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3am and I was flashing my X800 Pro VIVO bios to that of the XT. Reboot and my motherboard screams at me "system failed vga test"... first thought in my mind was
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The last PCI video card I owned was a Voodoo 2, and the last time I've seen that card was when i still owned a Pentium 200mhz. Thought I'd have to order one off of Newegg or some other online merchant. Too bad I'm heading out to college in a few days. Went to CompUSA today and found out they actually carried a Radeon 9200 128MB PCI card for $39. Explained what had happened to the cashier on the way out and suddenly it occurred to me I could just return it after I had fixed my AGP card. Took it home, plugged it in, flashed the bios a few times until I got a working one, and then repacked it. Took it back 4 hours later, and they refunded my money no questions asked. How convenient if you botch your softmod and don't happen to have a spare PCI card lying around.
F...
The last PCI video card I owned was a Voodoo 2, and the last time I've seen that card was when i still owned a Pentium 200mhz. Thought I'd have to order one off of Newegg or some other online merchant. Too bad I'm heading out to college in a few days. Went to CompUSA today and found out they actually carried a Radeon 9200 128MB PCI card for $39. Explained what had happened to the cashier on the way out and suddenly it occurred to me I could just return it after I had fixed my AGP card. Took it home, plugged it in, flashed the bios a few times until I got a working one, and then repacked it. Took it back 4 hours later, and they refunded my money no questions asked. How convenient if you botch your softmod and don't happen to have a spare PCI card lying around.