Fuzzy Logic

I recently bought a pair of PCIe 7800GTs, made by EVGA.  My motherboard is an nForce4 A8N-Sli motherboard and had served me well until I attempted to install these cards.  When I tried to install these cards, however, the entire screen corrupted, flickered, and maxed out my system resources, making it impossible to install or do anything with the screen. Also, when I attempted to install the drivers the program would cause the computer to crash. To complete this solution, you need the following:

• Windows XP Pro (for the Remote Desktop capablities)
• Another computer on the network

The solution I found was this:

1. Visit nVidia’s driver website and download the new drivers
2. Enable RDP
3. Turn off your computer, install the new cards
4. Start up your computer.  You will experience lots of artifacting.  Just log on to your user’s account.
5. On the computer not in use, connect via RDP to the SLI’d computer.  Log in and take over the computer.  Install the drivers remotely.

If all goes well, this will solve your problem–I know it did for me.

So, in a move that shocks absolutely no one, Richard Stallman (RMS) has once again denounced Microsoft and their tactics.  This time, however, he has got me rather aggravated with his arguments.  I am a very big fan of GNU/Linux, even running it exclusively on two of my three machines.  But RMS, considered by many to be the father of the modern Free/Open-Source Software movement, has really jumped a boundary when he wrote a BBC article blaming Bill Gates for ruining computers for the majority of users.  While I dislike many of Microsoft’s tactics and products, I really feel that RMS is out of line with this latest rant.

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