Stripes down the screen?

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Alright, I first got this problem playing world of warcraft and there was nothing i did differently to prompt this problem. These white stripes would appear down the screen and then a ton of big white pixelated squares appear and the computer crashes. When I try to reboot it keeps rebooting itself. Occassionally if I left the computer off for a few days it would boot normally, so I updated the video drivers when I could and that didn't work. Just now I was able to get into command prompt and formatted the entire drive. When I rebooted after that it was fine.. for 10 seconds and the stripes came back again. Right now there's nothing installed on my computer, no OS, and I still get this problem. PLEASE HELP!

JLDubs · Answer

Thank you for your prompt reply Dale. When you say product tag, do you mean the product key on the side of my tower? I bought this computer 3 and a half hours ago and forgot a lot of what the specs are and since I don't have an OS on the comp at the moment (although I'm reinstalling XP prof as we speak), I can't check it. I can tell you though that my vid card is a Geforce 4.

This problem fixes itself every once and a while so I feel like the problem is not that the vid card is permanently damaged but very likely there are problems with it. Could I just stick a giant fan by the vent and leave it on haha?

Anyways, please get back to me on this, really appreciate the help!

Dale Nihiser · Answer

LJDubs

World of Warcraft didn't cause the problem. Your graphics card (whatever it is) is probably overheating or is already fried.

Please give your system specs or service tag number and we'll try to sort you through this.

Good Luck

Dale

Dale Nihiser · Answer

The service tag number would be on the side of your Dell. Dale

wowaddict · Answer

I get the same issue with my computer. This is a six month old laptop and when i get about four mins into World of warcraft, i get these diagonal stripes that are rectangular shaped going down the screen. they tend to alternate light and dark. I have an E1705 with an nvidia card in it. this problem started about two months ago...since then Dell has replaced the video card twice, the mother board, the fan and the two 1gig sticks...the problem still persists. I get it only when i play the game and i have to let the computer sit for at least an hour before i can boot up again. If i dont play the game...seems ok for a while. If i start W.o.W. the stripes return..the screen shuts off and i have to turn off the computer. So frustrating....help!!

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