How To Swap An Old Video Card For A New One.

Now we all like the  nice sound effects emanating from your laptop when you turn your laptop on...Those sound effects are courtesy of the video card or graphics card. However, one day you turn your your laptop on and, although the battery indicator is on, your screen is blank. Then  a small voice  whispers in your ear saying"It's your video card. You need to change it." So now that we know the cause of your bank screen, here is how to swap an old video card for a new video card.

• Buy a new video card.  
• Uninstall the current video drivers, Click on "My Computer", Select "Properties, click"Hardware" and click "Device Manager"
•  Go t the "Display Adapter section" and double click on your current video card.
• When the "Properties section shows up,  select the "Driver" tab and click "Uninstall."
• Now this next section is going to be tricky as you do not want be electrocuted. I suggest you wear an antistatic wrist strap.
• Now that we've got that covered, go ahead and physically remove the old video card
• Turn Off Your PC and disconnect the power supply
• Open the CPU case and locate the AGP slot of your motherboard just above the PCI slot.
• Now use a screw driver to unscrew the video card from the back plate and take it. out.
• Now insert the new video card firmly and completely Screw it to the back plate
• Next, install the new drivers. Your Windows operating system should guide you through the process
• For those with non-windows operating systems, click on "Start Menu and open the the Control Panel.
• Click on "Add/Remove Hardware" to activate the installation wizard. 

That's wrap for "How To Swap An Old Video Card For  A New One."  Hopefully, you wont sweat too much changing your video card.

cheers!


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