[bwillford]

Hey guys, hoping you can help..

Dell Inspiron 1525
Vista Service Pack 1

Starting yesterday my background and any image files look like they have a bunch of vertical lines through them. Almost looks pixelated (if that is even a word), grainy even. Desktop shortcuts, toolbar, gadgets all look crystal clear it is only images that look this way.

Safe mode they still look like this

I uninstalled, downloaded, reinstalled graphic drivers

ran malewarebytes and spybot search and destroy all of them came clean

Antivirus is trendmicro and is uptodate.

Resolution 1280 x 800

Colors Highest 32-bit

Any ideas?

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You may have video chip problem.
Under warranty?

[Broni]

You may have video chip problem.
Under warranty?

[bwillford]

no warranty, i was considering that but why would the graphics on everything else look just fine? internet browsing (other then images on web pages) are crystal clear..

[Broni]

I'm not sure, but, if Safe Mode looks the same, it looks like video chip issue.
How is BIOS screen?