hi im trying to fix a hp laptop for my boss at work but I have run into some problems. 


when he gave it to me he said that it wasnt doing what its ment to do. so i brought it home and started it up and it seamed to be running fine. 


I tried running a basic game of solitare and it would freeze every now and again but always came right. after about half an hour it suddenley spilt the screen. there is now 6 copies of the desktop on the one screen. 






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now this does not happen every time the laptop is turned on but it does seam to be a constant thing if the laptop gets hot. 


also it is not a windows thing as it occurs during boot up and even in the bios screen


can anyone tell me what is occuring here. is it a cracked graphics card/motherboard.