[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Do we have a card that's gone bad?

Could be. Could also be a problem with the videocard drivers. (Software that runs the card.) I will ping someone that may be able to help you.

Calling Dr. Bombay! Are you there Computer Central?

[Doohickey]

Can you give us a rundown of your system specs? OS, type of video card, etc.?

My guess based on what you said is video card driver or DirectX components.

[scottlang]

Try to reload the video driver. Either from you disks that came with the system or dowloadingit from the website of the manufactor.

[Jalapeno]

Smacks of a Direct X problem or video drivers for your Video card (both software issues).

Did you install other software on your PC recently?

[BostonianRightist]

Do we have a card that's gone bad? That's exactly what happened. you may have gotten a virus or installed another driver/application/card that conflicts with you're 3-D accelerator. you should see a professional for help.

[Nick Danger]

From the Start menu, choose "Run".
Type in "dxdiag" and press "OK"
The "Direct X Diagnostic tool" will pop up.
Give it a few seconds to load all the stuff it loads, then click on the "Display" tab.

There you will find buttons and such with which to test your video card.

The "Diagnostic tool" has a Help file associated with it that you access via the "Help" button. That will explain more about what you can do with this thing.

[reformed_democrat]

If you're interested in learning more about your system, try Computing Net. They have links to many of the driver update sites, and they're a very nice group of people who really do try to help solve your problem.

[Clinging Bitterly]

Reinstalling the video card driver (and that's probably what needs done) might not be that hard.

In Control Panel, go to System, then Device Manager. Find the display device, and just delete it.

Reboot the system and it'll probably reinstall more or less automatically when it starts up again. Probably won't even need the install disks or a download.