OOhhh it didnt have any artifacts on my dad's pc.... but since i was so fed up with it... to hell with it... sold it off... lucky a friend bought it.... Still i wonder why it had a prob with this cheap 17" didnt... n dont tell me power issues... that UPS is fully charged giving life to that ungrateful 21". All i got to say, if it doesnt want to play nice with my PC that u're not the woman for me. -Rumblings Of A Gone Mad PC User.