That's why
I'd start by looking at the horizotnal sync pulses
when you have the lines and when you have a good display
(even if the machine has crashed). If they're the same
timing, then the fault is monotor (or PSU?) releated. If not,
then the video timing circuitry is palying up _or being
mis-configured by software_
H-sync pulses (and the vsync, for what it's worth) are identical when the
machine is crashed or running. However, I don't understand why that would
put the fault in the monitor? And it still doesn't explain the digital
artifacts...
Well, if the Hsync pulses are indential whether the display is stable or
not, then the Hsync generation circuitry is not the prolem. And if the
monitor is not locking to them, the fault is either the monitor or the
PSU, presumably.
-tony