I run Windows XP service pack 3, not "real"
XFX nForce 680i LT SLI Socket 775 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66Ghz Socket 775 CPU
Seagate 250GB Serial ATA w/NCQ 7200/16MB/SATA-3G
OCZ SLI 2048MB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz (2x1024MB)      
NVidia 8800 GT
Realtek integrated sound card
Antivirus regularly run is Ad-Aware SE Personal, Windows Defender, Spybot S&D, SUPERAntiSpyware


When i start up my computer, everything looks regular. "Verifying DMI POOL data..." etc. My motherboard doesn't recognize my floppy drive, and so tells me to hit F1 to continue without one. The loading bar doesn't appear as it should, [][][][], but rather blurred, :;:;:::: First notice of error. The next screen shows many things, with random misplaced parenthesis all over the screen. The next screen is windows start up, everything proceeding fine, but with visual mess-ups. My desktop appears with 4, 1 inch.. rhombuses, of squiggly blue lines, side by side, but spaced differently. These blue lines are on the desktop, and appear on every window, differently according to color under them. I believe this is a hardware problem because of the signs it shows before windows is booted. There Was a time when everything appeared fine. If anybody has any ideas or solutions, it would be greatly appreciated. This has been going on for a while and i'm completely puzzled. If you're wondering, performance is not affected At All. The only issue is display. Sure, it's not a Big deal, but something is not behaving properly and i don't like that.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76/BaishCao/bluemessups.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y76/BaishCao/bluemessups2.jpg

look closely at the top of the screen for the blue parts.

I loaded BIOS Settings to default, and disabled floppy disk, though F1 command to continue without when booting still required.
All throughout BIOS is parenthesis still

Same errors as in normal mode Are in safe mode, except a little different - straighter squiggles in the blue squares

I have updated my graphics driver to no success.

BIOS recognizes my floppy drive. When i try to remove my floppy drive from the boot order the boot menu closes and goes on regularly, still checking on startup.

Today i booted my computer and instead of the normal parentheses errors it was MUCH more effected: red, green, cyan, yellow, maybe other colors (just woke up) columns up and down the screen, but not entirely. This includes the regular SYMPTOMS. Does this give more evidence for a specific problem?

I believe it's a hardware problem because it is shown before windows loads. Problems vary occasionally, exampled by today's bootup.
Remove the vid card and clean the CONTACTS with isopropyl alcohol...use a can of compressed air to blow out the slots.
Replace the vid card.
As always when working inside the case remove all power sources and take anti-static precautions...This did not work, and symptoms have gotten worse.
Performance is affected. Certain graphics in games will not appear correctly; after minimizing, when maximized graphics will be distorted (in a full screen game).
This is really irritating me. Any other ideas? Quote

I run Windows XP service pack 3, not "real"

I don't think that is the issue because the problem has gotten worse over time. When i first built my computer everything ran in top top shape. Also, the longer it has been running throughout the day (the hotter it gets), a mistake is more likely to happen upon maximizing a minimized game (does not Always distort). Yeah i mean pirated by not real.