so i bought a
tv tuner card and put it in my computer, turned on the computer and it made weird noises and wouldn't get past the boot screen. it would show the dell logo with the little loading bar and stuff, but it never got to the windows part. so i turned the computer off and everything and took the card back out and turned the computer on again and it still won't start up. it's not making weird noises anymore, but it won't get past the original dell loading screen. i tried safe mode and everything but once it gets ready to start windows it just freezes, i left it sitting there trying to start up for like 2 hours while i was watching tv and it just sat there frozen.
i don't know much about it's specs cause it's not actually my computer i just use it, but it's a dell optiplex something-or-other (i think a gx240) with windows xp professional. not sure about anything else other than it has a really crappy graphics card which might not have been compatible, but i didn't think that would make it completely break the computer.
i can only get online at my mom's house so i don't know when i'll be able to check back here but i appreciate any help you guys can give me and i'll get back to you as soon as i can.
thanks,
lauren