More video card fun

[riari]

Fun. It only took two hours of use after being turned off for nine hours before I got the checker board pattern again on my monitor. Fantastic. And I was only browsing the internets. Actually, not long after load I was getting random screen blackouts, and little squiggly squares around the start menus. I think the video card is dying and dying fast.

So, either I get a temporary solution of a case fan, and even then that might not work. Find/buy an old AGP video card I can use. Or talk to my dad and see if he can't help me build a new machine for about $500. And maybe I can use my current harddrives with the new machine.

Great.

Comments

[lantyssa.livejournal.com]

How is my old card working for you?

[riari.livejournal.com]

Pretty good. I've got my DVD-ROM shut off so I can power up the video card, but a splitter will fix that. :>

But its running fine so far, and a quick trip into City of Heroes last night was fine as well. I did move the settings up to medium and I was already seeing differences. Though I don't want it too high since I think the processor will be a choke point. You know, besides the connection. :P

Thanks for letting me borrow it. ^_^ I'll let you know if I run into any problems with it (or my machine).

Though I did find out last night that my power supply has one Serial ATA plug. Though I don't think the motherboard supports it. *shrug*