capn rick

gaack! NOT AGAIN! Had 'issues' with the GEFarce Nsidious card last year to the tune of $400 US. googled 'nvidia gefarce' when the trouble started (as in pixxillated screen, then blank) and had 1.2 million hits. was contacted by a law firm regarding a 'class action' lawsuit regarding systemic failure of the graphics card chips on a global, if not galactic scale. seems they had a bad chip run, or something-they overheated and the board failed.... I'll be shopping for a true gamer's system this summer.. capn rick

Local government worker drone for 30 years. retired 4 years ago and re upped with another local government the following monday. been doing geographic information system spatial analysis/mapping/goofing off in a one person office at a local university for the past 4 years. teach geography, planning consultant (both part time). Restore 1975 Triumph Spitfire in spare time when not hooked up to TrackIR and getting bollocks shot off. Aint life grand?

Remembered this was BoB Day and went home to do a circuit in the Spit. Alas it is IFR here and the bloody HS-4's both have stuck floats and it won't bloody start. capn Rick 75 (Triumph) Spitfire 1500

Go to the link below to see pictures from a giant scale R/C show a friend of mine sent. He has a Sopwith Pup towards the end. Neat stuff! Capn Rick 6 confirmed with JA I april 1917. http://s39.photobucket.com/albums/e183/mbe...?albumview=grid

ARRRGHHHH!!!! JUST got OFF, Track IR IV, Med Air War, Korea, Europe, etc etc. up and working just fine for about 3 months when the VIDEO DRIVER failed (during a close chase between meself in a Voss painted DR 1 and several hapless frogs. After researching the problem-I find that NVIDIA knew about such failures due to defective workmanship for months-even took a $ hit on cards 'still in warranty' natch-mine dropped warranty coverage in OCTOBER 08. GRRRR!!!! HP Parts website lists the thing at $580 US. *&^#%$ suffering major withdrawal-even pulled lead on a landing FedEX MD 10 last night. capn rick flightless in memphis

well then, waggle your wings the next night you pass over Bartlett, TN. I'll be down there staring at the desk where my computer was. shipping the laptop back to HP for 'repair' (replacement of the nvidious card with another invidious card-I presume) may even try to put some of the laptop pieces back together tonight, before shipping it back.

Anybody read "The Balloon Buster"? I have an ancient paperback copy given to me by my uncle who was researching SPAD'S for his r/c hobby. Just read it a again a few month's ago (AFTER I got OFF and BEFORE the god rotting nvidia video card went u/s) I 'think' Quentin Reynolds wrote it post WW 1.. Luke's been one of my heroes ever since. Capn rick grounded till a new computer appears.

Ye see, my domicile is under the flight path for FedEx Heavies using the N/S runways at nite. there is a convenient arrow straight river runnning due east/west a mile or so north of my home. they follow that till they turn on a long final. I find myself looking 6 a/c lengths ahead for the aiming point.

laptop video cards canna be upgraded... thats what I get for listening to the missus when we replaced the CompaQ workstation I had before. capn rick

No no no. I bought a new HP laptop with the card in it in Oct 07. Wanted the fastest card with most vid memory I could get-with CFS 3 and all the available versions in mind. just got all the bits operational for OFF, etc around the 1st of this year. Warranty expired on video card 1 year from date of purchase. I'm screwed.