[access-uk] Re: VISTA - Don't fall into my trap.
- From: "Dj Paddy" <mygroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:58:16 +0100
Wow, that's alot of juice flying through that card!
Naw, I meant re-format and stick XP on the drive not Vista.
Before anyone says, "Of course so", SP2 for XP fryed my board.
I was so excited about this OS and no people running it, admittedly they are
very utilitarian users....
Way way too many reports coming out IMHO, even at the beginning of a
products life it's clear they've a wee way to go here.
Dj Paddy
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----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:29 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: VISTA - Don't fall into my trap.
Barry,
It wouldn't matter if I did re-format the drive and install
fresh, so to speak. It's Fujitsu's motherboard and the BIOS
which are not supported under Vista.
I've just checked and I bought the system exactly 16 months
ago almost to the day!! It cost 842.00 Pounds plus VAT.
BTW, have you ever known a video card which needs 45 amps on
the 12 volt rail - AND a connection to the power supply?
OUCH!
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dj Paddy
Sent: 24 April 2007 10:04
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: VISTA - Don't fall into my trap.
George,
That sucks!
Can you re-format and start over? I'm presuming it didn't
fry the board?
I'm holding off untill SP1. Apps and drivers simply aren't
ready, and only=20
then am I upgrading because I'll have to support it at work,
so i'd like to=20
brush up at home first.
Dj Paddy
=D4=E0=06
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:03 AM
Subject: [access-uk] VISTA - Don't fall into my trap.
Cross posted, so apologies if you see multiple copies.
Just in case anyone is thinking of upgrading their system to
VISTA, beware of making the same mistake I have. (Even if,
to you, it is a fairly new system!!)
I'd been in the Vista Beta program almost since day one. At
that time my Fujitsu Pentium PIV, 2.66GHz was barely a year
old, and one of their "current" top end models.
All through the beta, and right up to and including the
current updated release, everything has been fine with Vista
Ultimate, except for the nVidea video card. That was the one
and only warning I got from even the latest version of the
Vista Upgrade Advisor.
And so I was delighted to get a gift of a new ATI card,
fully Vista compliant with a nice 512 MB in it.
But oh dear! The system saw the new card, but when the
system re-booted, it died.
Having spent a major part of yesterday trying to get this
super new AGP card installed, it turns out that the Fujitsu
Siemens motherboard in my PC does not officially support
Vista. Consequently ATI dropped the support case like a hot
brick. Fujitsu themselves don't want to know, as they say
the Scenic Series was discontinued before Vista was released
to Joe Public.
Little wonder DELL are re-introducing a range of systems
with XP installed!
George Bell.
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