[tfilax]

Hi,

Okay this issue is really starting to bother me now. It started happening last week after I realized that my MSN messenger would not pull up (it's running in the background but no window or tray icon). So I restarted my computer and it has begun to flicker at the bootscreen start up and is making me nervous. My computer keeps on freezing as well when trying to load things. Help!

[Soulfyre]

Originally Posted by tfilax

Hi,

Okay this issue is really starting to bother me now. It started happening last week after I realized that my MSN messenger would not pull up (it's running in the background but no window or tray icon). So I restarted my computer and it has begun to flicker at the bootscreen start up and is making me nervous. My computer keeps on freezing as well when trying to load things. Help!

Reboot in safe mode without networking - Tap "F8" while booting, and select that option.

START / RUN, then type TEMP, and press ok.
highlight and deleted all files. ignore files that will not delete. Close that window, then empty recycle bin.
Repeat above, replacing TEMP, with PREFETCH.

Reboot your PC again with safe mode as before. Then wait for the system tray [those little icons next to the clock] to finish loading. Note that some will not load in safe mode. Make sure your HDD light is ether not flashing, or you can not hear the HDD working at something.
Run a full anti-virus to be sure, then if all is considered clean, uninstall MSN, defrag your drive, boot your PC normally and re-install.

If during any of this time the screen still flickers. Please consider the age of your Graphics card, and consider upgrading or replacing it.
If the boot screen is flickering now, when before it wasn't, It seems like the fan on your graphics card may have failed and you are encountering signs of physical heat trauma to the GPU.

Who makes and maufactures your current Graphics card? or is it built-into your Motherboard?
If your graphics card is built-in to the Motherboard, I would suggest getting a new card that can fit in to the PCI / PCI-e or AGP slot on your motherboard.