<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Try re-seating the graphics card. Take it out completely and put it back in. If that doesn't work, borrow another graphic card and use it. That'll probably tell you if it's the graphics card. The reason I said probably is if you still have the problem, even with another card, swap monitors. It's remote, but it also could be the monitor going south on you.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 14, 2007, at 9:12 AM, Thomas J. Fobia wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> Hello all,<BR> <BR> I have recently been getting a verticle screen (as my computer locks up) and can only recover by rebooting! Its happened with several programs (Netscape, Safari, PSCS2, ect.) Im using a powerlogix 1.6Ghz with 1.75 GB ram. The display card is a ATI 8500. Anybody run across this problem before? Here the link to a photo of my Dell Monitor screen! :<BR> <BR> <U><A class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r91/tom578/100_2102sm.jpg">http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r91/tom578/100_2102sm.jpg</A></U><BR> <BR> Any suggestion would be appreciated!<BR> <BR> Thanks<BR> <BR> Tom<BR> <BR> <BR><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">G4 mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:G4@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">G4@listserver.themacintoshguy.com</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4">http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984">http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>Patrick J. Runcie</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:macandlinuxuser@gmail.com">macandlinuxuser@gmail.com</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>