Sounds like the video card is failing every time it gets out of basic
VGA mode. I'd definately peg that as hardware, and my resume has
"Computer technician" all over it.
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Take a wild, friggin guess
<a_change_of_plans_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Zach Collins (Siege)" <siegemail@...> wrote:
>> Complicating supposition: You've confirmed it's the hardware, and not
>> the driver, or disk/virus issues.
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> Well, I called my brother up and asked him about it and told him what had happened. He said it sounded like the video card was going bad. Here's the rundown:
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> I was checking my e-mail earlier on the other computer. I was actually on the group homepage and hit the "back" button. After a few seconds, the screen went black, the monitor said "No Signal", and the power indicator changed from green (active) to orange (inactive). After shutting down the system and rebooting, the screen showed the typical sliding bar graph meter on the bottom (Windows XP), but then the screen went weird again and popped up a grey, empty bar below the bar graph.
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> Beats me, man. I don't know about this computer shit. I just draw and build bikes. Nowhere on my resume does it say "computer technician". ;P
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Received on Tue Mar 03 2009 - 19:47:37 CST