Laptop screen turns purple

[electronic]

i was playing games encrypt raider and the laptop was going hot it was just on my mattress i found out late that the heat was getting out of hand and i turned the laptop off left it few hours to cool and when i logged on i saw a horizontal purple screen in my task bar all the way half of the screen.i dont know how to get rid of this problem and it is annoying one

 

[namdlo]

Sounds like you overheated your video card.

Good luck...

 

[ihog]

Something's broken. Not much you can do without the help of a local computer shop or the manufacturer.

 

[electronic]

thank you guys for the feedback,i eventually found out the problem,it was heat issue and somehow messed my graphics settings,system restore did the trick.