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There is a weird red line down the left side of my screen. It is annoying at most...it would not be so bad if it were ANY colour but red. Anyway, I am pretty sure that it is permanent, but I was wondering if there are any suggestions you guys could give me to try to get rid of it just in case it is not. I have already tried: Installing the omega driver for the card (I installed it after ...

is it the monitor or the video card...??

Can we assume this is an LCD? Have you tried another monitor, which will tell you immediately if this is a video card (doubtful) or monitor (likely) problem?

I am pretty sure it is a monitor problem, because for things like changing resolution or booting up (when the video card is inactive) there is the red line....

what card are we discussing here... ?? new , Old.. ATI / nVidea ??

ATI X1400 on a laptop

see now that's a totally different story... could be the laptop is getting to hot... how old is the lappy... has it been cleaned out.. is the vid card able to be pulled or is it onboard video...

it isn't a heat issue...I think it is just permanent; I am pretty sure I broke the sceen when i cut the power one day. Thanks anyway

Sounds like it's time for a new monitor (or LCD panel) to me! Seriously, you're wasting your time trying to fix a panel problem with video drivers.

Try booting in safe mode, and while it stalls at MUP.SYS see if the red line is still there... If it is, then there is no question you've got a bad screen.