Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:44:38 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Vhat kind of *simple* video card? Message-ID: <20070924194438.GB46179@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <46F705B3.2000908@pacific.net.sg> References: <20070923002958.GA30250@thought.org> <46F5CA23.1010000@pacific.net.sg> <20070923222444.GA38331@thought.org> <46F705B3.2000908@pacific.net.sg>
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On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 08:32:51AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Gary Kline wrote:
> >
> > Sometimes it gets into a mode where it is super slow. Do you,
> > or anybody else have a clue why??
> >
> it could be caused by a faulty hard disk.
Sometimes, after a reboot, the video is bright and the resolution
small--large type. Usually, the system clock seems normal.
Are there any tools to run to test the processor speed? Any
other tests? It's a new drive, somewhere around 160GB. I never
ran any drive tests. ...Yet!
>
> Is the system just waiting?
>
> > Also:: would a simple Matrox Millennium serve as a new video
> > board? I do not need/want anything gamer-fancy, so am looking
> > for something simple, like a MM with 8 or 16megs of video
> > memory.
> >
> This is the kind of card to go for then.
thanks much,
gary
>
> Erich
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