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25. December 2007 @ 01:03 |
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Originally posted by Lp531:
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You should have just said you installed a lexus engine in a new car.
New car?..it's 33 years Old...I'm OG Fast & Furious...LOL..:)
Lp...
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Thought that I'd at least hit something close to TOPIC
It has a computer...So in essence...the car is just the case for the Compy...so...I have been on Topic all along...XD
Think the Mods will buy it?..
That's why I said you had the Celica Case...LOL.
NOPE but I think that the Christmas Spirit will get the best of them. :P How in the world did you get that Lexus (toyota really...:D) V8?
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ON Topic....
Had my first BSOD!!! EVER!!!! It was on my main rig and I think that I've narrowed it down to a bad memory module. :( I'll do some more testing to make sure but I took out all of my RAM and stuck one in that I thought was good and the machine has ran for 24 hours now with ZERO probs. Dang cheap RAM. It was some of the first stuff that I bought and didn't know any better (Ultra PC 3200 DDR 400 stuff w/ heatsinks). I didn't even OC it. Makes me even sadder. lol.
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25. December 2007 @ 01:44 |
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Lp531,
This was my last good ride! I had just picked it up at the dealer out on Long Island N.Y. Very refined for a true sports car.
This was my Wife's
She wanted to enter in in this Concours thing, and spent a week detailing it! LOL!!
Sold them both in 96 after she died. We lived back east then in N.Y.
God, those days were fun. Not a very civilized car, but a blast to drive, and she drove it well! Hope the Mod's don't mind (they do have computers in them don't they?) LOL!! I put pics of them both on the net about 10 years ago! I had to hunt to remember where I put them! LOL!!
Best Regards,
Russ
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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25. December 2007 @ 01:45 |
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@Greensman
Just Shoehorned it in there...good old fashioned American Hot Rodding...The engine is a 4V-UE...its an All Aluminum...scaled down version...of a 426 Hemi...the design is near identical...
Got it from a source...They use them in racing still...and apparently they were used in Australia...I seem to find lots of info on them from down under...
Some Early Japanesse Celica's had Nasty 18-RG Dual Overhead cam (4) cyl engines from the factory...they weren't allowed in the =USA= Due to smog...
Getting Ready to due a Vista install...so Wish Me Luck...going to need it with Vista..:)
@theonejrs
Look's like I picked the wrong line of work...Those must of been Fun...
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25. December 2007 @ 02:24 |
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Russ,
Are you funnin?? Those are expensive autos!!! :D
Lp that's cool, I love Toyota stuff. Drives me a 94 Camry with about 160,000 on it. ;)
Again back to On Topic stuff....lol
I checked the RAM the old fashioned way. One at a time across the slots and then one at a time on slot #1. :D They all ran Windows just fine. Could it be that they (4 sticks) don't get along or something? They've been in the puter for over 3 months now. :S It has me puzzled. I put the "original" RAM back in. The Ultra PC 3200 with h/s on them. Any ideas fellas?? tia...
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25. December 2007 @ 02:55 |
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Greensman,
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Are you funnin?? Those are expensive autos!!! :D
Nope! Neither were bought new and between my wife and I we both made what would even today, be considered a very good living! I bought the Pantera at the end of 89 and she bought the F-40 in 94. She was a Trauma center RN and eventually became Head Nurse of the unit in 93. I spent 38 years in Medical and Dental and am a Federally Certified X-Ray Repair Technician. I used to travel all over the world on somebody else's dime! LOL!!
Best Regards,
Russ
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25. December 2007 @ 04:08 |
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During Vista install the Video Card went Belly-up...Damn...Installed a temp card...Vista is back on the road to install...will post some pic's of the build...
@theonejrs
Good taste in cars...where were the pic's taken?..
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25. December 2007 @ 06:10 |
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Lol dear oh dear Abuzar you have very little taste in cars, eh?
That's some tasty stuff there theone, although I'm not entirely sure it counts as being on topic...
In any case, merry christmas to the lot of you.
And best of luck with Vista, Lp, you'll need it!
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25. December 2007 @ 07:03 |
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Hey man I only talk about stuff I can afford. I CAN afford a M3, but I CANT afford a Ferrari 360 Spider, or a Aston Martin Vanquish, or a Bugatti Veyron, the list goes on...
LP, I didn't mean new car I mean new car for the engine. lol whats your name btw?
Russ, bro if you can afford a Ferrari why do you even put cost into consideration when you build pcs? You could build your self a quad sli setup and break a sweat!
EDIT: Windows Mobile phones are considered computers right? 'Cause I just got me a T-mobile Shadow. It takes the clunkiness out of Windows Mobile thats for sure!
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25. December 2007 @ 07:16 |
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@abuzar1
Its Les...but everyone calls me Lp...Whats yours?..
@sam
I'd ask you yours...but its kind of obvious..:) Actually Vista is an easy install...The only problem is getting Vista to work with the other programs you install...I only like the Media Center...the rest of it Su@ks...Its a HTCP build...so...its Vista...
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25. December 2007 @ 07:17 |
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My name is Abuzar, but a lot of people call me booze lol.
EDIT: Lp, why not try Windows MCE?
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25. December 2007 @ 08:02 |
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abuzar1,
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Russ, bro if you can afford a Ferrari why do you even put cost into consideration when you build pcs?
That was a long time ago! Bad health can do that to a person. Doctors and Hospitals can eat up a lot of money in a very short time, believe me! Years ago I sold everything I owned and divided everything up between my children. I'm glad that I did it now as if I had waited, I would have lost everything, and my kids would have wound up with nothing! I still make a living, but on a considerably lower scale! LOL!!
As a kid I grew up poor which fortunately gave me a good sense of value for things. I had a lot of fun when I could afford to. I still have fun, but now it's got a different meaning to it. The two cars were the only extravagance we ever had. Aside from that we preferred a very middle class lifestyle. I could never see me mixing with the rich mucky mucks that live in mansions behind 8 foot walls in what I consider mausoleums! LOL!! I lived my life with the door always open and the Coffee Pot always on. I never complain about what I haven't got, but thank God every day for what I do have!
It's taken me some time to get the type computer I always wanted from the very beginning, but hey, I've got it now and to me that's all that counts. There's a sense of appreciation and accomplishment that made the struggle all that more rewarding.
Merry Christmas to You and Yours,
Russ
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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25. December 2007 @ 08:34 |
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25. December 2007 @ 08:38 |
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Yeah, but I have to argue about those walls. I think walls around a house are awesome, of course this is coming from a Pakistani guy, and we have walls around every house, rich or poor.
Anyway Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it.
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25. December 2007 @ 15:52 |
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@abuzar
MCE 2005...Is ok...Vista's Media Center is just nicer...and it does actually work...
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25. December 2007 @ 15:55 |
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I tried using it but it came off as unnecessary. I remember some time ago retailers were aggressively pushing it to the point as if it was a total new OS.
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25. December 2007 @ 17:21 |
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Just another Phenom update for your consideration.
I think a good portion of my problem was simply a bad driver install. That corrupted some of the OS files. I went ahead and did a full reinstall of the OS including the long format and new partitions.
I moved my wireless hub a lot closer and installed things in this order:
Motherboard drivers from the disc.
Wireless USB adapter drivers from the disc.
Download AVG Free virus protection.
Activate Windows.
Nvidia driver for the 7900GS video card(The HD 3780s deserved a better home).
Windows XP updates.
So that's where I'm at. It's only locked up once, during the first virus scan. (I had rearranged logical disc letters after installing the virus program so I think it was trying to scan the DVD drive).
I managed to complete a 3DMark06 run and with the 7900GS card got a score of ~5200.
The CPU portion of the test looked equivalent or better than what the OC'ed E6700 was getting so I'm feeling a bit better about this.
I did manage to get the CPU overclocked again from 2.2 to 2.3. Anything faster would crash it. (Vcore set to Auto). There is more available but I don't know what safe voltages/temps for this CPU are. I'm waiting for a better Phenom so it doesn't matter.
I learn something from every build, this one has taught me to be very careful when installing drivers, among other things.
I'm not ready to blame my magnetic screwdriver yet, lol.
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25. December 2007 @ 18:33 |
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@Abuzar: Because theone has no need to. His PC serves him perfectly well now. You don't get rich writing cheques!
Lp: Easy install? I gave up after 15 tries on my old motherboard. Of course I didn't know back then that the chipset was foobarred.
Frank: Interesting. I know the 7900GS isn't that powerful, but that score is still bunk considering what CPU you have. 1000 marks of my 5600 (when I didn't overclock my GPU) came from OC'ing my CPU from 1.8Ghz to 3Ghz. I sincerely hope a Phenom is more powerful than my dual core, so you should see an additional boost from that.
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25. December 2007 @ 19:07 |
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25. December 2007 @ 22:18 |
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He_Man,
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What do you guys think about this HD?
Let me put it this way! Some very knowledgeable people in this and other forums refer to them as "Deathstars"! LOL!! The only one I ever bought died in less than a month!
Best Regards,
theone
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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25. December 2007 @ 22:20 |
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What's wrong with a Nice Seagate or WD HDD with 16mb of cache? They ARE pretty good, and with RAID 0 they can get speedy.
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25. December 2007 @ 22:32 |
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I'm going Seagate on this next build. I've built with WD and they are good so nothing wrong with them afaik. ;) A couple of my friends have "recommended" Seagate so I'm gonna try it. :D
I also have an old 40G Deskstar (IBM) and it's still going strong after 6+ years and numerous formats. :P
You'll always have "fans" of this or that but "experience" normally ways out over everything else. All I can suggest is going with something that has been recommended by someone you trust. Hopefully you won't get a DOA and also something that will last for years.
Good luck with your dilemma and may you make the best choice for YOU.... :D
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25. December 2007 @ 22:44 |
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Originally posted by abuzar1:
What's wrong with a Nice Seagate or WD HDD with 16mb of cache?
Nothing, its just getting to a point where the newer 32mb are at or near the price of the older 16mb. Nothing wrong with having an old AMD Opteron 185 processor, I cant talk about mine because these forums just tend to stay with the latest and greatest and everyone talks about C2D this and Gigabyte that now when 2 years ago it was AMD and Asus.
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25. December 2007 @ 22:44 |
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Greensman,
You might give this a try. Just make a boot CD or Floppy and it tests your mrmory at the machine's basic level. It will check all the memory at the same time and tell you if there's any errors and which stick(s) is the problem! It's free and works very well!
http://www.memtest.org/
Best Regards,
theone
GigaByte 990FXA-UD5 - AMD FX-8320 @4.0GHz @1.312v - Corsair H-60 liquid CPU Cooler - 4x4 GB GSkill RipJaws DDR3/1866 Cas8, 8-9-9-24 - Corsair 400-R Case - OCZ FATAL1TY 550 watt Modular PSU - Intel 330 120GB SATA III SSD - WD Black 500GB SATA III - WD black 1 TB Sata III - WD Black 500GB SATA II - 2 Asus DRW-24B1ST DVD-Burner - Sony 420W 5.1 PL-II Suround Sound - GigaByte GTX550/1GB 970 Mhz Video - Asus VE247H 23.6" HDMI 1080p Monitor
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25. December 2007 @ 23:02 |
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Originally posted by theonejrs:
Greensman,
You might give this a try. Just make a boot CD or Floppy and it tests your mrmory at the machine's basic level. It will check all the memory at the same time and tell you if there's any errors and which stick(s) is the problem! It's free and works very well!
http://www.memtest.org/
Best Regards,
theone
Thanks Russ. :) I did that about 6 months ago but I guess it would be a good idea to do it again. :D
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25. December 2007 @ 23:18 |
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Originally posted by Deadrum33:
Nothing wrong with having an old AMD Opteron 185 processor, I cant talk about mine because these forums just tend to stay with the latest and greatest and everyone talks about C2D this and Gigabyte that now when 2 years ago it was AMD and Asus.
I agree about the 185 Opteron processor, a GREAT cpu for the money a couple of years ago BUT it makes NO sense to get the Opteron NOW when you can get the E6750 for about $40 USD less or the E6850 for about $60 USD more. ;)
I have a AMD X2 3800 and an ASUS mobo which is ironic but they've been good the last year or so. ;) I couldn't afford to do the AMD Opteron or an Intel C2D build a little over a year ago so I decided to save for whatever was the "best" at the time I could. You guessed it; the Intel C2D cpu and Gigabyte mobo. ;)
Don't hate the builder just hate the manufacturer that makes US spend our HARD earned CASH for the newest and greatest. lol.
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