video card recommendation ? - UPDATE

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:08:49 -0500
Bill Walton <bwalton.im at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes.  Something in the package install changed the BIOS settings.
> Unfortunately it is not possible to simply change the Boot Sequence.
> The CD device is, according to BIOS as reflected in the Boot Sequence
> screen, no longer present in the system.  BIOS doesn't see it at all.
> It is listed at the top of the device listing with a "(not present)"
> tag next to it.  I have no idea what to do to restore the setting so
> that BIOS again sees the CD drive.  Any ideas?

It sounds like a hardware issue.  Have you checked the CD drive's
connections?  If they are good I'd suspect the drive, itself, of going
suddenly wonky.

I doubt the installation affected the BIOS.

Cybe R. Wizard
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