Re: [CGUYS] Computer won't Boot

2008-10-04 Thread Tony B
Yes, it could. But my tack was that the computer may actually be booting, but you can't see it. There would be other clues like the startup .wav and the hdd activity though. On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Richard P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will a bad video card keep the computer from bootin

Re: [CGUYS] Computer won't Boot

2008-10-04 Thread Richard P.
Will a bad video card keep the computer from booting? It is an onboard video card. Richard P. On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try a different/separate video card. Otherwise, it sounds like a bad > motherboard. > > > On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Richard P.

Re: [CGUYS] Computer won't Boot

2008-10-04 Thread Ellen Rains Harris
Any clue what the error might have said? Can you get to the BIOS setup? - Original Message - From: "Richard P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 11:15 PM Subject: [CGUYS] Computer won't Boot PC had trouble with the video display where the picture went bad w

Re: [CGUYS] Computer won't Boot

2008-10-04 Thread Tony B
Try a different/separate video card. Otherwise, it sounds like a bad motherboard. On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 11:15 PM, Richard P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PC had trouble with the video display where the picture went bad with > everything going diagonal. After several reboots, the computer and > p

[CGUYS] Computer won't Boot

2008-10-04 Thread Richard P.
PC had trouble with the video display where the picture went bad with everything going diagonal. After several reboots, the computer and picture came up fine but then the picture went diagonal again. The third time it failed, a screen came up briefly announcing an error before it all disappeared. T

Re: [CGUYS] On-board Ethernet Connection (was:Re: Hard Drive Fa

2008-10-04 Thread Richard P.
Path: Nvidia.com>Support>Download Drivers>Option 2 http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Option 2: Automatically find drivers for my NVIDIA products. PRERELEASE Richard P. On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you please give me a web address for

Re: [CGUYS] On-board Ethernet Connection (was:Re: Hard Drive Fa

2008-10-04 Thread Fred Holmes
Do you have a URL/link for "Nvidia's automatic driver finder"? At 07:19 PM 10/4/2008, Richard P. wrote: >Finally a solution. Yes, I was in driver hell and I am just now >successfully emerging from it. To refresh, after replacing a defective >hard drive and performing a system recovery, the compute

Re: [CGUYS] On-board Ethernet Connection (was:Re: Hard Drive Fa

2008-10-04 Thread Robert
Can you please give me a web address for downloading the Nvidia driver finder? I can't find it a Nvidia's web site nor on Google. There is an Nvidia Widget, but it seems to involve only Nvidia drivers. Richard P. wrote: Finally a solution. Yes, I was in driver hell and I am just now succes

Re: [CGUYS] On-board Ethernet Connection (was:Re: Hard Drive Fa

2008-10-04 Thread Richard P.
Finally a solution. Yes, I was in driver hell and I am just now successfully emerging from it. To refresh, after replacing a defective hard drive and performing a system recovery, the computer lost many functions. It didn't have an Ethernet connection, video drivers, audio drivers and a couple of o

Re: [CGUYS] Croak Poll

2008-10-04 Thread Reid Katan
Quoting Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: A false report that Steve Jobs had a heart attack sent Apple stock plunging. www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=atekONWyM7As&refer=us That got me thinking about other companies. Hop over to cguys.org and scroll down a tad to the "Croak Poll" t

[CGUYS] Croak Poll

2008-10-04 Thread Tom Piwowar
A false report that Steve Jobs had a heart attack sent Apple stock plunging. www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=atekONWyM7As&refer=us That got me thinking about other companies. Hop over to cguys.org and scroll down a tad to the "Croak Poll" to share your views.