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

Scott Castaline skotchman at gmail.com
Tue Feb 15 20:42:58 EST 2011


On 02/15/2011 04:36 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> 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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You mean I'm just a lab rat?


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