hi ron
this is very strange, the pulseing fault you discribe can be caused by the 33mf caps on the y sus pcb, did you buy a new pcb or a second hand one? i have had a pcb duff from new but its not common.
as for the bars down the side, the picture from what i can tell looks complete, check its not just jumping into 4:3 mode, change the display settings fron auto to 16:9.
hope this is of some help
daz