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March 2000, Week 2

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Thu, 9 Mar 2000 10:41:33 +0100
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I think the video cannot be disabled in this machine
The video chipset is included in the 810e chipset

Maybe I'm wrong....



Chuck Ryan wrote in message ...
>Since my wife and my 3 1/2 year old have started fighting over time on
their
>shared PC, (each has their own partition), I decided to buy the wife a new
>machine.
>
>I picked up an HP Pavilion 6630 and fired it up. Now, as this PC is
designed
>for the technically challenged home user, I was not too suprised to find
the
>documentation limited to which button to push to turn it on. But, I figured
>a quick trip to the HP web site would get me the additional info I needed.
>
>WRONG!
>
></rant on>
>
>I have never seen such a useless collection of FAQ's and 1 paragraph
>summary's of general PC info before. Even when I followed a link to the
>motherboard and jumpers page, it tells you that the motherboard for this PC
>can vary depending on the processor it has. The processor can be either a
>celeron or a PII.... thanks for playing, not even a rough diagram of the
>motherboard.
>
>You would think a simple topic on configuring or disabling the onboard
>video, (which is of the type that uses system memory), would not be that
>difficult to find. But I do not think I even saw the video mentioned
>anywhere in the documentation or on the web site.
>
>After an hour on hold to their tech support line... I gave up.
>
></rant off>
>
>Anyway, just a word of warning to anyone buying an HP PC. Do not assume
that
>you will have access to documentation or support.
>

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