Computer Help Needed...

Hard to say, could be a hardware problem, or a corrupt video driver. Does it have a connector for an external monitor? You can try that. Normally there is a key / combo/ function to disable the onboard monitor

Another is corrupt vid. driver. Sorry I "forget my Windoz" but in the boost process you can normally hit F8 before the "splash screen" at it will prompt you to boot into safe mode

Here

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...ll/proddocs/en-us/boot_failsafe.mspx?mfr=true

You can fiddle around and choose not to load drivers. If you can get a fair looking screen, even though not sized correctly, it's probably a bad driver.

I've never dealt with Sony support, but most of these companies have a self -help support page where you can download drivers for your machine.

Another thing you can try (by using a second machine) is to download one of the hundreds of Linux distributions (I use Linux Mint) and burn what is called a "live CD/ DVD" The default for Mint is that type. This will generate a disc from which you can start the machine from a cold start, and it will actually load and operate the Linux system from the disc. This is a sometimes useful tool, as it's completely unrelated to Windoz. If the machine hardware is healthy, this disc should be able to detect and load enough "proper" drivers that you can actually get onto the www right from the disc, and of course present a proper video display

Linux Mint:

The top one is as good as any. 32 bit should run whether the computer is 32 or 64

http://www.linuxmint.com/release.php?id=18

The difference in Cinnamon, Mate, and KDE are the desktop styles