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27th May 2007, 22:55 | #11 |
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If not to much on it Lates, Reformat and Load Good Old XP Pro.
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27th May 2007, 23:05 | #12 |
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Acer Aspire 5610Z nice lappy just cannot get on with the OS
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I'm no expert either, like a few of the guys on here, but have built a couple or three comps and any problems I tend to seek advice from forums like this or computer specific ones. PC Advisor have a good forum not many queries go unanswered and they have an Absolute Beginners section. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/index.cfm?go=users.home Most of the drivers from ATI(Catalyst) and nVidia(ForceWare) cover a range of different cards, main difference will be 64bit or, 32bit which you will have. Deleting old drivers reduces the risk of there being any conflicts between the new and old, once old ones are gone and you have rebooted system, Windows drivers will run your display, all be it in reduced resolution, 800 x 600 I think. I personally will stick with XP as long as I can, the extra bells and whistles are not worth the bother, (conflicts with drivers, software incompatibilities and some hardware not working with it,) unless buying a new setup.
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Troubles and aggravation over for now I hope !
A mate who is alot more knowledgeable about these things came round, diagnosis graphics card, had a look round the 'dead pile' (I never throw anything away ) and excavated out a 32 bit card that he proceeded to fit and would you believe it display sorted, however as other issues remained a ' rebuilt' p4 was sourced , got it up and working with the exception of email, pulling our hair out over that, then read in paper tiscali had problems - just my luck - we assumed it was our settings - no prospect of any recompense from tiscali for the wasted hours ! - the man from Mumbia was no help at all Anyway I have found out a bit more about computers and things seem back to normal, computer wise, even have got it looking much the same as before, amazing how you get used to things and how unsettling it is when things get changed ! Also turned out that we had an old driver installed for the hp G85 all in one, assumed the scanner was us, updated driver and all working again ! so management is well pleased (for the moment) Now all I need is a new power supply and I might even have the old evesham up to speed again ! Now need to go wireless to connect them both to the net ! Andy |
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