Low res VGA display

My vga display is showing a crude low resolution that is hardly readable. When Mac starts it is OK for the initial screen, then it switches to a black screen with crude white dots and bright primary colors for the icons. I have tried to change resolutions but this does not work.

Can you post a pic of the screen?
Find a place to host the pic online, then Look at this post telling how to format (including adding graphics) posts for Apple Discussions...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607563
To insert images into your post, use the <img>-tag. Note that the image you want to use in your post needs to be hosted online (e.g. on your .Mac website, etc.); you can not upload images to Apple Discussions.
For example...
<img src="/___sbsstatic___/migration-images/107/10707790-1.jpg">
displays the file stored at your specified location.

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