ok so this morning i go to turn my computer on and after i signed in, it loaded my desktop for 5 seconds before the screen went crazy and made some weird streaks. I restarted the computer and same thing, some weird different coloured diagnol streaks, thinking it was my gpu i took it out and put ANOTHER one in and everything loaded up fine. but that gpu(fx 5200) is old and the one i had in there before(7600gt) is the one i need for games so i put it back in expecting the streaks again but this time everything loaded up fine. also the fx 5200 was very hot when i took it out but had only been running a few minutes. i have no idea what happened but i am wondering what those streaks are and should i try to return the 7600gt or what...any help is appreciatedCould it be that your gpu which is a 7600gt is not seated firmly?

What is your mobo's brand and specifications and also the OS that you're using... if I may ask? um i have an asus p4p8x SE w/ p4 2.8ghz,1024mb pc2700 ddr ram( http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=12&l3=32&model=183&modelmenu=1 ) and windows xp sp 2.Well, first check if your 7600gt gpu is seated firmly in its slot. If your able to boot it up to windows and signed in, check if its PROPERLY installed. If not you can boot in safe mode and check your videocard.well it appears to be fine now, last night i over clocked it and turned the fan SPEED up a bit maybe the fan made it vibrate out of the slot ever so SLIGHTLY? i have no clue but its not overclocked anymore, and i hope the card isn't defective and wont stay in the slot or something cause its a great card. thanks for the help.