10 easy steps to installing a new video card
When you’re main computer gets a couple of years old, and it wasn’t that good to start with, modern games just don’t work. Of course you can’t take them back, either. I tried. They said we could exchange the software for another copy of the same thing. Duh! It’s not defective! I know the size of my hard drive, I know that I run XP and that I have 512K of memory on a Pentium 4, but I never memorized the specs of my video card, so how in the hell would I know that this game wouldn’t work!
I finally gave in to kid pressure and put down the cash for a new video card.Â
I like to tinker with computers. I’m hardly qualified to be a member of the Geek Squad, but I know more than enough to get by, so installing a new video card should be a snap, right? It probably is for someone who does this sort of stuff all the time, but, well, I don’t.
So here’s how to install a new video card in 10 easy steps:
1. Open the very large box to find a small PCI card, an installation disk, and a single sheet of paper with instructions.
2. Follow the instructions. (damn, this is easy!)
3. Scratch your head when what the directions say is supposed to happen doesn’t happen.
4. Realize that the instructions are not in any particular order.
5. Scratch your head when what the directions say is supposed to happen doesn’t happen.
6. Throw away the instructions, fearing that you may have to call this guy.
7. Tell your son, again, that it’s not working yet, but don’t worry, I’ve got a handle on it.
8. Take the matter into your own hands, tinker around a bit, change this setting, tweak that setting.
9. Reboot and say a prayer. “Dear God, please make this work.”
10. Pat yourself on the back, pretend for a moment that you’re really smart, and realize why you don’t do this for a living.
August 26th, 2006 at 2:05 pm
6. “Throw away the instructions, fearing that you may have to call this guy.”
Believe me, you do not want to call me. Have you even READ my blog. Brutal.
August 26th, 2006 at 4:18 pm
That’s why I was scared. I do NOT want to call you.