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1/21/2007 5:53:48 PM EDT
I've got a 4 year old Dell Inspiron 8500.  For the last week or so the display keeps going goofy.  I can see little pixels all over the screen.  Sometimes if I right click on the desktop and refresh it will go away.  Other times it goes away on its own.  Sometimes I just notice it in a few spots, and sometimes it is all over the screen.  

Is my laptop on it's final leg?  Is it just an issue with the video card?
1/21/2007 5:58:38 PM EDT
[#1]
hook it up to a external monitor and see how it works!

you might have to press function  f5 i think to get it to display on a crt monitor
1/21/2007 6:06:13 PM EDT
[#2]
I'll run the laptop downstairs and try that.  Didn't think of that.
1/21/2007 6:14:23 PM EDT
[#3]
You may also need to go to  your Display properties in Control Panel, under Settings, and select the monitor you want to use.