{"id":449,"date":"2010-02-21T20:54:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T09:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=449"},"modified":"2010-02-21T20:54:26","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T09:54:26","slug":"video-card-slots-argh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/video-card-slots-argh\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Card Slots – Argh!"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the moment, I have a suspect 500GB hard drive that belongs to someone else. I’ve offered to run a diagnostic utility on it to attempt to read the data from its bad sectors before consigning it to the rubbish bin.<\/p>\n

Before I can do this though, I need a working computer. For this task, I thought I would use one of my spare computers to assess the disk completely as it is going to take a fair while. However, I have hit a few snags:<\/p>\n

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  1. First computer I tried using refuses to boot with the suspect hard drive connected,<\/li>\n
  2. First computer shuts down when it is on and I attempt to hook up the suspect hard drive,<\/li>\n
  3. Second computer boots fine with hard drive connected but I forgot that I had thrown out the faulty video card which makes any sort of software navigation and execution very difficult,<\/li>\n
  4. Thought I would use the video card from first computer in second computer but found the AGP<\/a> slots to be incompatible.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Whilst I do have other computers to use (my server and desktop machines), they are a last resort as they will be out of action for a while (possibly days depending on the extent of the damage to the drive).<\/p>\n

    My first computer had a PCI<\/a> video card and then I’ve progressively had AGP and now PCI-E <\/a>video cards. The issue is that all of these slots are physically and electrically incompatible. What I find frustrating is that I have no suitable graphics card for this old machine and possibly my only way of obtaining one is eBay.<\/p>\n

    I could probably get by with a PCI video card because all I need is enough power for DOS<\/a>-like text mode and all of the computers I have happen to have PCI slots. Getting one fairly quickly will be an issue.<\/p>\n

    At any rate, my patience has worn a bit thin over the weekend. I’m sure many people have experienced a similar impasse when trying to build a working computer from the parts of others or when it comes time to upgrade their existing rigs. At least most computers still have a lowest common denominator of a PCI slot when it comes to internal interfaces.<\/p>\n

    Have you had issues with different video card slots in the past?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    At the moment, I have a suspect 500GB hard drive that belongs to someone else. I’ve offered to run a diagnostic utility on it to attempt to read the data from its bad sectors before consigning it to the rubbish bin. Before I can do this though, I need a working computer. For this task, … <\/p>\n

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