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    Need Help!! clueless here needs advise

    Thanks everyone that replied to my thread. it was so nice for someone to take time out of their day to respond to me! I am truly a computer dummy when it comes to something thats broken and needs repair. You all saved me a ton! Thanks for not letting the Best Buy Geek Squad bend me over! I...
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    Need Help!! clueless here needs advise

    Ok stupid question.... The a "video card" and "graphics card" the same thing??? I ordered the one that someone posted a few posts back! When I get it in I might b back to get some info on the install and to give an update...cross my fingers!
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    Need Help!! clueless here needs advise

    thanks for the info ... thats my idea too. to just sell it and be able to buy a new one. thanks for the info on how to find the specs. if I went the route of replacing the video card.... sounds silly but i dont even know what that is or looks like to be able to "pull it out and replace it"
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    Need Help!! clueless here needs advise

    also i tried to connect the monitor to the tower using different cord... right now im using the blue prong style... and it would connect just kept showing "self test screen" with the different colors
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    Need Help!! clueless here needs advise

    ok yes it is scratchy right when i turn the computer on and the dell logo comes on. then the blue screen pops on for a second and it too is scratchy. when the blue screen just went away after being up for like 2 seconds then the screen went black and it said 1. analog can not display...
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    Need Help!! clueless here needs advise

    Thanks everyone! Ok, 1st thing I did was try the resolution settings and stuff like that through the control panel and "right click properties" that changed the icon size back but the problem of the monitor shutting off and screen turning black still happened. 2nd I bought a new monitor and...
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    Help!!

    Hello: So long story short...... our computer was having some "what i thought was monitor/resolution" issues. I took it to Best Buy and the Geek Squad guy told me its the graphics card. but he also said it would be more worth it to sell the computer as is because supposedly its has some...
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    Need Help!! clueless here needs advise

    heres the thing... ill have to end up spending a couple hundred dollars to have the thing fixed, the geek squad guy said a graphics card is around 80 then i gotta pay labor.... wouldnt it be more worth it to sell the thing and buy a new computer thats more basic for our use, then there will be...
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    Need Help!! clueless here needs advise

    when I turn the computer on the monitor turns black and says something about "AC Input" when I press F8 over and over again I can get to the start up options and can turn it on through safe mode and sometimes through "start normally" But the picture will be all scratchy looking and sometimes...
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    Need Help!! clueless here needs advise

    Hello: So long story short...... our computer was having some "what i thought was monitor/resolution" issues. I took it to Best Buy and the Geek Squad guy told me its the graphics card. but he also said it would be more worth it to sell the computer as is because supposedly its has some awesome...
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