windows xp serial number/problem: garbled lcd screen

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I'm pretty sure this is a graphics card problem... Not quite sure though.

Okay, so I was typing up a report yesterday on my laptop 1980x1200 screen. When all of the sudden the screen becomes garbled and I couldn't do anything but force shut down.
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I ended up rebooting in VGA mode (which worked) but when I tried to put my screen up to 1600x1200. I can get it up to 1400x1050 but past that will be garbled...

So I backed up all the valuables and reformatted the hard drive. I'm still having the same problem. Without the graphics card, I can't get my monitor to its peak (1600x1200). With the graphics card, my peak is 1980x1200 but I cannot get it past 1600x1200!!

Stuff that I have done:

1. cleaned up the graphics card fans and tested for loose wires
2. reformatted the hard drive
3. ran a diagnostics test

Specs:

Intel Centrino Duo
1gb ram
Nvidia 7800go graphics card
WUXGA lcd laptop screen

Anyone have any idea what's going on? I am going to try using a desktop monitor and see if I can adjust the refresh frequency to see if that works. I would keep it at its current resolution but for gaming purposes, I will miss my high resolution. It kind of feels like it's not registering that it's a widescreen display!

Any help would be great. Thanks!

edit: my laptop is two/three years old and is a Dell Inspiron E1705

edit2:
After a few installing/uninstalling several graphics drivers, I found one from tweaksrus.com that works pretty well. When I restart the computer, it automatically starts in 1920 resolution. I can keep it working just fine until I do a command that involves quick movement (like closing a popup). Then the screen looks like one of these:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...6/100_3494.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...6/100_3491.jpg

http://bellet.info//photos/2003/Aug/...0/P8100004.JPG

or

http://www.spaceage.nl/files/screen.jpg
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Oh yeah, I almost forgot (again)

I just remembered: this was the last major thing I downloaded (a day before)

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896256/en-us

I was experiencing really weird connection errors in game. After I downloaded this, the game was perfect... until the next day.
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the last image is usually associcated with bad ram
the first 3 links don't work
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strange.. the links worked yesterday ::shrugs::

http://bellet.info//photos/2003/Aug/...0/P8100004.JPG

http://www.freebsddiary.org/images/i...creen-mess.jpg

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7096/dscf0638ht4.jpg

Is it really just a RAM problem? I read from another forum that they recovered from the screen by installing new ram.. apparently their ram was overheating or something.
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try reseating the ram
try some new ram
reinstall the dell go driver
and pray it's not the chip that's gone
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What do you recommend me using to test if its a faulty ram? Also, how do I test the chip?

I also used the highest resolution I was able to go without the garbled screen. Then I went up one setting and got the garbled screen. I then print screen and the image was perfect on paint.

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