Pavillion a1226n video problem?

Question

Well Ive recently been tryin to help my friend fix her computer. I think there might be something wrong with the video or the motherboard. Well it turns on like it should (sometimes it wont) but after 5 minutes the edge of the computer screen will twitch and kinda go blank and then eventually it goes blank or it goes black with vertical white lines or one time it went red with the white vertical lines. While the screen does that the fans will kinda rev up like you would do when your trying to show off at a stop light. Thats how i could best describe it. It might even be a virus for all i know..But u cant see the screen long to do any sort of scan. Sometimes it starts the twitching even(then the wonderful stripes come in or blank screen) at the bios screen, welcome, etc...I would greatly appreciate some help here.Thanks.... By the way : (Its Not the monitor..It has done this on three different ones).

Answer 1

Virus:
To double check if it's a virus, you can do a free webscan at a number of places like http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/free_security_tools/housecall_free_scan.php

Drivers:
I would delete the display adapter in Device Manager, and reinstall the latest drivers.

Video Card:
You should also run pc diagnostics like at pcpitstop http://www.pcpitstop.com/safe.asp to check out the video card (that's what it sounds like).

Cooling:
Also check the air flow on the pc to ensure the cooling is ok. Heat can whack out a video card. There might be a fan on the video card and if it stops it can overheat quickly.

Answer 2

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