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GeneralWin 10: taken hostage by drivers in upgrade nightmare with eyes wide open Pin
BillWoodruff16-Sep-16 21:10
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Well, yes, I exaggerate: compared to the psychic donnybrooks of previous installs which have left me with scars in the shapes of the various Windows Logos, the Win10 upgrade over 8.1 has really been pain-free. Today, I set out to replace the 8+ year-old Radeon graphic card with the new wonder, an MSI 1060 6gb OC, that I was able to obtain here for about US $30 over the going cheapo mail-order rate in the US ... given the premium on these cards here in Amazing Thailand (believe it or not, we got a lot of Thai gamers with discretionary income here who have no problem laying down three months salary of a construction worker for the latest go-faster), that was a very good deal .... (why does NewEgg show a price for this MSI card nearly US $90 over the other cheapo venues ?).

From rapture to reality:

Today, I chose to go into safe mode (via mscofig) to remove the AMD graphic card drivers and associated files and registry keys using a neat little free utility "Display Driver Uninstaller," which can unistall Intel, AMD, and nVidia packages:[^].

So, me goes to "Safe Mode," which I have re-named HIM ("Held Incommunicado Mode"). And, wouldn't you know, the drivers for my fancy-schmancy LogiTech 910 kb and 602 mouse didn't load, and, so, I couldn't do a damn thing in safe mode but look at icons I couldn't click on a black screen. Even doing a system restore did not get me out of safe-mode.

Finally, I decided to unplug the LogiTech devices and plug-in my old non-fancy kb and mouse. At last, I was able to click and type, and get out of HIM mode. But, if I hadn't had my old kb and mouse layin' about, I would have been in real trouble.

The art of the deal (?)

As in many other situations here in the Land of Smiles, showing up with cash as the store was about to close was effective: let's say I saved about US $25 over the mail-order price from the Thai somewhat-equivalent to Amazon on-line shop [Lazada.co.th]. But, here, US $25 translates into about 925 baht, and with fresh soy-milk at 5 baht per 350 ml., that's 185 bags of the joy-juice-of-the-gods, and that's almost half my diet for maybe six-weeks. Capiche ?

And, now, into the breech that may be next level of a Dantean Hell: installing the new graphic card and getting it set-up with this beast of a 4k teevee to try and help me eyes see mo' bettah.

cheers, Bill

p.s. I think you may be thinking, now, that I am one lucky old dog to be fiddlin' with such fresh bacon as these somewhat high-end components, and, if I'm so "frugal," and not a gamer, what I'm doin'.

Part of the reason is: I hope, when I resell this system, it will have more value than if I replace the old stuff that needs to be replace with cheapo; and, I do anticipate re-selling if I leave the country in the next four months. Another reason, is that I've had someone who owed me some moolah for some time surprise me by paying me in full. But, as you may surmise, the real reason is I just like "hot gear," even if I don't use half its capacity. Some people like fast cars, I like a solid mid-range bicycle, a good back-pack, and a computer whose innards are not ten years old.

I suspect that on this Forum I do not need to present any rationalization for "hardware lust."
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