"Michelle" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

I've been having a problem and I'm hoping someone here can help me...
first my
stats:

SNIP!

If I read your post correctly you have replaced both monitor and graphics
card so there are only two possibilities left. Either you have a hardware
problem elsewhere - in which case the motherboard or psu may be the culprit.
Alternatively it might be a software problem. My first guess would be the
PSU or motherboard power regulation - as soon as the card makes more than
basic demands on power, the power available is insufficient to meet the
demand which could explain the reduced display size and distortions. Use a
motherboard monitoring utility such as motherboard monitor (MBM), Hmonitor,
Mbprobe, Speedfan or similar to check the power available and whether or not
it is suficient or if it is fluctuating. If there seems to be a problem,
try replacing the psu first. If there are no apparent power problems, the
motherboard or psu might still be the problem but it might be worth
reinstalling XP first to see if that does the trick before replacing other
components.

Tony