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Please help
Hi,
Can anyone give me some help please? I am a newbie with a limited amount of knowledge (can be dangerous I know) I have a PC with an 'onboard video card' I am trying to run the 'Simms' game and to be honest it is really struggling, it becomes very slow and 'jerky' to a point where I cannot play the game. I've checked the specifications and my system would seem to meet them all. Anyway I thought I would put a newer video card in (Nvidia 32MB). My problem is that when I start my PC as soon as windows XP starts the screen goes black. I think windows XP is loading but I obviously cant see it. After turning the PC off at the mains and restarting it I have to go through the file checking procedure because the system was 'incorrectly closed down'.at which point the system now locks up. I appreciate that I may be a bit vague but is there a simple solution (please be kind) Thanks in anticipation Andy PS my system also comes with a DVD drive unfortunately it wont play DVDs either |
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Ussually there is a setting in bios that has to be set to look for an
AGP/PCI card first depending on what you put in. If you don't know where or what the bios is, maybe get a friend who knows abit more about it to give it a go. Or if you search around the web you can find a few articules on how to change the Bios for a new video card. Good luck, It's not as complicated as it sounds though... "AJM" wrote in message ... Hi, Can anyone give me some help please? I am a newbie with a limited amount of knowledge (can be dangerous I know) I have a PC with an 'onboard video card' I am trying to run the 'Simms' game and to be honest it is really struggling, it becomes very slow and 'jerky' to a point where I cannot play the game. I've checked the specifications and my system would seem to meet them all. Anyway I thought I would put a newer video card in (Nvidia 32MB). My problem is that when I start my PC as soon as windows XP starts the screen goes black. I think windows XP is loading but I obviously cant see it. After turning the PC off at the mains and restarting it I have to go through the file checking procedure because the system was 'incorrectly closed down'.at which point the system now locks up. I appreciate that I may be a bit vague but is there a simple solution (please be kind) Thanks in anticipation Andy PS my system also comes with a DVD drive unfortunately it wont play DVDs either |
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