I seriously need a better video card

KulliK357

Sausage Snowman

Dingwall,Scotland, United King

#46

Jan 10, 2009 @ 22:56:40

@jonnythan Said

You can also get it from an actual UK shop instead of eBay:

https://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=27722&category_id=902 (best deal, it seems)

https://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?HIS-4830
https://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=334735&CatId=2697
https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+4000+Series/Club+3D+ATI+Radeon+HD+4830+512MB+PCI-E+2.0+?productId=34287

wow, i like the looks of the first one
i just chose ebay cause its in my bookmarks never thaught a shop would be cheaper

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WildFire

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#47

Jan 10, 2009 @ 22:57:37

1) unplug machine
2) earth yourself
3) unscrew and remove side panel
4) unscrew and remove old graphics card
5) put new one in
6) repeat steps 3 and 1 in reverse order

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KulliK357

Sausage Snowman

Dingwall,Scotland, United King

#48

Jan 10, 2009 @ 22:58:05

@jonnythan Said

Installing it is stupid easy. There's a slot and you shove it in, then plug the power cord into it.

right but i heard that you have to be really careful about touching it and stuff
i suppose like everything theres detailed instructions on google

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WildFire

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#49

Jan 10, 2009 @ 22:59:08

or in WildFires posts

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KulliK357

Sausage Snowman

Dingwall,Scotland, United King

#50

Jan 10, 2009 @ 23:00:46

@WildFire Said

1) unplug machine
2) earth yourself
3) unscrew and remove side panel
4) unscrew and remove old graphics card
5) put new one in
6) repeat steps 3 and 1 in reverse order

@WildFire Said

or in WildFires posts

i get ya
i think i'll have a go guys
my mum is at a party with her mates from work so i cant buy it untill she's back cause i need to tell her how much it will be

she wont be best pleased (she first suggested 50 and in the end said anything over 100 would be totally unacceptable)

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jonnythan

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#51

Jan 10, 2009 @ 23:00:59

@KulliK357 Said

right but i heard that you have to be really careful about touching it and stuff
i suppose like everything theres detailed instructions on google

No, you really don't have to be careful touching anything. There's nothing fragile in there, and as long as you touch some bare metal on the case or PSU there's no danger of static electricity.

You should try it out. It'll be fun, and you'd really have to try to break something.

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WildFire

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#52

Jan 10, 2009 @ 23:02:48

i accidentally knocked my machine over and it is fine

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KulliK357

Sausage Snowman

Dingwall,Scotland, United King

#53

Jan 10, 2009 @ 23:03:08

@jonnythan Said

No, you really don't have to be careful touching anything. There's nothing fragile in there, and as long as you touch some bare metal on the case or PSU there's no danger of static electricity.

You should try it out. It'll be fun, and you'd really have to try to break something.

can i also ask about installing a second disk drive?
cause i have the one from my old computer and i think it would be kinda useful to have it on my new computer
(my new one has a fancy assed way of doing it thats why i ask

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WildFire

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#54

Jan 10, 2009 @ 23:04:33

just slot it in to an open bay plug it in and it should work but you may have to wipe the new one so that you can use the old one

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KulliK357

Sausage Snowman

Dingwall,Scotland, United King

#55

Jan 10, 2009 @ 23:05:48

@WildFire Said

just slot it in to an open bay plug it in and it should work but you may have to wipe the new one so that you can use the old one

eh? you mean that i'd have to make the new one the secondary
cause if i would then theres really no point cause the one im adding is just a DVD drive the one i have is blue ray

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WildFire

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#56

Jan 10, 2009 @ 23:07:52

oh i thought you meant HDD in the case of a DVD drive the DVD drive can be the secondary

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jonnythan

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#57

Jan 10, 2009 @ 23:09:36

@KulliK357 Said

can i also ask about installing a second disk drive?
cause i have the one from my old computer and i think it would be kinda useful to have it on my new computer
(my new one has a fancy assed way of doing it thats why i ask

Installing a second disk drive is also very, very easy. It's become a lot easier with the introduction of SATA. You find a space to shove the drive in the PC, connect power, and plug in the SATA cable to one of the open ports. Done.

If it's not SATA and instead has a big thick ribbon cable, it's a little bit more complicated because you have the master/slave thing. But chances are that your new computer has an open IDE port, so all you need to do is set the jumper on the drive to Master and plug it in and connect power.

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KulliK357

Sausage Snowman

Dingwall,Scotland, United King

#58

Jan 10, 2009 @ 23:12:04

@jonnythan Said

Installing a second disk drive is also very, very easy. It's become a lot easier with the introduction of SATA. You find a space to shove the drive in the PC, connect power, and plug in the SATA cable to one of the open ports. Done.

If it's not SATA and instead has a big thick ribbon cable, it's a little bit more complicated because you have the master/slave thing. But chances are that your new computer has an open IDE port, so all you need to do is set the jumper on the drive to Master and plug it in and connect power.

when i took it out of the old machine it had a large flat cable is this SATA????

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jonnythan

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#59

Jan 10, 2009 @ 23:17:18

@KulliK357 Said

when i took it out of the old machine it had a large flat cable is this SATA????

No, that's IDE/ATA.

Look at your current MB. If you have an open IDE slot, check that the jumper on the drive is set to Master then plug it in and go.

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