[ale] OT: Sort of; "The ongoing saga with Gigabyte support

[Geoffrey Myers]

Scott Castaline wrote:
> Question - 1044968
>  From :     Scott [ skotchman at gmail.com ]
> Sent :     2/16/2011 03:48
> Question :     I have already gone through this with an older HD 3650 
> card. I                       do not have the money to go out and buy 
> other cards. I have                       already spent $125.00 for the 
> HD 5770.
> 
> Answer - 1044897
> Answer :     Unless there is either an issue with the card or the slot 
> on the                        board itself otherwise it should not 
> exhibit this issue. Anyway to                    attempt and test with 
> an different PCIe based videocard?
> 
> Question - 1044897
>  From :     Scott [ skotchman at gmail.com ]
> Sent :     2/16/2011 01:16
> Question : After several attemps at StartupRepair it did boot using the 
>                            onboard video. Device manager and Catalyst 
> was able to access                   the HD 5770 card as well after 
> booting and logging in as it does                   in Linux. Attempting 
> to boot from the HD 5770 card corrupts                       Win7 and a 
> reboot from the onboard video into Safe Mode is                       
> required.
> 
> Answer - 1043279
> Answer :   does it stop at this point each time during OS installation?
>                   Do attempt to test the same procedure with no Video 
> and use                      onboard video
> 
> I'm beginning to feel like I'm in a circus act.

No,,,

You're in a maze of twisty little passages, all look alike.

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Until later, Geoffrey

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