Wide vertical colored stripes on monitor

G4-mirrored door with mac monitor. I turned it on this morning and after one minute started to get wide vertical lines across monitor. I shutdown, unplugged G4, plugged back in, restarted, and issue still there. Anyone know about problems like these? I will try to get graphic card info but it's hard to see anything on the monitor.

Plug in a different monitor. If the problem doesn't go away its the video card.
Plug in a different video card. PCI or AGP.
Borrow one for a few days.
Check your connections for loose...
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