Hi,

Recently, and more frequently now, whenever I attempt to bring my laptop out of standby, hibernate, or even turning my computer on, the only thing that appears on the screen are a series of patterned, striped vertical lines that change in colour occasionally. If I connect the laptop to another monitor, it just shows the same series of vertial striped lines. I also tried swapping my hard drive with a friends, however my hard drive worked perfectly on his computer.
If I restart continuously (Force Shutdown) for around 20 minutes on average, it will start up normally and function completely normally.

General Computer Info

http://global.acer.com/products/tablet_pc/tmc210.htm

Except on my laptop I have 1gb ram and Windows XP.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for you time =)

Edit: I recently got my screen cable replaced, no difference.

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the graphics drivers?

http://global.acer.com/support/download.htm

Did you have it serviced for this issue? If so was there no guarantee?

Is the computer still under warranty?

Yes, I have already tried reinstalling the graphics drivers, but to no avail >.<. The computer IS still under warranty, however I'd prefer not to send it in as this would cause certain inconveniences. However, if i'm unable to fix this by myself, I guess I have no choice