Matrox AGP
I put a USB2 board in my daughter's PCI bus and it crashed the video. I took the new USB card out and the video still didn't work, but after I turned the computer off and on a few times it started working again.
Then I put the USB2 board into my own computer, to see if it would crash the video. It didn't. My computer just booted right up and said it detected new hardware, and the new hardware was now ready to use. (Jeez, I love XP.)
Just bought a new PC for the wife. It came with 256 RAM, I figured no big deal I would just buy her a 512 module and drop it in. Then...
My daughter's computer and mine are identical. I built them both myself. Same parts list. Her video card, Matrox Millennium G550, crapped out after only 2 years service. Figuring it was just a fluke, I replaced it with another of the same (about $130). That was only a few months ago, and it's been working fine. Now I put in a PCI card and the video crashes again.
This time it recovers, but why did it crash? Mine didn't crash. Do you suppose Matrox is having a QC problem? Do you suppose my daughter's motherboard (Intel D845) has a flaw? Am I missing something?
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