Equium M40x 230: display issue

My 2 week old equium M40x-230 with ATI x600 SE display adaptor has screen corruption problems at various times, in various programs. The screen will get 'snow'. It will redraw most of the time but sometimes freezes and will give BSOD pointing the finger at an infinite loop in ati2dvag.
I've reinstalled the display drivers which were the latest in any case and the BIOS is the latest 1.60 version.
Any ideas? Is this a case for warranty return?
Thanks
Ken

Hello Ken
It is really not easy to give you right advice but in my opinion you should back upr your data and reinstall the unit with recovery DVD. Please test the unit without installation of other applications. If the snow issue occurs again contact the service partner and let them check the unit.
If the problem occurs because of hardware malfunction the warranty will cover repair costs.
Bye

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