IT experts wanted

[Clayton]

Hi Jen,
I have a brother, a brother in law, and a nephew in Swan Hill that all work in IT (for different employers) I am sure (almost) that one of then would be able to give you some help, and may have a suitable replacement part in their "spares box". Probably for nix, but I don't want to presume too much
If you wish I can email them to test the waters

[Jen]

Originally Posted by Clayton

Hi Jen,
I have a brother, a brother in law, and a nephew in Swan Hill that all work in IT (for different employers) I am sure (almost) that one of then would be able to give you some help, and may have a suitable replacement part in their "spares box". Probably for nix, but I don't want to presume too much
If you wish I can email them to test the waters

cool Clayton that would be awsome its worth a shot

[Clayton]

I'm on the case

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by Jen

......and spring clean my computer

And if your vacuum cleaner will do it, try to blow rather than suck! Get it outside and then blast away - you'll move a lot more dust and dirt that way. (And with a lower risk of damaging components, I believe.) And you'll soon know whether the fans are turning since give them a blast of air and you will see them spin up.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Or you could take Duncan up on his for sale http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...ad.php?t=53265

All you might have to to would be transfer your files. Your disk can be plugged in to the newer box and you'd have two disks.

[White Rabbit]

Have you tried the mother board VGA out? Most mother boards have a vga out put.

[Jen]

Originally Posted by White Rabbit

Have you tried the mother board VGA out? Most mother boards have a vga out put.

a what

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by Jen

a what

A video port on the motherboard, not the one on your video card.

Originally Posted by White Rabbit

Have you tried the mother board VGA out? Most mother boards have a vga out put.

That might be true of newer motherboards with built in video for the low end market. It wasn't the case 2001 when Jen's computer was designed.

[White Rabbit]

Look at the back of you computer and have a look to see if there is another output anywhere that looks like the output that you plug your monitor into.

If your video card is AGP, I have a 250Mb AGP graphics card you can have. Failing that if you need one in a hurry check out www.msy.com.au they still have them. Getting the drivers and installiing them is fairly easy. A new graphics card will boot up and display in 800x600 resoloution (really big blocky text) with no drivers so you will be able to use the computer until you find the driver. It's the drivers that tell the card what it can and cant do. I think from memory if you plug in the new card and do a windows update Microsoft will find the correct driver for you if not surf to the Nvidia site and download it, double click on it and your away.

Let me know if you need the card.
Sandy

[Manav (Yugant)]

I cannot stress enough the importance of regularly cleaning your PC. Most hardware failures occur due to over heating of components because of excessive dust on the heatsink, fan or the hardware itself. Video cards and CPU being the main culprits.

For cleaning using a simple brush (I use a small paint brush) and gently swipe away the dust.