You have a customer who has a failed graphics card on his ne

You have a customer who has a failed graphics card on his new computer. He can get a new one under warranty from the manufacturer, but while he waits for it to arrive, he wants you to temporarily install an AGP graphics card so that he can still use his computer for gaming. You tell him this is not a good technical option because of what?

A. Installing a card other than the one provided as a replacement by the manufacturer could void his warranty.

B. Not all AGP cards use the same type of AGP slot, and it may not fit the AGP slot on his brandnew motherboard.

C. His brandnew computer does not have an AGP slot, since AGP support on new motherboards has been phased out in place of PCIe support.

D. His AGP card is older and is too slow to support the AGP bus on his brandnew motherboard.

Solution

A and C. It’s easy to turn the DRAM stick the wrong way around so that the notch on the bottom of the stick doesn’t line up correctly with the memory slot on the motherboard. Also, instead of trying to push the stick straight down into the slot, try putting in one side first, holding the stick at a slight angle, and then pressing the other side down until it locks into place.