Satellite Pro A120 - refresh lines running on the external monitor

Ok I just wanna Know if any one else is having this Problem an if they fixed it
I 've connected an external monitor to a A120 you can see the refresh lines running the screen i've changed the screen and power cables to check it's properly earthed and have pushed the refresh rate all the way up but it's still happening just wondering if any one else has the problem so i know i'm not going nuts
(yes i have done a driver upgrade and tried a different monitor the only thing the same is the laptop but i don't wanna get the engineers out if it's some thing i can solve )

Hi
Its not easy to say what could be wrong without any detailed and deep testing.
If these refresh lines appear on all external displays then the problem could be related to the graphic card.
But did you check the different screen resolution on the external display???
Please do it!
I found also a information that the display driver may not be detected correctly.
In this case you have to delete the two unknown devices in device manager.
Reboot the system and the display adapter will be detected again.
After the automatic installation of the driver is complete, please reboot once again.

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