Hello all.:

I have an HP Pavillion Laptop dv800 and I bought it maybe over 2 years ago. But recently, it has been encountering some problems (monitor wise). It would turn on fine, all programs are fine... but the monitor would occasionally choke and twitch. and now, when I physically move the laptop monitor.. it would twitch insanely with a black choking screen with some colors in it.

What should I do? Is this solvable? or should i just get a LCD Screen Laptop replacement?

It's called an LCD display, not a monitor. Speaking of a monitor, try connecting a external monitor to the laptop

ricekrisp33, this is videochip failure. this is typical problem for all zd8000,dv8000,zd7000,zv8000 series of HP laptops. you can look for new MB, or you can give it to someone who can repair it(videochip replacing), there are two types of videochips in these laptops ATI x600, or Geforce FX5700.

Yes lamo,
if the video chip is bad, an external monitor will not work either. I suspect that the video chip may be damaged from overheating

that's right. and again, that's because of lack of heatsink(those damn developers!)

Here in the US, "A penny saved, is a penny earned"... That video chip heatsink probably cost several cents, as long as the laptop works to the warranty period (usually 1 year) why spend the extra money on a video chip heatsink?