Trouble with fedora

[Ken Cooper]

David Curry wrote:

> Ken Cooper wrote:
>
>> Well, our cases are almost the same, and I believe the only 
>> difference is the motherboard.  Well, I have a soyo, and he doesn't.  
>> I don't know which he has.  I know that does make a big difference.  
>> I just have to guess it's the motherboard that's faulty, and will 
>> have to get a new one unfortunately!!!
>>
>>    Ken Cooper
>>
>> David Curry wrote:
>>
>>> Ken, you wrote earlier that your Dad's machine was "almost" 
>>> identical" to your own, but did not elaborate as to how they differed.
>>> Do the two machines have the same bios version?
>>>
>>
> Ken, please follow a few list guidelines.  Insert your comments 
> immediately following the remarks you are responding to while deleting 
> text which is not needed to preserve thread context.  That is, please 
> do not top post.
>
> In reading this message, keep in mind that I am an enduser with quite 
> limited understanding of linux and of hardware issues.
>
> Your original message asserted that you know that your boot 
> difficulties are not related to the video card so I assume that both 
> your machine and your Dad's have identical video cards installed.  One 
> possibile explanation for your problem is that the video card memory 
> on your system has failed.  Another might be that your mobo 
> (motherboard) has onboard video, in which case you could try two 
> different approaches.
>
> Since you installed FC3 on your harddisk using your Dad's machine and 
> then ported that hd to your machine, the easiest and quickest approach 
> might be to disable the onboard video through your bios settings.  
> Alternatively, you could leave the bios alone, remove the video card 
> from your system and try reinstalling  FC3 using the mobo video.  This 
> latter case would also address the situation of bad video card memory.
>
>
First off, sorry for posting at the top, I didn't know that.  And 
second, when I FIRST got my computer, I knew my motherboard had onboard 
video.  I wanted/intended to use it, because again it's just a server, 
and don't need video that much, so I wanted to use the motherboard.  But 
I couldn't install it with the onboard.  So I had to use my dads video 
card, to install it, which I could.  This was FC1, not 3, which is what 
I'm trying to get right now.  I am using my dads old video card right 
now, and it won't even install.  I'm coming to conclusions that it's my 
Soyo motherboard.  I tryed calling them before, but they just blamed it 
on memory, so I had to spend $80 on memory that I DIDN'T need.  Well, I 
had FC1 on it, and I didn't like it, because it kept freezing, so I 
thought I'd try FC3, and NOTHING works.  So I think it's my motherboard, 
but I just want to know what you guys think.  I don't have the money to 
buy one right now, but maybe in a few years will.  Thanks!!!

    Ken Cooper