Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Fri Mar 23 08:29:09 CDT 2007
Yeah, it's expensive to buy the current top end equipment. If you can live with yesterdays - or last weeks' or last months high end stuff you can save a lot of money. I usually look for the "sweet spot" on the price list where my minimum acceptable level of performance meets my maximum acceptable level of cost. and then maybe go one step up or down from there depending on how big the steps are ;-) Needing high end stuff for proper game play will cost you though. Good luck getting it back up and running again. GK On 3/23/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote: > I'm almost totally convinced it's the motherboard now, as I can't see one of > my hard drives, and the soundcard doesn't work, so I've bought a new one, > and I'm going to be able to keep my cpu and ram, which is nice. I've also > got a cheap PCI-E gfx card too, just to be on the safe side. > > The annoying thing is that when I bought my PC, I paid around $400 for the > gfx card, a GeForce 4 6800GT, and I just paid $100 for a 7600 with a gpu > that's nearly twice as fast. Upgrading sucks :-) > > Thanks for everyone's suggestions. > > > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > Sent: 19 March 2007 21:30 > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PC problem > > Quad core! > > GK > > On 3/19/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote: > > No, I don't want a new motherboard, cos that'll mean a new processor > > and new memory! :-( > > > > > > Jon > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos > > Sent: 19 March 2007 21:19 > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PC problem > > > > Bummer. Time to Upgrade then ;-) > > > > Just hope it's not the slot itself ;-) > > > > GK > > > > On 3/19/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote: > > > That's the thing... I've got plenty of AGP cards, but this is the > > > only PCI-E system in the house... Got none at work that I can "borrow" > > > either :-( > > > > > > No, not exactly how I'd pictured it :-) > > > > > > > > > Jon > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary > > > Kjos > > > Sent: 19 March 2007 21:05 > > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PC problem > > > > > > Yank one out of a different system, you do have a couple other systems > > > laying about don't you? ;-) Just the way you wanted to spend your > > > time off work I bet too. > > > > > > GK > > > > > > On 3/19/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote: > > > > It's a dual head card, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, running a Dell 19" > > > > TFT and a WesEri 19" TFT (no, I never heard of them either, but > > > > they were > > > cheap!). > > > > I've checked both connectors, and both DVI-to-Analogue adaptors. > > > > Guess the only thing left is to reseat the card, or find another one. > > > > > > > > Thanks Gary :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > Jon > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary > > > > Kjos > > > > Sent: 19 March 2007 18:53 > > > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PC problem > > > > > > > > Got the monitor connection cable screwed in tight? Maybe unplug > > > > it and reseat it to make sure the connection is good and solid. I > > > > always screw them in but I know a lot of people don't. Might also > > > > be worth pulling the video card and reseating it. Maybe pushing > > > > the chips in on the card itself. I'm thinking it's the cable > > > > though.....do both monitors hook into the same video connection > > > > with a splitter? or is one on VGA and another on DVI? Or seperate > > > > video cards? If they are the same connection than it must be the > cable. > > > > If seperate then the video card itself may be fried. Do you have a > > > > different video card you > > > could swap in temporarlily? > > > > > > > > Good luck > > > > > > > > GK > > > > > > > > On 3/19/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > > > > > I've got a "slight" problem with my PC... yesterday, I was > > > > > playing Company of Heroes, and just as I was about to storm the > > > > > German headquarters, my screen turned several shades of pink, > > > > > with yellow lines radiating out from my mouse cursor... this > > > > > carried of for around 30 seconds, before the PC restarted itself. > > > > > > > > > > When it restarted, it had lots of green wavy lines on the screen > > > > > (both of them), around half an inch long, in sets of four, one > > > > > pair slightly offset above and to the right of the other. Since > > > > > then, I have downloaded new drivers for the graphics card, run 5 > > > > > anti-spyware programs, 3 anti-virus programs, Trojan Hunter, run > > > > > disk clean, defrag, even done a chkdsk from the Windows CD. > > > > > After none of those > > > > worked, I did a repair install of windows. > > > > > That's not worked either, and I've spent the rest of the > > > > > afternoon putting all the windows updates back onto the PC. > > > > > > > > > > I've even tried using the older drivers that I had installed > > > > > before downloading the new ones. > > > > > > > > > > One thing it is doing now that it wasn't before, every time I > > > > > try and resize an internet explorer window, or even close it, is > > > > > to blue screen and tell me that there is a problem with > > > > > nv4_disp.dll, so I googled it, and downloaded a replacement one > > > > > from a trustworthy looking website (www.dll-guide.com), but it's > > > > > made no > > difference. > > > > > > > > > > I think I know the answer to this, but I'm hoping to try and get > > > > > away with not having to buy any new hardware... does anyone have > > > > > any > > > ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jon > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Gary Kjos > > > > garykjos at gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > -- > > > > This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and > > > > more available at http://www.plus.net > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Gary Kjos > > > garykjos at gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > > > This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more > > > available at http://www.plus.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gary Kjos > > garykjos at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > -- > > This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more > > available at http://www.plus.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more > available at http://www.plus.net > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com