video card recommendation ? - UPDATE

[Doug]

On 06/29/2011 06:28 PM, Bill Walton wrote:
> Uh oh....
>
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Bill Walton<bwalton.im at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Applied the packages, removed Live CD, and rebooted.  I get a brief,
>> partial screen, Ubuntu splash panel, then black.  Won't even boot to
>> Live CD now.  HELP!
> I now have an explanation re: why I can't boot to Live CD anymore.
> Enter Setup on boot.  Check Boot Sequence.  Whatever else applying the
> packages did, the system now sees the CD as not present.  Anybody know
> how to fix this?  Links?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
Normally there is an entry in the BIOS, that determines the boot sequence.
Something must have changed this.  Go to the BIOS setup (usually either F2
or the Del key right after switch on) and adjust the boot sequence so your
CD boots first, before hard disk. It seems strange, but I guess not 
impossible,
that something you did affected the BIOS.  Since that's the first thing
the computer sees when you switch on--not anything on the hard drive--
that's where the problem has to be.

--doug

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