Different colored screen on start up

Recently when I open my computer, the screen comes up in different colors of light blue, green, yellow and a few others. It looks sort of like a tie-die shirt. The first time it lasted about 5 seconds, the second time about 20 seconds and the third time I turned off the computer and restarted it because I did not think it was going to clear up. You can make out the proper screen in the background, but not very well. Any guesses?
Thanks
Bob

Hi Bob
Please don't understand me wrong but in your first posting you didn't offer any single useful information. To be honest I don't understand what happen exactly.
Either take a little bit time and explain us the problem or go to service, put the notebook in front of them and show technicians what happen exactly.

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