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Installing a vid card. How do I bypass my on board vid card?

Compaq presario SR5518f There is an option in the bios to override the on Board Card, do I need to change that then install or will the card install itself? I dont want to be stuck and not have a way out once I start

You Don‘t need to do anything with the BIOS. Just go to device manager and uninstall the video that is currently in use. It don’t actually uninstall it untill the shut down so you won’t loose your picture when you do it. Before you shut down put in the CD that came with the new Video Card. Shut down the computer NOT RESTART. Then pull the plug from the power supply and then remove the side cover. Make sure you touch the metal casing before you touch anything else. Install the New Video Card in the proper slot and then reassemble the computer making sure you plug your monitor into the new card and restart the computer. The computer will see the new card and ask you to look for the driver automatically click yes and include removable drives. it will load the driver only. Then after that loads You Can go to the CD and run the setup so that all the utilities can be loaded too.

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Mayfair The Settlers Of Catan Board Game

When I first read about Mayfair the settlers of catan board game on the Penny Arcade blog, they appeared to like it very much, so I figured I’d try it out one day, and now I finally bought it (along with the Cities and Knights and Seafarer’s expansions) and played it with a friend of mine.

It appears a bit simple at first (a 20 or so grid board with wooden play pieces) and the rules seem perplexed but once you master it, the game becomes a lot of fun.

You’ve a grid of plots that each have different terrain. That terrain interprets to a resource (i.e. a Forest gives you Wood, a Field gives you Grain, etc.). You place numbered disks on each plot which represent to numbers on a 2d6 roll (2-12, except for 7).

When that number comes up, any player with a settlement on the edge of the plot that has the number rolled gets a resource (in the form of cards in a deck). You can then take resources to build more settlements, cities and roads. You can also buy a card from the Development deck which is slanted towards one type of card unfortunately (the Knight) but some of the cards let you do stuff like buy something for less, steal resources from other players and the like.

There’s this robber concept where a robber sits on a desert plot and, when 7 is rolled, is moved by the player who rolled that 7. The robber cleans out anyone with more than 7 resource cards (you ditch half back to the deck) and then the player who rolled the 7 gets to take a card from a player adjacent to the plot where the robber is now located. Also, resources cannot be drawn from the plot the robber is on. It creates an interesting dynamic in the game and throws a nice curve into gameplay.

The ultimate destination is to get 10 victory points which you get by accepting settlements (1 VP), cities (2 VP), and any bonuses from the Development deck or by having the largest army (most knight cards above 3) or the longest contiguous road on the map.

You Are able to make the game a bit better (in my opinion) by getting the Catan: Cities & Knights Expansion – New 4th Edition!!!!! expansion which evolves the game play a bit more.

Even though the wooden pieces are a little bit of retro, they’re still nicely made, the cards are so solid and not flimsy, and the game board is made of solid cardboard which is Very Good in terms of the contents of the box.

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