Recent content by shiznizza

And then I happen to notice a sticker on the card that says, "Engineering sample. Not for resale." That's probably not the best kind of card to mess with for a home computer, is it?

So, I tried that, and the result is the same. I did manage to find a few entries of the old Ralink wireless drivers in the system and got those cleaned out. I've played with different settings on the advanced tab for the Intel AC card in Device Manager. The light will stay white for up to 10...

I appreciate the feedback. I will start trying the screw thing just in case. The idea of it just possibly being a bad card makes me feel better. Thanks!

Hello, forum people So, I have an HP dv6-7214nr Ivy Bridge-based notebook that came with a crappy wireless card. I purchased an Intel AC 7260 with Bluetooth card thinking if my laptop had the whitelist in the BIOS, an Intel model would be okay. Also, I had read a few people had managed to get...

I still have a 9500 Pro in a desktop at home! My first video card purchase... wait, second... I think there was a 3dfx card before that I bought once... ahh, memories of Half-Life the first time on a video card...

Wow, first time posting on here and it seems the topic generated quite the, uh, "debate" as it were. All the while, I've greatly appreciated reading through said debate and all the info and opinions expressed. I thank you all very much for the input.

GYAH! Fry's... ahhh, seems like not too long ago I lived only a 20 minute drive away... my own Elysian Fields on Saturdays off work... then I moved to a place where the nearest one, or even a Microcenter, is 5 hours away if I speed heavily... depressing... I have no doubt the performance jump...

After a few years of avoiding upgrading my computer for different reasons, I'm here to upgrade my poor, little computer. She's 8 years old and weezing like an asthmatic marathon runner out of shape. A pentium 4 running an AGP GPU and barely could get it to 1.5 GB of memory and XP takes more time...