MSI FX5600-VTDR128 shows vertical lines and blinking dots even in BIOS

Just got a MSI FX5600-VTDR128 and tested it with three different mobos. This issue happens in all of them.
The screen shows blinking dots and vertical lines even in bios sceen, and also in Windows XP.
This is a random issue, I mean... it doesn't happen all the time, just once in a while!!
I want to avoid all the RMA pain in the *** as I bought it via Internet, and wonder if there's somthing I can do as flashing bios, testing the card's memory etc... before sending back my card :(
As it's a issue that also happens in bios I'm afraid this is a bad hardware failure and the only thing I can do is to send my card back, am I right?
Thanks in advance...

Hi!
Well... I managed to change the DVI mode of my LCD screen to normal analog mode and.... BINGO!! no blinking dots and no lines!! :D
I think I'm going to avoid RMA hell at last!. I'll keep analog mode, as far as I know it's way faster than DVI (16ms vs 20ms) and I'm going to avoid a real hell here :D
I passed through a RMA with a DDR400 module and I can say it was a real pain.
I'm into advanced computing (power user 8))since 1994, and I'm really dissapointed about how things are developing. I mean hey! there was absolutely no crap with my 486 DX2, my Pentium 100 & Pentium 120 nor with my AMD K6-III 450Mhz.
Almost no mem/mobo/vga issues or incompabilities...
As technology develops, now with DDR400, lots of crappy hardware, lots of incompabilities, RMAs, strange issues, faulty hardware....
Please note it's just my point of view, but it's a sad reality...
Well I'm becoming a doomsayer and pessimist, and I'm having a happy day since I managed to solve my problem so I'll become perpetually overoptimistic happy
btw I'm from Spain (Europe) and I usually buy from a very big hardware shop because it has very good prices (185€ for my FX5600 card), the downside of this is the shop being 600Km from my city!...
Have a happy nice day you all!! :D
PD: pls don't hate me, gfilitti :D

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