Inspired by a misreading of Mysterious Benefactor's post:

Countess:  Oh, no!  It's a drawing room!  What a frightful place! 

Magda:  Your hair looks awful.  Come I can get you a job at a freak show. 

Petofi just realized he left the stove on.
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Where will you be when your fiber kicks in?
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Snidely Whiplash killed Quentin.

The Sheriff had a nasty habit of leaving his Donut-rette gum (for his donut addiction) all over the floor.
Julia had to keep a sharp eye out to avoided stepping in it.  

Julia realized w/horror that her new lipstick had a secret ingrediant--Superglue!

lol  litterally

Josette it sounds like you have a lot more problems with your computer than just the video card.
Two hard drives going bad (that's pretty rare) combined with your video problems makes me think it's something to do with the power supply and/or motherboard.
I wouldn't invest money in this potential money pit.
If you can, get a whole new one.

The monitor might be okay, but test your monitor with another computer.  Maybe you have an old computer or could use a friend's.


Note:  Just so this is clear I've got nothing against Gateway.  I'm just basing my suggestions on the symptoms.   

Sam was only an armature paranormal physiologist, but even he could tell that Sara was a body builder in a past life.  She kept doing imaginary chin-ups.