I don't have an account with a general computer forum so tossing it out here. Some of you folks are plenty hardware savvy.
This morning my display went beserk. The bright colors are exaggerated, the whites are grey, there's some banding effect, and the screen flickers. The same effects using a live (in ram) cd, so the problem is hardware for sure.
Are these the usual signs of a dying monitor or something worse? Computer techs around here are expensive and incompetent so this will be a self repair. Been hankering for one of those LCD displays anyway.
edit/arrggh, wrong forum, this morning is starting out a beauty.