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Only when it's idle for a while? That would point to power saving or suspend. You could try changing those to see if it affects the situation.
But yes, hardware. And I would suspect the display controller in particular. I've seen many that glitch when in power saving.
Also, have you checked for bios updates?
That's my feeling as well. It's set to suspend after 20mn and the power button in set to suspend, so maybe if I try to suspend and wake back up several times, one of the times it will fail... God! I am really not in the mood for that!... Let's see...
Hum!...
I updated the bios on an asus PN40 before and bricked it, so... didn't try in this one. It's my workhorse. :-|
How old is that PC? Anything newer than 10 years (and not a bargain bin prebuilt) shouldn't have this issue cause it should have a backup BIOS.
I can't remember when I bought it, it must be newer than that, but concerning the "bargain bin prebuilt" status... It certainly was cheap. That's why I bought it.