[ale] OT: Sort of; "The ongoing saga with Gigabyte support

[Lightner, Jeff]

That reminds me of the conversation I had years ago:

Me:  Someone is intercepting my mail.  How do I get this investigated.
Post Office moron:  We'll send you a complaint form.
Me:  If they are intercepting my mail wouldn't that just tip them off
that I'm onto them?
POM:  We can only do the complaint by mail.
Me:  I can't come to the Post Office and fill it out there?
POM:  No.
Me:  (Thought only:  @?#!  Is there someone with a brain I can speak to
there?) 

Of course the conversation was longer than that but always kept getting
back to the "we only do mail complaints by mail".   I started wondering
if the folks stealing mail had somehow gotten someone on the inside of
the complaints department.


-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Scott Castaline
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 2:58 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [ale] OT: Sort of; "The ongoing saga with Gigabyte support

Question - 1044968
 From :     Scott [ skotchman at gmail.com ]
Sent :     2/16/2011 03:48
Question :     I have already gone through this with an older HD 3650 
card. I                       do not have the money to go out and buy 
other cards. I have                       already spent $125.00 for the 
HD 5770.

Answer - 1044897
Answer :     Unless there is either an issue with the card or the slot 
on the                        board itself otherwise it should not 
exhibit this issue. Anyway to                    attempt and test with 
an different PCIe based videocard?

Question - 1044897
 From :     Scott [ skotchman at gmail.com ]
Sent :     2/16/2011 01:16
Question : After several attemps at StartupRepair it did boot using the 
                           onboard video. Device manager and Catalyst 
was able to access                   the HD 5770 card as well after 
booting and logging in as it does                   in Linux. Attempting

to boot from the HD 5770 card corrupts                       Win7 and a 
reboot from the onboard video into Safe Mode is                       
required.

Answer - 1043279
Answer :   does it stop at this point each time during OS installation?
                  Do attempt to test the same procedure with no Video 
and use                      onboard video

I'm beginning to feel like I'm in a circus act.
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