The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

What change did you make to the board to cause the problem?

 

thats just it none. ive hadd my new hdd a week now no problems other than shooting some air all over to clean off the dust thats it. i havent even done any OC'ing im at my max for that on this system.

 

Hmm, that is odd. Which components are left to test?

 

well honestly the mem hasnt been tested. but uve taken out 1 stick and tried fireing it up with 1 stick in each slot. same problem. then i tried the other stick the same way and same results. the only other thing it can be if not hte PSU which here in the next hour or so im gonna have it checked, would be the mobo...

 

The first machine I ever installed XP on when I bought it, was a Dell Optiplex 350MHz P2, and it took only a little over an hour. I think a lot of the time people used to spend installing it had more to do with the speed of the older hard drives and how much memory it had installed, than anything else. The Dell Dimension 3000 P4 3.0GHz was under an hour. Even my neighbors P-100 only took about 1 1/2 hours to install XP on, but his HDD was ancient. Even installs of XP on K6 laptops as slow as 350MHz take about an hour!

Russ

 

An old AATA-66 or ATA-33 drive would certainly take some time.

 

Who has an Opinion on this YAY or NAY. I'm in need of a Monitor

I-inc IX191APB 19" LCD Monitor - 1280 x 1024, 700:1 Contrast Ratio, VGA, Speakers, Black Price: $129.99

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...EM1744C&cm_mmc=Email-_-Main-_-WEM1744-_-ghoul

 

Very cheap. I tend to prefer quality brand monitors though, after all you are looking at them whenever you use your PC at all. The $170 Viewsonic is very attractive.

 

sammorris..Where did U see it 4 170.00

 

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3424387&CatId=170
It's widescreen, but it's an unusually high resolution for its size.

 

New benchmarks on Nehalem!

http://translate.google.com/transla...wthread.php?t=2700&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=el&tl=en

 

This looks pretty good also
Hanns-G HG-216DPB 21.6" Widescreen LCD Monitor - 5ms, 1680x1050 (WSXGA+), 1000:1 Ratio, HDMI, VGA, Speakers, Black
Price: $149.99

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3506884&CatId=2775

 

Good specs, but Hanns-G vs Viewsonic.

 

Are their any products that work like Headset & Mic, but more like a speaker phone(basically an Intercom type sys). That can B used with SKYPE
I've got a Phone

 

well my PSU has been checked out. it is fine, the GPU ran about 40 mins and played bioshock on it. so i guess i gotta try and see if the mobo or CPU are bad now....

 

Robert you have more trouble with new builds that anyone I've ever seen. you think it might be the operator ? LMAO!!

 

oh there is no doubt in my mind its the operator..... but it wont get done with someone else doing it..lol never heard me say i was a pro at this..lmao.

but guess what? this lack luster operator is now posting from the big red machine YES!!!!!!!!!

 

might have if i believe in that..lol but im happier than micheal jackson in boys town right now...lol