Windows 10: partial display, horizontal lines, flicker - SOLVED

as this is solved it is for information only, mainly aimed at those who also have this 'problem'

suddenly my 23" samsung 2333 display started to flicker and give a partial display of my win screen with a lot of horizontal lines.
see image.
although i managed to get into windows the top edge of the screen was not accessible, making it virtually impossible to access controls situated at the top of open programs - i had to guess where the cursor is as it 'vanished' from the visible part.

after uninstalling printer drivers, removing the graphics card and plugging the monitor into the mother board the problem persisted, reminding me it was there in bios as well!

replace display with old one lying around, voila, problem sorted.
the display needs replacement.

so i figure if you guys get a problem display even at bios level, before any drivers start kicking in; odds are good the display is the culprit.

in Christ
gabriel

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Flickering screen -> grey frozen screen or white/blue frozen screen with white horizontal lines in Windows 10.

I recently successfully installed Windows 10 and now I have problems with 3 different scenarios:

1. Normal login into Windows 10 then being on the Internet website or email the screen suddenly becomes flickering that leads to the screen that is partially white on the left side and the rest is blue with multiple horizontal lines through the screen. Have
to reboot the computer to login again to the windows.

2. Sometimes flickering screen leads to a grey frozen screen. Have to reboot the computer.

3. Sometimes flickering screen leads to "Your PC ran into problem..." with automatic restart.

This is really annoying. Please help!!!!!

 

laptop screen dispaly malfunctioning after upgrade to windows 10 from windows 7

Upgraded laptop on windows 7 to windows 10 on 03 Oct 15. Since then screen display is malfunctioning intermittently. All of a sudden the screen display gets clustered horizontal flickering lines. Screen content remains visible behind
the lines and remains unreadable. Display gets normal after few seconds. This has happened 5 to 6 times a day. Why is this happening? is this a upgrade malfunctioning? or Is this some virus or malware? The display gets interrupted despite updated Avast is
installed.

 

Horizontal and vertical line as well as garbled pixels are a classic sign of a failing monitor or GPU - a monitor can be fixed as it usually a blown capacitor or two...this would be the cheaper option.....if you have the cash, get a better monitor. If it's the GPU upgrade to new tech as the chances are the current GPU is old.

 

tx damocles,
my reasoning process [which is not always what it used to be *Shock] tells me that if the fault is my gpu the monitor i now use would also behave faulty - as i use the same gpu as before and during the problem with the display.
to test if it was my gpu i bypassed it [removed it and deleted all nvidia drivers] and used the on-board graphics and the fault on the monitor remained.
secondly the fault on the monitor also showed up in bios, i.e. where the bios options become visible on screen, this is before any drivers load.
i am glad you indicate that a monitor can indeed be repaired as the syncmaster 2333 served me very well and i nearly bought another display today - in the meantime i stare at an old nearly square syncmaster 720n which i keep for emergencies.
keep well and God bless!
gabriel
ps, there is no sword dangling above those in Christ *Smile