image to view, and BAM!..it happened. the colors were suddenly brighter and there are now streaks going across the screen where dark parts are..overlapping pics and making them dark. I was hoping it WAS my monitor, but putting a new one in didn't help. My friends are telling me it's my video card, but i'm not sure. There's no reason it would just bust like that.

This computer is a few years old, though. It's a Gateway. We got it at a rent-to-own, so that makes it older i suppose.

I'm wondering if maybe a system restore would work? i'm in safe mode right now. I tried to reboot, and I see the WinXP logo just fine, but after it loads, the screen is just black, no cursor or anything. It worked before i put the new monitor in.

oh yeah, my video card is a NVIDIA Vanta/Vanta LT if that means anything.

I would LOVE some help. I'm going insane. :(

EDIT: ACK!! can't do the system restore. not enough disk space. i can't go to a restore point before this thing happened unless it's on it's highest setting..which will take 1GB of space. and i only got 2.6/8GB left. :( so...can't do that.

I REALLY want to listen to my music, and of course, my sound drivers are disabled under this stupid safe mode. i seriously need help.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computer_help/593007.html