Struck out, so weird
On my way home last night I stopped at Ali’s to work on a computer problem. Seemingly ever since a recent Windows update her video card stopped working correctly. So I futzed around with it awhile. As Windows booted you could see it start to load the driver as the other two screens would flash momentarily but then it died and only one screen came up using the generic display driver. I tried all the normal tricks like removing and reinstalling the driver and ensuring I was using the latest and greatest AMD had available on their website, reseating the card, and just swearing at the computer several times. Nothing worked. The Radeon 6350 card in the system was older but did have drivers for Windows 10.
So I decided that perhaps the card itself had gone bad, a rare thing but it does happen. Walmart was nearby so I figured I would just grab a cheap card, I thought I recalled them selling a few PC components like video cards and hard drives. Well perhaps my memory was incorrect because they had no cards, instead I had to fight through shitty rush hour traffic to get to Staples a mile or two up the road. I almost struck out there as well, they officially stopped carrying video cards but had a couple old Radeon 6450 cards on the shelf. I really wanted to get a Nvidia chipset card as that is what I always use but they had none. I grabbed the card and headed back.
Well you can imagine my delight when I put the new card in and had the same symptoms. The card used the same driver as the old one which I wasn’t thrilled with, another reason I wanted a Nvidia model, to use a different driver. So I needed to get home to feed Elsa so I had to raise the white flag for now. I am returning the card I bought and ordered a Nvidia chipset card which I will receive in a couple days.
Speaking of Elsa, she has picked up another weird behavior about eating. Cindy and I have to practically beg her to start eating. Once she starts to eat she gobbles it down quickly but for some reason she acts like something is suspicious about the act of us filling her food dish. She often will just hide under my desk until we convince her it is ok to come out. It’s very strange.
She also acts very strange when I come home. Even though you can tell she is excited to see me she will run off and hide like she did something wrong and was going to be punished. It took me over 5 minutes of coaxing when I got home last night to get her out from under my desk to go outside. Once she realizes she isn’t in trouble she is fine but I don’t really understand why she acts this way in the first place. We have been giving her more freedom when we are away, allowing her to roam the hard flooring areas of the house instead of being crated. Surprisingly this added freedom appears to have made her more paranoid.