So, I did another (small) computer upgrade. Well, it was supposed to be small, anyway...

I got a new monitor (22" widescreen Gateway). And a new video card -- a Sapphire X1950XT card. Should have been easy, right? Ha, no.

First was my power supply. A little anemic @ 350 watts with only a single 12 volt rail @ 16 amps. Not gonna do it. So, off to Beast Buy to get a new one. Got an Antec Trio 480 watt. Should be perfect. So, replace power supply. Done.

Second, the video card install itself. When changing video cards, and especially if you're going from nVidia to ATi like I was (or vice-versa), you should remove the old video drivers. So I did that.

When I rebooted after installing the new card physically, Windows refused to boot. It would just reboot right after the XP logo. I know from experience that means Windows thinks too much hardware changed and it can't deal with life. So, what the fuck!?!?! Just a video card change? Oh, wait, my whole MOTHERBOARD is nVidia, it must have removed all the motherboard drivers instead of only the video drivers. FUCK.

Ok, repair install (note: they take FOREVER).

So, what should have been a 10 minute upgrade took 5 1/2 hours. Sigh.

And to fix my Linux installation? LOL. 5 minutes. During boot it just says "Oh yeah, your video card is different...want to install new drivers?" ... Then you install the new drivers and you're done.

But Windows is so much easier to use than Linux... RIGHT.