On boot up, my computer shows something that is hard to describe.  visualize thick horizontal lines of "digital" color covering the whole screen.  then visualize a second layer of thick vertical lines doing the same thing.  then visualize the pixels making up these lines shifting in pattern and changing in color at around the same TIMES the loading screens would change on a normal boot up.  then the computer will sometimes read "no signal" or itll stop at one pattern, which i assume would be the login screen.  Keep in mind you can see absolutely nothing though because these patterns have covered the whole monitor this whole time.  if any of you have a remote idea of what this means please tell me lol.  Just from what im seeing, i think i fried my graphics card.It may just be the monitor. Either TRY the monitor on a different computer, or try a different monitor on your computer.Are there any objects that exercise magnetic influence nearby?

Well i managed to hook up my monitor to a laptop and the monitor seemed to work fine.  I didnt manage to get a second monitor just yet to test it though.  and i dont think theres any magnetic influence anywhere.  

maybe a little backstory should help : the computer has ran fine for about a year and the problem is recent.  ive been playing world of warcraft for about 3 months, and the first time this problem happened was after "wow" crashed and i rebooted.  the problem showed up.  i reset multiple times but nothing fixed it.  so i did the whole swap monitor and then swap comp thing with a friend.  

to our surprise, both worked. i then reconnected both the original monitor and base and it worked! well that was that.  but then afterwards, during a bootup the problem showed up, and i figured... all i did was DISCONNECT the cable connecting the base and monitor and reconnect while they were both off and then power up and the problem was gone.  that worked for a while but then on this LAST bootup.  this happened again and this time, its not working.  

whatever the problem is, it must have gotten worst somehow.  anyway i'll try getting a friends monitor to test it asap Quote

nd i dont think theres any magnetic influence anywhere.

nyway i'll try getting a friends monitor to test it asap

• Is the videocard fan still operating?
  
• Is the videocard firmly placed in its slot?
  
• If the videocard is PCI, try moving it to another slot
  
• If that does not work, test it on another computer with a known troublefree monitor