Good Friday everyone!
Today I was hoping to bring you some painting updates, but sadly that was not possible last night.
You see I got home at the usual time, spent time with the youngling, had dinner and did my studying.
While powering up my computer however I noticed something very strange: green dotted lines along the start up, and crazy strobes along the desktop once it had started.
I knew what that was, it's the classic sign of a failing graphics card. But I thought: "stay calm, just reboot and see what happens".
So I did, and thankfully no more strobes etc.
I counted myself lucky before doing my studies followed by going for a bath.
Following said bath I logged quickly onto WoW and TSW to do some crafting, and I noticed that something didn't feel right. The colours were off, and the framer are just felt... Wrong.
Anyway, I shut everything down as was prepping to do some painting when I noticed strobing again.
Oh no...
So I did some more tests, about an hours worth gathering info, removing the card and cleaning it, reinstalling drivers, nothing worked! Instead it just got worse and worse where eventually it wouldn't stay on for more than about 10 mins before BSODing.
Anyway, onto my phone I go and a purchase later I am expecting a new graphics card in the mail to arrive on Saturday.
I'm not happy about it, after all I love my card! It's four years old but performs like a pro, and I'm concerned that the new one despite being technically better in every way, it just won't give me the same reliability, but oh well, we'll see.
The good news however: being without a computer means that tonight I'll have nothing but painting to keep me occupied!
Stay safe and I'll see you Cryptside!
- Your friendly neighbourhood Doctor Loxley
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