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i think the issue is official resolved. i have not had a problem with the PC at all for the past 2 days. i've left it on for several hours (in idle mode as well as playing starcraft2) with no signs of visual distortion of any kind. Thanks for all the help :)

no worries. i uninstalled the nvidia card and removed it. i installed the new card (ATI Radeon HD 4650) and ran the latest driver updates from their websites. so far so good

Its definitely a hardware issue. Now whether its the video card or the mother board is another task Even after having the win7 version of the 196.21 nvidia driver installed it still produced the same error as before. I'm running the pc in safe mode right now and there are slight traces of color...

I have the Windows Updates to manually install but after a clean install I ran the Windows Updates

There is no other external video port...there is 1 port that has a plastic cap which is screwed over it towards the lower back end of the tower. i'll check it out tonight when i return home. By the way, thanks for all the support.

so far so good. i was able to install the updated drivers for the RealTek audio device, Intel's wireless network card, the LG Monitor, and the older version of the Nvidia card. i am currently running the windows updates and will reboot it again shortly.

no, it is no longer under warranty. i rebooted it a few minutes ago and was able to get through the final setup steps fine. it is sitll on and has not gone crazy....yet. will head over to nvidia now to get the older driver. i just want to be able to play starcraft 2 in peace *sigh*

I did a clean install. Reformatted the C:\ drive (excluding the factory image) then performed the install of win7 ultimate. Went through the entire installation process fine. After its reboot and it gets to the first screen where you have to create a username it locks up. Screen starts to...

couldnt install version 196.21. That is for XP & Win2000 operating system.

WEll i was able to have the pc on all night in safe mode w/ networking. - i downloaded malware bytes and CPU-Z. - I rebooted the PC into normal mode without a problem (graphics card is still uninstalled). - Installed/Updated Malware Bytes - Ran CPU-Z. (screenshot below) - I went to...

Don't even know how to do that, so no. :)

Thanks, I'll try that this evening.

im back in safe mode...should i just outright delete the nvidia folder, nvlddmkm.sys file where ever it is on the local hard drive? edit while in safe mode i ran a search for the NVLDDMKM.SYS file. there was an instance of it in windows\system32\drivers folder. i renamed it with the .OLD...

in a perfect world :) Just rebooted...had to do the restore again and after it ran in normal mode, it made it up to the "starting windows" mode and then got the BSOD....error casue - nvlddmkm.sys. PC rebooted on its own and is now sitting at a black screen. i've powered it down and then...

Since there was no nvlddmkm.sys file in the windows/system32/drivers folder I ran the install of the latest nvidia driver for my card (using the link that TorrentG provided). Rebooted the computer into normal mode and once the windows login screen appeared the screen froze and pixelated and then...