Notebook dv7t. Red transparent horizontal lines across entire screen.

I need to know if it's as bad as I suspect. 2-1/2 yr old notebook dv7t on Win 7, with 17.2" monitor. No error messages. Troubleshooting finds nothing. Never had any problems before. All day yesterday, Tuesday 8/19, rebooting and shutting down repeatedly without success. Today, nothing, no lines!. Gotta expect it to happen again. No update available for NVidia GeForce card. Can anyone please advise? Thank you. Sillenn

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I understand that you had red transparent horizontal lines across the entire screen. You rebooted your system and they were  gone , but you are concerned they may return.
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You can test  the video card for failure. Testing for Hardware Failures (Windows 7, Vista)
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