I thought my AGP video card was dying on me, so I searched Ebay for a new AGP card with more memory, found one, and bought it. When it arrived, it would not work with my system. I tried it in my dad's computer, and it worked fine. So then I figured the reason why the video card was flakey was because the +3.3V was constantly fluctuating between 2.5V and 3.3V. So I searched Ebay for a new motherboard similar to the one my dad has. I found one with a P4HT 3.2GHz and 512mb RAM. It arrived on Friday and I installed it only to discover I accidentally purchased one with a PCI-E slot!
So I headed off to the local electronics store to purchase a new PCI-E video card, installed it, and everything works now, along with 2GB total of RAM. But, I spent $41 on the AGP video card, $51 on the motherboard, and $70 on the new PCI-E video card. Needless to say, my wife is not happy that a $41 Christmas gift from her turned into a $162 upgrade-a-palooza, but I hope I can make some of the money back by selling both video cards and my original motherboard and 3.2GHZ processor.
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