TouchSmart monitor showing vertical coloured lines

My touchsmart is showing vertical colourful lines when I try to boot the computer. I called HP and they said I need a new computer. Does anyone have a solution to the problem?

Model number would help a grat deal...
The IQ7xx units are prone to a certain kind of failure that looks like this, it is gnerally not something the average person would repair with a 3 generation old PC.

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Stuffed my iMac monitor - shows vertical coloured lines

Hello,
I was trying to configure an external monitor and failed. I changed some resolutions and now get lots of bright, vertical, coloured lines as the Mac starts up.
The startup screen is fine, I can access single user mode or open-firmware.
I've reset the pram (which fixed the screen perspective back to normal on startup - but the vertical lines continue to appear.
If anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks
Greg

I'm not sure if removing it would have worked, since it had changed my monitor resolutions elsewhere.
Anyway, Stephane (who wrote the app) told me how to resolve...
Firstly: I had already zapped the PRAM, and NVRAM.
Secondly: I could restart in single user mode (start holding Apple-S). To make the filesystem writeable I mounted it "/sbin/mount -uw /"
These fixed the start up resolution, but still gave me the vertical lines after startup.
Then, Stephane wrote:
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The best solution finally would be to delete the custom resolutions
completely from the system preferences.
These custom res are stored in /System/Library/Displays/Overrides.
What exact file it is, is depending on your system: sort all the directories/files by date, the one that was modified recently (yesterday or so) corresponds to your added custom resolutions.
Remove this file, and start again: you'll be back at the starting point.
I hope this helps,
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I actually went to that directory, found that file (which was also a directory), opened that directory, sorted it, and rm'd the newest file. All is now well.
Thank you for responding, and to anyone who has been thinking about how to help...
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Hello JasonLoSydney,
Welcome to the HP Forums, I hope you enjoy your experience! To help you get the most out of the HP Forums I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More.
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hi,
I'm getting the strangest thing happening. After restart the screen goes gray then random coloured vertical lines draw on the screen.. trying to restart by pressing the start button for several seconds doesn't help... the macbook just turns off then back to the vertical lines.. took out the power plug but that didn't help either... the only thing that got the MB back to normal was taking the battery out then back in. After that the MB restarted normally.
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Hey guys,
I would like to point out that, while zapping the PRAM is a great quick fix, it is most certainly not an acceptable form of fixing the problem.
The problem, as we can be 99% sure of, is that Apple has released a faulty OS that has adversely affected our MacBooks, and has caused us all some considerable worry and stress.
The most obvious solution is to wait for a patch in the next OS release (10.4.8); and all we can do is make sure that they are aware of the problem (which I'm sure they are).
As one of you pointed out earlier, another possible fix involves reverting to 10.4.6. I would highly discourage that any of us do such a thing; because it is not US that should be suffering or making change for a problem that is most clearly APPLE'S fault.
I would prescribe a march straight over to your nearest Apple Store; but when you get there, please make sure that you show them this STILL unanswered forum, and don't let them make you think that this is in any way your fault. IT'S THEIRS
One last thing. In response to "nvram -p = SystemAudioVolume w; in the case of 10.4.7." Have any of you observed, that when you press the mute button on your keyboard that only the bezel panel (the square, grey, box that appears and shows the level of your volume) responds to the key; while the icon in the upperright corner stays the same.
I never really gave it much thought until I saw "SystemAudioVolume w." Connection, or coincedent?
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ClyPinto

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I intend to open up the laptop and see if the GPU chip is seated, has good contact with its heatsink etc.
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HT1414 My iPhone5 got a problem of getting automatically switched off and then automatically switched on. First i can see my screen getting faded to pinkinsh sort of color and then showing vertical grid lines. any suggestions?

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Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I'd start with these troubleshooting steps:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2802
Will not turn on, will not turn on unless connected to power, or unexpected power off
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