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Hello, I need to reformat my computer. I just have wayyyy too much stuff, have what I want backed up already. But here's my problem.
A couple of days ago, while I was playing an online game, my monitor WENT black. No signal. So thats fine, it was plugged into the normal part in the motherboard. So I reach down, and plug it into my graphics card. It works just fine. I did try a few more times into the motherboard, but still no signal.
This is where I run into an issue. Like I said, I want to reformat. BUT I can only plug my monitor into my graphics card. If I was to reformat, I would have to plug it back into the motherboard, right? Or would it still work in my graphics card, without installing any drivers? If it doesn't, I wont be able to reformat lol.
I hope someone can make sense of this. Everyone else seems to think I'm asking if it will *fix* my motherboard, which I'm not, and it's causing me quite a headache lol.Quote from: Karalot875 on August 17, 2007, 05:02:38 PM

I would have to plug it back into the motherboard, right? Or would it still work in my graphics card, without installing any drivers? If it doesn't, I wont be able to reformat lol.
I hope someone can make sense of this. Everyone else seems to think I'm asking if it will *fix* my motherboard, which I'm not, and it's causing me quite a headache lol.

It all depends on the operating system you're going to be using...

If it's Windows Me or above, you probably won't have to. When the video card was installed, you may have DISABLED the onboard video either through a jumper SETTING on your motherboard or through the sytem's BIOS. Either way...if you are reinstalling your operating system it would install a default driver which will work until you install the correct driver(s) for your video card.

Why reformat though? Why not just delete and uninstall what you don't need...run CCleaner...and then defrag? This will optimize your registry and hard DRIVE and you should be good to go. A little ROUTINE maintenance goes a long way.


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