1 posted on
03/09/2007 6:56:37 PM PST by
LouAvul
To: LouAvul
Are you using a surge protector for your power supply and Internet cables?
2 posted on
03/09/2007 7:05:33 PM PST by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: LouAvul
You didn't ask the person who sold you a new video card AND a new monitor?
To: LouAvul
... a bad video card and monitor?
4 posted on
03/09/2007 7:16:42 PM PST by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
To: LouAvul
To: LouAvul
"What kind of phenomenon would cause that? "
Did you rip the label off your mattress? That would do it!
6 posted on
03/09/2007 7:23:38 PM PST by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: LouAvul
*AHEM* Did you install the new card in the same slot as the old one?
(Stick with me, folks. I do this for a living.) ;-)
8 posted on
03/09/2007 7:59:56 PM PST by
Viking2002
(Fred Thompson in '08, baby!)
To: LouAvul
Voltage spike.
The effects of which can be so variegated that just about any type of anomaly can be seen...from one PCI slot dying to a total fry of the motherboard and/or peripherals.
Consider yourself lucky to have gotten away with a vid card and monitor.
Now...go out and buy yourself a nice piece of protection from American Power Conversion.
13 posted on
03/09/2007 9:21:59 PM PST by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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