Graphical Corruption Help

Hi,
Recently a graphical corruption appeared on my mac. There are little green lines all over the screen. Rebooting does not make it go away however rebooting in Safe Mode does make the problem go away. So it leads me to believe that it is a software issue (probably something that I installed which I cannot seem to remember... :()
Anyways, I was wondering if I could get any advice on how to start troubleshooting this issue? i.e. a list of things that would help me nail down what is causing the problem.
Thanks in advance.

Hi BDAqua,
Sorry for the delay. Last month at work had not given me a chance to look into this issue myself.
I looked at the Safe Mode resolution. It is using the highest resolution available.
I also looked in Login Items and there is only iTunesHelper. also I want to note that the graphical corruption occurs on the login screen as well (i.e. before any user logs in)
I looked in /private/var/run/StartupItems and there is nothing in that directory
I looked in /Library/StartupItems and moved everything out of that directory and the problem still occurs
I looked in /System/Library/StartupItems and have the following, but I am afraid to move any of it without knowing the consequences of moving them. It lists the followig:
Apache
AuthServer
FibreChannel
Metadata
NetworkTime
SNMP
AppServices
CrashReporter
IFCStart
NFS
PrintingServices
AppleShare
Disks
IPServices
NIS
RemoteDesktopAgent
Any further assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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