# garbled text on first boot... video card a POS?

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**Created:** [December 3, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/garbled-text-on-first-boot-video-card-a-pos/39682 "2007-12-03T17:42:58Z")
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### Author: ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2007, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/garbled-text-on-first-boot-video-card-a-pos/39682/8 "2007-12-04T06:31:29Z")

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well, I tried seating it 3 or 4 times, and even tried using a screw (I have the quick release connectors on my case). The PSU is brand new as well.

is Rosewill a decent brand? it seems to be working ok

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I’m hoping it’s just a shitty vid card. My old trident 16K card looked more advanced than this thing

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