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| 14132 | 2001-06-14 05:08:00 | I gave my pc to someone to install a new (second hand)motherboard.While he was at it i got him to install another video card for me (AT25 4mb PCI),nothin flash but better than the one i had.When i got my pc back it had another video card in it but it wasn't the replacement or my old card.When asked about it he said that card wasn't compatable so i got you this card which he said is better anyway(ATI Graphics Pro Turbo atim64-ct)From what i can gather this card is only a 2mb,dosn't sound better to me.Also i've been having heaps of trouble with my pc since like:crashing,my printers dont work(refer to: Ivan Obsticle or P.Doff) and there isn't anywhere to plug my scanner in anymore But before I gave him the pc I had my printer and scanner plugged in at the same time with no probs.I?ve descovered other things missing too . All this and I?d even paid the guy $120.00 .Is there any reason why a pci video card might not be compatable with a mother board that has pci slots?Because if there isn?t I will ask him for my cards back !! |
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| 14133 | 2001-06-15 00:41:00 | Hi Ben, It's possible, but extremely unlikely that the card would be incompatible. I suggest you have everything returned anyway as I can almost hear his cowboy spurs jangling from here. Cut your losses on the $120 and have a crack at doing the installation yourself. When you're learning about hardware, just remember to write everything down as you change it, and observe anti-static precautions and you'll be OK. Find out what sort of scanner connector you need. If your scanner was SCSI he may have whiped a SCSI controller too. If it was a parallel port one then it's possible the new board doesn't have a second printer port. You can often plug a printer into a parallel port scanner, and it will pass through the print jobs. |
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| 14134 | 2001-06-15 02:22:00 | Just wanted to add a little more to what Anon said. Since you seem to be new to hardware upgrades here are two links that could help you out. freepctech.com *For motherboard upgrades www.pcworld.co.nz *A second guide to CPU's and appropriate sockets. Can be found in PCWOrld May 2001. and also if you had your scanner and printer connected at the same time and now you can't then I agree with Anon that the dude bagged your SCSI card.. |
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| 14135 | 2001-06-15 07:57:00 | Thankyou Anon Anon and S Blues for confirming my suspicions. Will take your advise and get my stuff back. you might be interested to know that this isn't the first time When i first got a pc (last September)i got the guy to install windows for me, when i gave it to him the 'properties'tab in 'My Computer' said i had 128mb's of ram but when it came back(yes he took it away for the install)it had 32mb's.When asked about it he said it was a software problem , i took his word for it but had my suspitions. Actually i posted a quarry on this site about it a while ago and got a reply from you(Anon Anon)about it you may remember. Anyway now i spend most of my time online trying to learn as much as i can about the PC and am practising on old 486's i brought at garage sales.Also i found a great free program called 'Belarc Adviser' which identities my hardware and even lists all of my software(very handy:0) Once again thanks for the info and the links, much appreciated!! | Guest (0) | ||
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