Display driver issues

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The display on my laptop has recently started to randomly mess up (screen looks fuzzy, some of the colors separate into RGB). It does this once a day on average. After it does this the computer will reboot (I'm getting a blue screen of death every time, but it's only displayed once). Is there a way I can fix this myself, or will I have to send it in? I have zero hardware knowledge or experience, so if the solution involves me changing/handling/removing hardware it's not something I'm going to try.

I don't know much about graphics like that. I'd try a restore point before that started happening. If that doesn't work, the card might be damaged. I really can't say.

Sounds more like a hardware issue, maybe a loose ribbon cable. Does it do this when you move the laptop around?

Try plugging into an external monitor. This should determine if the screen is having problems

It sounds like it could be a virus or something or hardware need to be updated?

I would highly recommend you scanning your system for viruses just to double check, if it is not that, then you could try updating your video drivers hopefully under the Windows Update.

It should be under Optional and tick that if necessary...

Maybe that might fix the problem?

Could be a thermal problem too. Is your computer hot when this happens?

This seems to be it, despite the one BSoD that displayed correctly saying it was a driver issue. I set my computer on a different power plan (that limits performance) yesterday and it hasn't happened since. Thanks!

You are welcome. Have you checked if the fans are working? Even though you solved it for now, it sounds like the problem will return when you need to use CPU 100%.

Sorry for the false alarm; it happened twice again last night.