Display is being really wierd...HELP!

[messerbr]

So my PC just started doing this. I have had this unit for around 6-7 years and I believe it is the graphics card but I am not sure.

What do you guys think?

I tried cleaning it and getting all of the dust off of the fans but that didnt seem to help any.

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Ok, so I plugged the monitor directly to the motherboard slot and it seems to be up and running.

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the card I was running was a NVIDIA 8600GT 1g. do you guys i get another video card? I dont really have the funds for an entirely new system yet

 

[swifty_morgan]

can you pull the card and connect the monitor to the back of motherboard?

 

[messerbr]

Yeah, just plugged it in and it looks like its starting alright. the mouse isnt working but the screen looks normal

 

[smeezekitty]

Sounds like your GPU is screwed. Although you could try cleaning the contacts with something like a pencil eraser and reseating it.

 

[swifty_morgan]

bad gpu.

 

[messerbr]

restarted it and everything seems to be working with it plugged straight into the motherboard

 

[bryonhowley]

Would agree the GPU has gone the way of the dodo bird. Looks like bad VRam to me.