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Its up to you guys as I said 1 to 2 weeks is an eternity.
 
wait is fine by me
 
I ordered a new video card from newegg, 3 days.
VGA ASUS EN8400GS SILENT/HTP/256M
If my assessment is correct I should be back by the 9th or 10th ... of November
 
Plugged in the "NEW" card and the computer went dead. How's that. I guess I'll try my spare PS tomorrow. At least I got one.
 
Looks to be something on the motherboard. 2 year old 939 socket. Guess it's already time to move on to AM 2. Not sure when I'll swing it. I won't add this plain vanilla game to my laptop or I'll be switching cd's all the time. I may rebuild using an upgraded mother and buy some new parts. My advice would be to get a replacement. We are looking weeks to longer depending on the fortunes of purse and work. Sorry guys. :(
 
Dazz and Ruff, don't you two use a clever way to have a dual install of BtS and Vanilla on the same computer? I don't have BtS, so I wouldn't know.

In any event, if you don't want to try to get your laptop to work with a dual install, we understand and should be able to find a replacement for you.

Mitch
 
My lap top would still require me to change discs, from the BtS to the Civ IV.
 
just sent chasbolt an email with the way I deal with extensive disk swapping.
 
I will probably bite the bullet and buy an HP something tomorrow. A few days later, hopefully, I'll be playing again.

Took the computer back. Found a MB close to my old one ordered it, 3-5 days plus bought another Vid card. We await delivery.
 
New motherboard doesn't recognize the old drive. Probably have to reformat and do all from scratch Besides a few other issues, I've had a bad week. Back went out Didn't work, laid on my back until a little yesterday and some today. Just got it together earlier. I don't wish to lose what I have so I'm going to try a few things tomorrow before starting at square 1. :sad:
 
Finally, sent to Ruff.
AMD and XP SP3 didn't get along and then I got the d3dx9_32.dll is not present. I had to rebuild the computer twice and still haven't recovered all my data.
 
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