Damaged graphics card???

my computer was runing fine, for a while. i had no problems with it at all. i just recently got it back from my family and i noticed that when ever i try to play music or video's. it gets laggy and cuts off and werid noises come out of the speakers. and the video stops? i was wondering what could this be? at first i thought it was spyware adware etc. but i removed everything from my computer by re-formating it. i thought that would fix the problem but that was not so. but how ever i did notice when i would uninstall the graphics card. and use the mother board grpahics the computer would work just fine playing music and i could watch movies. but when i re-install it the graphics card it goes back to laging. could i please get help asap.

thank you

Damaged graphics card???antivirus programs

Sounds like you've answered your own question by process of elimination. Either your card is not set up correctly or has a corrupted driver or it is shot. For the last, get a new card. For the first, open the Device Manager (Windows button + Pause/Break, Hardware tab, Dev. Mgr. is quicker than the Control Panel) and select Display Adapter. Right click on your adapter and select Properties. The window should show the card's current state in the Device Status area on the General tab. Use the trouble shooter if needed. Also check the Resources tab to see if there are any device conflicts. Before doing the above, do a complete uninstall of all software associated with your graphics card driver and do a clean install to check for a corrupted driver.

Damaged graphics card???computer protection

Unless your built0in graphics is interfering with it, I'd look at the graphics card. Are you SURE you are disabling the on-board graphics?

Next step- get a new graphics card. An el-cheapo will do for now. Plug it in, see if it works.

If you still have problems, you haven't wasted too much on an unnecessary graphics card.