Screen has purple/pink lines and blue square whenever I plug in usb or ac adapter

Hi all,
I recently bought a macbook (white) at the end of last year.  However, recently I've had a problem where if I plug in something to the usb (like an external hdd) or the ac adapter to charge, my screen gets purple/pink lines and a blue square.  A screenshot of what I see is linked below.  Any input for solving this problem would be appreciated.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/24/photozvl.jpg/

Yeah - the monitor was faulty...
Thanks to everyone that responded to the several posts.
Cheers Paul

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