Recent content by Fryguy88

I'm well aware of the install process, as you failed to note, I currently have the drivers installed :) But if I'm buying a new card, I'll be in the Radeon9700 range, and I'm not sure if I'd go with a Radeon9700 and some random ass drivers, or a GF4 ti4600.

This is for linux, so please don't blindly recommend stuff based on benchmarks you've seen, as the driver situation is VERY different in linux. First of all, does radeon have native drivers yet in linux, or can it still only be run through DRI? Secondly, I don't mind using the closed-source...

I am going to be installing a video card for a friend, he mostly plays everquest, and has a geforce2 currently. He has an Athlonxp like 1400+, with 512 of DDR ram. Obviously ultra high-end cards aren't going to be worth it. Probably gotta stay under $200, and probably under $150. Radeon 9700...

Well my friend and I are getting a DVD burner. I am looking for some suggestions as to what to get on a $250 max budget. He's got a phillips DVD player (model 710? haven't checked, that's what he told me over the phone), and I always forget which is better -R or +R. I want something that...

Yes checked both. I turned the heatsink around, and now it works fine.

Then possibly that was the problem, even though I had disabled all of that type of turn off stuff. And the imprint was all there, just not dead center on the heatsink.

umm, the heatsink is a very real possibility (we have the mobo, ram, and proc boxed up right now for an RMA because I'm convinced that there was a defect). However... I'm looking at the Artic silver imprint on the heatsink now, and it doesn't directly line up, but even still, my processor...

After having a bunch of strange problems (like my friend screwing in a screw wrong and stripping it), and then having to put the WD Hard Drive on CS so that it would be properly recognized, the computer now boots properly, but it will just randomly turn off, sort of. The Computer will just shut...