On Wednesday 05 January 2005 08:03 pm, Amy wrote: > Hey everyone, thanks for the responses so far! > > Dennis, did you realize you sent your reply directly to me, and not > the list? I'll forward it to the list for everyone else to read > though, so don't worry about it, it'll end up in the archives. > > The card I have is a gforce ti4200, and it is an AGP card. I was not > aware of the issues with having a card in the pci slot right next to > the agp slot, but I know that's not the problem... since when I put > this motherboard in, there was another pci slot compared to what was > on the old motherboard, so I used the pci slots that lined up with the > slots on the back of the computer I'd already removed, which left the > pci slot next to the agp slot open. > > I do know that there are nvidia drivers I can try, but I'm at a loss > as to ~how~ I can, since I don't have a video output to look at to > select anything. Is there a way to offer the nvidia drivers to my > computer without needing to see anything on the monitor? Like > something I can set up with a boot disk or something? Preferably > something I can safely set up from my dad's windows computer (we're > not sure how secure his computer is, and haven't had time to fix it > yet) because I really really don't want to have to remove all the > hardware and put the old stuff back in. > > Just so you know why I don't want to mess with removing the new > hardware and putting the old hardware back in, it is because when I > put all the new hardware in last night, that was the first time I did > a hardware installation that significant without someone hovering over > my shoulder to watch me through the process. I did have a friend on > the phone, who was able to help me with a couple of small things I > didn't know myself, but he wasn't familiar with the motherboard > himself. I would rather not have to pull stuff out and put stuff back > in a bajillion times. > > Also, I haven't had a chance to try the windows boot disk, to make > sure that the video card does indeed work, and it is in fact a drivers > issue, but I will do that when I get home from work tonight. I didn't > have the chance to do it before work today, and had to go to sleep > last night. Ug. > > ~~ >^..^< ~~ > I'm a gmail user! I'm still waiting on them to listen to my request to > allow me to disable my reply-to field. If you get this message via a > mailing list, please double check the to field before sending your > reply. Thanks much! ^_^ > ~~ >^..^< ~~ > http://deathkitten.net > "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." > ~Rudyard Kipling > "Several friends have asked me if I will again leave the country. In > light of the failure--a second time--to count all the votes, that > won't be necessary. My country has left me." > ~Greg Palast I noticed that I forgot to change the reply to just as I hit the send button. Some times I just can't pay attention. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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