Forgot to add, everything freezes when the screen does this, would that still be the screen causing the problem? If i keep hitting 'start' for a while it returns to normal for about 5 seconds then decends into it's spaz self. Yeh it is, has been nothing but trouble, in the last year and 2/3 months it's already had a new hard drive, speakers, cd drive, problems with overheating, now this and the new cd doesn't even open. Shame because it's great when it works, but it's fooking annoying breaking all the time. Hp warrenty is b*ll*cks, consumer rights will be getting another e-mail. Waste of £700!! Cheers guysssss, Will