Qosmio G10 - display looks like a chequered flag

Hi,
All of sudden the other day my screen turned into a what I can only describe as a chequered flag (very small squares).
I have downloaded so many spyware / driver cleaner / registry cleaners / optimisers but nothing seems to fix the problem.
I can boot into safe mode and see the display, but when i try and remove the nvidia display drivers I get all these errors:
The system cannot find the file specified.
software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\nvidia drivers
Element not found
software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\nvidia drivers
Element not found
software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\nvidia drivers\subcomponents
There are no more files
software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstal l\nvidia drivers
I then boot up normally (after downloading the latest drivers from toshiba's site) and install the drivers but the same thing happens.
The chequered flag screen isn't always the same or the same colour. If I could do a screenshot I would but I can't.
I am tempted to do a full reinstall as I have been trying to fix this for 3 days now with no luck.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
James

Hi
You should ask the Toshiba service partner in your country (UK) for the help.
There you will find a right service partner:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_gaspLocator.jsp?pf=true

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