First off, How new is it. if you're within the stores return policy, Get 
another one. If not may I asked what if anything did you install on it. 
If it did function normally out of the box, try using the recovery disk 
and starting over. 


jatomek@gmail.com wrote in news:1176573017.328459.175320
@b75g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:

> Hello.
> I have recently bought a Toshiba notebook - Toshiba Satellite A100-784
> with Windows Vista Basic installed and I'm having some problems with
> it. The thing is about the screen which is breaking down every day
> several times a day. When the computer is working, after a while, the
> whole screen messes up - I mean, I can see only the black screen or
> only some parts of the things I am using. The status bar, which always
> is on the bottom of the screen, appears at the top and it is reversed
> horizontally. When I use the mouse and the cursor moves, then it makes
> some parts appear or disappear. Sometimes, the whole screen acts like
> crazy, everything appears or disappears even if I don't move the
> cursor. If I click in any part of the screen, then the parts I could
> see change and I can see other things, but never the whole screen as I
> should see it. I have no idea why it is like that, I tried to find out
> some regularity in it but it's impossible. Many times it all started
> to break down when I clicked on the "START" button down in the left
> corner. Sometimes it happens when I click some icon on the desktop.
> And sometimes it just happens without me interfering. And, of course,
> when it happens, I can do nothing about it, I can't get out of it, the
> only thing I can do is to press "on" button on the computer and
> restart it. What can I do with it? Where do you think the problem is?
> The graphic card? The screen? Or Windows Vista? Please, try to find a
> solution.
> Looking forward to your reply.
> Thanks in advance.
> JaTomek
> 
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