Computer PCI slot not working

[Leyton]

If your in Hamiltontown I could fix it for you

[steve_t]

an update,

I returned the card to the store, they tested it and it works,

they asked to see my PC so i brought it in, they also could not get it working.

They said maybe sp3 (im on sp2) might work, if not sp3 then a windows reinstal might help.

I kept the pci card, but have a usb one now, seems to be working great. (i bought a usb hub so i can free up some slots.)

Sweet. Chuck that PCI card on sella.co.nz or trademe??

[The Pastor]

Sweet. Chuck that PCI card on sella.co.nz or trademe??

nah i wanna get it working

[Leyton]

Are you in Hamilton dude ?, It might take me all of 5 minutes to fix it thats all... hehe

[mister.koz]

Formatting 8-10 times a year?? What do you do on them??

Allot of software development, i have 3 (quite large) IDE's that make them messy, i also make dvd's and other media stuff.

And no, its not porn, i have a girlfriend (unlike most nerds i know).

Your kidding right.....
no?
ok try this
del sysconfig....
can do it very easily in xp (or an automatic script in xp....aka virus)
still not conviced - ok take your photos folder, try move (aka cut/paste) into a flash drive that is too small.....
when you fill that disk hit cancel - now find a bigger flash drive and move the same folder of C: onto it. Where are all your photos - oh there are some on that little drive, its ok I will just move them onto the big one.......oh shit.

Vista beta was fantastic - it wasn't until HP,FOXCONN and ASUS got it dirty little hands on it (and twist microsoft's arm) that it turned into the behemoth we have today.

Likewise i fear the same will happen to Linux. I have an older version on mint on my pc right now. Works great......just installed the new one on a friends pc......is this the beginning of the end. Don't even get me started on Ubuntu which is now as usable as 3.11.

Also why format when you can image?

Why would i go out of my way to damage windows? it does a good enough job itself. Vista is on all accounts 40% slower than xp. i had two identical machines with all the good stuff; one at home (windows xp/gentoo) and one at work (vista business).. vista sucked. xp was ok, gentoo was awesome but it didn't like photoshop cs4 :/

For linux i use gentoo (except for my servers) and i custom compile everything - then you'll know fast. Ubuntu and one's like it are not much better than windows in my view.

If i had said i restore my system from an image then everyone would have asked me wtf that is... i'd sooner just say format & install.

You are missing my point though, windoze is crappy for me because it doesn't fit, if it works for you then go for it.