On February 5, 2015 9:33:48 AM EST, Paul Sorenson <[email protected]> wrote: >I'd start by pulling out the video card and letting the system revert >to the onboard graphics to see if that solves the problem. While you >have the box open it's a good time to get rid of the accumulated dust >inside. > >-p > >Sent from my iPad > >> On Feb 5, 2015, at 7:43 AM, CollinB <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Computer: Dell t3600 2g ram, 500g HD, 2.8Ghz CPU, firepro v2900 2gig >video card >> >> Issue: extremely slow boot up & behaviot. >> Win menu is responsive. apps not loading or loading very slowly. >> Will not load altCtlDel options screen to run task mgr. Instead I >get an error dialog. >> >> Starting a cpl of months ago, when the system got hot the vid card >fan would speed up followed by the screen going blank and resettling. >> >> I am thinking this is all about the vid card. Thoughts? >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions.
I'll second that. If it turns out you need a new card I have one you can have for the cost of postage. It has a noisy fan but works fine. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

