I had a feeling that the problem I was having with my color on my computer had something to do with the tower being shifted around quite a bit while getting the internet set up... soooooo... tonight I opened the tower and made sure everything was plugged in tightly. Imagine my surprise, and delight, when I started up the computer and it showed all the beautiful colors it was supposed to. Yay!
I am not a mechanic in any sense of the word - so you can be sure I am happy that this worked and I don't have to go out and purchase another graphics card with money that isn't there - yikes.
So, my computer is back in decent working order - and I'm happy as a clam (what does that mean anyway? how happy ARE clams?)...
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