04-17-2005, 07:24 PM
Welp, I REALLY did it THIS time. :'( I decided Sat. to upgrade the vid card on my newer comp., boost the RAM and switch my SWG over to it. Sooooo, I pick up a Sapphire 9600XT 128MB vid card, take it home, and go to work converting the towers. I switch a stick of RAM from each so that I'd have 768 in each(in theory anyway- a 512 and a 256) and put in the vid card in the new tower, no big deal I figure, after watching how to do it at the dealer. While at it, I pick up my den's monitor and elevate it a bit for a better view, in preperation for going into the space flight expansion more seriously.
Patting myself on the back , I start rehooking everything up and turning them on. That's when Murphy's Law started kicking in. Long story short...NEITHER tower now works(1 has a RAM slot that REFUSES to lock a RAM stick and no longer will connect to the monitor, the other won't even TURN ON when the power is put on, yet alone let me install the new vid card!!) To TOP it off, apparently I BLEW 1 of my monitors(no picture or test pattern when turned on) in the process of moving everything around!!! :'( :'( :'(
I tried everything I could think of...INCLUDING reversing everything I'd done........NO DICE!! :'( :'( :'( :'( Suffice it to say, I'm a little frustrated at this point. Looks like I'll be taking some equipment BACK to the dealers Monday and have a PROFESSIONAL handle it...heh, at least the monitor is under warranty, but I CAN'T believe my luck.(I've lost count how many times I've been told by the dealers I can do this stuff myself at home. BOY were THEY wrong!!
At least I DID get the bright idea to hookup the OLD system tonight(works fine...as far as it goes(figures)) so at least I can give ya a heads up. With luck, I'll be back fully tomorrow night.
Patting myself on the back , I start rehooking everything up and turning them on. That's when Murphy's Law started kicking in. Long story short...NEITHER tower now works(1 has a RAM slot that REFUSES to lock a RAM stick and no longer will connect to the monitor, the other won't even TURN ON when the power is put on, yet alone let me install the new vid card!!) To TOP it off, apparently I BLEW 1 of my monitors(no picture or test pattern when turned on) in the process of moving everything around!!! :'( :'( :'(
I tried everything I could think of...INCLUDING reversing everything I'd done........NO DICE!! :'( :'( :'( :'( Suffice it to say, I'm a little frustrated at this point. Looks like I'll be taking some equipment BACK to the dealers Monday and have a PROFESSIONAL handle it...heh, at least the monitor is under warranty, but I CAN'T believe my luck.(I've lost count how many times I've been told by the dealers I can do this stuff myself at home. BOY were THEY wrong!!
At least I DID get the bright idea to hookup the OLD system tonight(works fine...as far as it goes(figures)) so at least I can give ya a heads up. With luck, I'll be back fully tomorrow night.
Beware my dark side......oh! Hi Dark.