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Gman
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Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 13453
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 OMG NEW COMPUTER
BIG BIG BIG thanks to super effect, acid rain, and corpse for helping me through this. I'd never built a new computer before and super effect walked me through just about everything I needed to know. Acid rain was a big help in the initial drive setup too. I learned a lot today... and I've still got more to install, like my sound card, other hdd, and my other cd drive... but those can wait.
I'm running windows update now. 17 of 17 updates! Horray!
I'll download steam and some benchmarking programs and let you guys know just how bad this motherfucker is. The shittiest thing in it is the video card.
AMD Athalon 64bit 3500+ Venice
2GB (4x512mb) TwinMOS dual channel ddr400 (@pc3200)
AtiX700 PCIe
36gb Western Digital 10,000rpm hdd
120gb Seagate 7,200rpm hdd
16x16 dual layer (+/-) dvd ram/rom drive
16x dvd rom drive
1.44mb floppy
OCZ ModStream Power Supply
SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS
Aspire X-Cruiser Case (black)
_________________ I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S Thompson
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SneakyJesus
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Joined: Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:00 am Posts: 274 Location: Delray Beach, FL
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F*CKIN nice man. congrats.
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Gman
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Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 13453
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Looks like everything is working fine, although I'm not 100% sure yet.
I had some problems with my shit turning off at random, but I took out half of my ram and it seems to have stabilized. It isn't a temp issue. I have lots of fans blowing and my case is wide open... and my temp inside the case is well below 30 celcius.
Once I have time to look into it, I'll do so later. Anyone have any ideas other than bad ram?
_________________ I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S Thompson
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| Sat Dec 03, 2005 12:54 am |
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Vision
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Joined: Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:00 am Posts: 4626 Location: Lakeland, FUCK!!!
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power supply?
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| Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:21 am |
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Gman
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Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 13453
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I got it working. I had a gay fan power cord that was hitting my cmos fan, causing it to heat up and kill the power to prevent damage.
I tied all my cables back, put in that gig of ram, and voila! Smooth sailin'.
_________________ I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S Thompson
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ocelot_truth
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Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:00 am Posts: 3056 Location: Nc, Bitches.
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When i first got my custom computer it would keep shutting off. Turns out it was bad memory.
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| Sat Dec 03, 2005 1:56 am |
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DurangoKiD
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Joined: Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:00 am Posts: 2559 Location: Tampa, FL
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What OS did you put on it XP or XP 64bit?
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| Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:12 am |
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Gman
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Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 13453
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Just XP pro. I might install longhorn and see how it runs, but meh.
_________________ I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S Thompson
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| Sat Dec 03, 2005 9:59 am |
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Baldreaper
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Joined: Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:00 pm Posts: 2251 Location: Orlando, Florida
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Congratulations Gman! A new "Toy" is always fun!
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| Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:09 am |
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Tek
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Joined: Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 1559 Location: olive branch, ms
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you have longhorn?
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| Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:34 am |
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Gman
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Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 13453
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I can get it.
ARRRRRRRRRR.
_________________ I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S Thompson
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| Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:57 am |
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rx78ghost
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Joined: Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:00 am Posts: 1681 Location: Los Angeles
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nice new comp, im gonna get one for myself on christmas. amd is the best!(at least for gameing...(GAMING???) if you like dvd's you shood probably get a faster dvd rom drive cause 16x isn't above average like the rest of your comp...but i guess i shoodn't be talking cause my comp isnt that good anyway so...
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Gman
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Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 13453
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DVD's are for the huge tv in the living room.
_________________ I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S Thompson
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| Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:11 pm |
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drpepper
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Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:00 pm Posts: 876
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ya but u may need for DVD games u no like bf2
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Midnight
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Joined: Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:00 am Posts: 820 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
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damn, im jealous..
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Gman
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Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 13453
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Dr pepper wrote: ya but u may need for DVD games u no like bf2
Maybe that's why I have 2 dvd drives.
_________________ I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S Thompson
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| Sun Dec 04, 2005 11:44 am |
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CorpseHumper
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Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 8643 Location: Southwest Florida
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I'm so jealous of this new rig... I need MORE POWER!
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Gman
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My rig is better than your rig! TEE HEE
_________________ I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S Thompson
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CorpseHumper
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Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 8643 Location: Southwest Florida
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I've got "hardware envy"
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Gman
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Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 13453
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My hard drive and my ram is faster and more satisfying than yours.
_________________ I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. -- Hunter S Thompson
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