Comments | geek_furs: Trick, No Treat

phoenix_audubon in geek_furs

Trick, No Treat

Nov 01, 2009 23:00

Hey, y'all.

So much fur being ready to install Win 7--it appears the graphics card on my desktop appears to have gone kaput. I turn it on, but no signal goes to my monitor.

I did all my troubleshooting steps--reboot, connecting my monitor to my laptop to see if the monitor worked (it does), even tried pulling it out and reseating it. Nothing.

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phoenix_audubon November 3 2009, 20:00:19 UTC

Just like I've never really liked NVIDIA...ever? Not to mention how one of the NVIDIA card makers totally [CENSORED] with my friend ( ... )

phoenix_audubon November 3 2009, 20:19:45 UTC

Respectively:

-Fry's Electronics is a chain of electronics stores, and when it comes to computers, they have, like, pretty much anything you need. Think RadioShack on steroids. 8D~
-Hey, if I get video again, I won't complain about speed too much at this point. ;)
-Some of the higher-end cards wanted 450W as a minimum fur PSUs. Can't hurt to have more than you need...just like RAM, no? 8)
-Speaking of RAM, yes, I'm still at 32-bits. According to MSDN, 32-bit Win7 will recognize up to 4GB (on a physical level. anyways), so with 2x1GB already, and 2 slots left...I should be golden. :)
-They're WHAT??? Dude, I have been out of the game too long...:o

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