freaking ridiculous.
since (as i'm writing this) the steam autumn sale is happening, i decided to buy some games. one of those games was red dead redemption 2, because game pass ultimate doesn't have it, and my cool ass social studies teacher like(d/s) the game so yeah. i then installed it which took 5~ hours because it's a 120 gb game and little old xfinity can only take so much, and finally got to open it! it crashes! no biggie, open it again! it crashes! i launch in safe mode! it crashes! at this point im a bit annoyed, so i look up how to fix it. the google ai's reccomendations don't work, so i ask chatgpt.
it tells me to make sure my monitor wasn't connected to my integrated graphics card (amd radeon graphics) before disabling it in device manager. i assumed the one hdmi port my monitor was plugged into in the back was my dedicated card (rx 6600 xt). so i unplug it and it's connected to integrated graphics card. now my screen is black.
i have zero time for this when this is happening, it's like 11 at night and im tired, so i have to pull out my school laptop and troubleshoot how to get my monitor back on. eventually before i went to bed it told me i'd have to unscrew my back panel and take out my CMOS battery and let it sit to "reset windows configuration". what???
so i get home the next day and look up to make sure if taking out my CMOS would reset that. and google ai, the SAME AI THAT TOLD ME IT WOULD, said "No, removing your CMOS battery would not reset a disabled device in Device Manager."
somebody find john ai so i can jump him.
i then use narrator and my handy headphones to navigate and re-enable my integrated card. first thing i do is contact rockstar support and ask for help. a representative gives me some troubleshooting tips, and they don't work. reinstlaling drivers, i send them my dxdiag and msconfig32 and launcher files. that doesn't work, so i'm upgraded through 3 tier 2 representatives who give me some tips that don't work either. i then get upgraded to 2 tier 3 representatives.
so far what they gave me hasn't worked, and they haven't responded to me in 14 hours. man, im gonna refund my game i swear!!!!!!