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Old 02-19-02, 04:33 PM
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Angry Xtasy Issues

Hey to all who read this:

I bought the VisionTek Xtasy Everything online a month ago. The thing has decided to quite a stubborn SOB. I followed the instructions from the very thin fold out manual to the T. I put the card in my system and connected my monitor and the little neon cord and box and powered on my system. During boot up, I received a nice little flashing warning message that said something to the degree of:
Warning!: SDR cannot find Dimm(s); 1,2
The boot up proceeded as normal and Windows loaded. My computer found the new hardware and I canceled it like the manual stated. Then the desktop switched to a black screen with a flashing cursor and I could do nothing. I rebooted and the computer checked my drives for errors and found five. Then it froze on the the system check screen. I had to reboot again. It rechecked my drive, it froze again and I rebooted again. This time, I started Windows in safe mode and got in. So the only way I can get this card to function at all is in safe mode. So I installed the drivers for the damn thing and let it reboot. This time it loaded with no freeze ups, BUT... during the windows start up, when it tried to play the Windows start theme, it froze up and looped the sound continually to the nice visualization of a blank screen. I did yet another reboot and the same thing happened. And to top this all off, the website that I bought it from decided to not send the receipt with my package (like they clearly stated they would) and have told me that I'm to blame because I must have lost it. So I'm stuck with a $184.57 vid card that doesn't work in my machine (That was built well within the minimum requirements) and I can't return it or get the warranty from Visiontek. I called VisionTek's customer service line and got put on hold for over an hour. So I e-mailed them but never heard back. Anybody wanna buy a vid card that only works in safe mode?
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