[jazz3000]

well Dell must have solid gold pci teeth on the cards then...LOL ...We'll keep a good thought and hope it works. Jazz

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Adaptec-PC-M...QQcmdZViewItem
4.99 plus shipping for firewire pci

[GUSMAN]

I wanted a dvd re writer for my PC and had a quote off dell of £182 as an example of how expensive they can be.

It was a slimline one but for that price I could almost but a cheap laptop lol

Gus

PS I am now a ceritfied xp and vista installer and uninstaller jeez.

[jazz3000]

Well you have to look at the education Value...LOL...Dell costs too much for me. Think I'll stick with my homemade computers. Cheap at half the price. Keep in touch...Jazz

[GUSMAN]

Well blow me down that worked a treat I finally have a radeon driver on XP Pro.

I contacted Dell by phone a few weeks ago and they told me there are no drivers for that card using XP. Later on I went onto live chat and they said the same, I even have a chat log that they sent to me of the conversation.

Wait till tomorrow I will make sure they hear my feelings on this, if they dont know there is a driver for this card available when it is used on another product, how many other things you might get told are going to be misleading.

Thank you all for your help give yourselves a big pat on the back, even though some ideas didnt work you were all willing to try and help out

Thanks once again all

Gus

[jazz3000]

Lesson, "Never believe what a tech, level 1, at Dell or any other company tells you. They read it off a Q-Card. Great news and do us a favor and go up to the top of this where you post and clicked Resolved. Really glad to hear you are up and running. Have a great one...Jazz

[wytboy55]

Originally Posted by jazz3000

Lesson, "Never believe what a tech, level 1, at Dell or any other company tells you. They read it off a Q-Card. Great news and do us a favor and go up to the top of this where you post and clicked Resolved. Really glad to hear you are up and running. Have a great one...Jazz

what an unprofessional post you have there. As a senior member you're supposed to be a good example to new members here. and FYI im a DELL TECHNICIAN, (we have sites here in the philippines ) Technicians here dont read scripts or a QCARD. So please dont say anything that you dont know. Although we do have knowledge based tools here ,and everyone needs those but as we troubleshoot, we dont follow it anymore. We rely on our skills. So please Im sure there are also people here in this website who is a technician in a computer company or internet provider and will be mad at your post. We get our living from troubleshooting so please think first if you will hurt someone's feeling before posting. check geekstogo forum and you will not see posts like the one you have there. Also technicians have different kinds of level, maybe that person dell technician that your'e talking about is not that good. But there are also better and best technicians out here specially in the philippines. Maybe they spoke to someone from india. But still you dont have the right to say that considering that you are already a senior member. Thanks and hope you will stop bashing people's job.