my video card was toast. I swapped it out with an identical one and the problem disappeared. It's strange, in all my years of piecing together machines, I've never had a video card go bad on me.
Now, we'll see how good PNY is at customer service :( On Mar 4, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > I noticed it last night right before bedtime so I didn't swap it out. > I'll try tonight. > > > On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Dana wrote: > >> >> I was wondering if you had tried swapping it out also. >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:43 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected] >>> wrote: >> >>> >>> The only way to test it for sure is to take out that video card and >>> put in another one. My inclination is that there is something else >>> wrong since you have display and the nVidia POST message actually >>> comes up. >>> >>> What are the rest of the specs on the computer? >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm thinking that my video card is toast. It's only a month or so >>>> old, but at boot it's giving me this and after MythTv boots, it's >>>> giving me faint yellow blocks in on screen. >>>> >>>> >>> http://picasaweb.google.com/zaph0d.b33bl3br0x2/Misc?authkey=Gv1sRgCOHf26yjycuzpgE#5309341293145845778 >>>> >>>> or >>>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/btkddc >>>> >>>> Anything I should try before I take it back to the store? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dont waste your time on jealousy; sometimes youre ahead; >>>> sometimes >>>> youre behind; the race is long, and in the end its only with >>>> yourself. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290598 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
