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Virus on a video card?  That's a new one.  Boy, those CompUSA guys are quite
creative at boosting their sales.  First, if you are overclocking the card
and you've been doing this for a while, you might stop overclocking it and
see what happens.  If you still have the problem, the card could be fried.
I'd also try updating your video drivers.  In addition, I'd check to make
sure your monitor cable is tightly attached to the card -- I've seen what
you are describing happen with a loose cable.  Better yet, if that doesn't
help and you have another monitor handy, give that one a whirl.  If all else
fails, you probably have a card that went caput or is flawed.  I'd check to
see if your warranty is still valid and send it back to be checked out.
--
Rob


"Another User" <twashing@mail.comNOSPAM> wrote in message
news:nN7M8.14584$2h1.2623981@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> I have a ELSA Erazor X graphics card with a nVidia GeForce 256 chipset.
> Suddenly one day my screen went a tab bit darker and every window casted a
> shadow horizontally across the screen. I asked a techie at CompUSA about
it
> and he said I may have a virus on the card. He said to get rid of the
virus,
> simply get a new card or fdisk my boot drive. I tried the latter and that
> didn't help. I removed the card and dust busted it and the whole
motherboard
> thoroughly. Nothing.
>
> Any ideas? Do I really need a new card? What exactly could the problem be?
>
> Thanx in advance,
> twashing@mail.comNOSPAM
>
> P.S. - I haven't tested the card in another machine because I do not want
to
> spread a potential virus.
>
>