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Scrambled screen Turn on computer and the screen is scrambled/ snowy

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Very likely the video card went bad. Try changing monitor, also see if you can boot in safe mode, when the computer is booting up press on and off the F8 key, if a menu is presented, select Safe Mode. If the computer boots up and you see the screen normal, then it could be the video driver.

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Could be any number of things... Bad cable, intermittent connection, bad video card. . . not enough info here to diagnose the problem

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