Mouse trails and static noise - video refresh problem?

I get mouse trails that don't refresh away and static noise when I click and drag.
In most apps that allow scrolling, like safari. I will get a small box on the screen that will create a trail of that small square all the way down my screen. It looks like a trail. Also if I click on a window and move it I get a static noise. The noise sounds like little crickets. Any ideas? I am thinking about spending money to upgrade this box and am worried I may be throwing money away.

Great news. Original owner upgraded the graphics card on this machine when he bought a new monitor. He had the original nvidia fx 5200 which I promptly installed, replacing the ATI Radeon 9600. Problem solved. I still hear the noise when I drag the windows around, not sure why but there are no more mouse trails. It was the graphics card!

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Originally posted by Raven_
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bye
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