I'm planning something scary...

niceguyrichy · Nov 2, 2010, 01:55 AM

yeah, i am.
in the next week or so i'm gonna completely rebuild every computer in the house.
no major upgrades or anything, but i decided it was time for the kid to have a rig that could play stuff other than just online flash games (big step for her actually, she moves to DDR2 ! w00t! )

and because i'm doing the kid's computer, i'm taking the opportunity to rebuild and re-organise my rig no.2

(^ there is sound reasoning behind that thought process, i just can't for the life of remember what it is atm)

my main rig gets a new mobo and a new cpu cooler, so now i'll actually be able to use the pci-e slot that's completely blocked by my huge gfx cooler atm
with a half decent cooler i might even gently OC my cpu for a change too

i did both the laptops last week though, just in case the worst happens and i end up with 4 dead computers and can't figure out why

scary week coming up

Tyrsonswood · Nov 2, 2010, 02:09 AM

Don't zap yourself!

Callandor · Nov 2, 2010, 02:18 AM

Have fun!

niceguyrichy · Nov 2, 2010, 02:34 AM

fun ? ha!
it'll be satisfying when i have everything working just how i planned it, don't know if it'll be 'fun' getting there though

atm i'm cleaning hard drives (making sure i don't accidentally delete irreplaceable pics or anything).
so time consuming, and so boring

Cow_160483 · Nov 2, 2010, 04:38 AM

dont choke on the dust

Tyrsonswood · Nov 2, 2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Cow_160483

dont choke on the dust

.............and kitty furs.

Jac · Nov 2, 2010, 01:30 PM

I remember the bad old days when doing any kind of upgrade could render your system unusable for god knows how long. Hours of prodding, re-seating cards and hunting for drivers was a real PITA.

My last upgrade took my system down for 2 months although I can't remember how that could be possible. Turns out the new Mobo I had bought was faulty but I had know way of knowing which new component was dud at the time.

***craig5320*** · Nov 2, 2010, 01:47 PM

Good luck, if you lose them all you'll still have the iPhone. But no flash games for the kids

OmegaRED · Nov 2, 2010, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niceguyrichy

yeah, i am.
in the next week or so i'm gonna completely rebuild every computer in the house.
no major upgrades or anything, but i decided it was time for the kid to have a rig that could play stuff other than just online flash games (big step for her actually, she moves to DDR2 ! w00t! )

and because i'm doing the kid's computer, i'm taking the opportunity to rebuild and re-organise my rig no.2

(^ there is sound reasoning behind that thought process, i just can't for the life of remember what it is atm)

my main rig gets a new mobo and a new cpu cooler, so now i'll actually be able to use the pci-e slot that's completely blocked by my huge gfx cooler atm
with a half decent cooler i might even gently OC my cpu for a change too

i did both the laptops last week though, just in case the worst happens and i end up with 4 dead computers and can't figure out why

scary week coming up

My hero.

niceguyrichy · Nov 2, 2010, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by craig5320

Good luck, if you lose them all you'll still have the iPhone. But no flash games for the kids

that's why i did the laptops first, i'm too chicken

and we just got a Nokia C6 as well, that does flash right?

anyway, typically, i'm here ready to go (sort of), and the fricking mobo hasn't shown up.
got a new cooler for one of the boxes right on time today though

clicky

and my Raptor has been docked, backed-up, and formatted ready to go

clicky

but it's all gotta wait until some baxtard on fleabay pulls his finger out and posts my motherboard.
probably as well, it should be at this point i remember that i haven't bought some crucial part. bound to happen. wonder what it is..

***craig5320*** · Nov 8, 2010, 08:41 PM

How's the build going? I'm still waiting for a few parts but knocking together a little system for my fiance's grandma, replacing her duron 1ghz with a QX9650

Tyrsonswood · Nov 8, 2010, 09:24 PM

Don't give Grandma a heart attack, now........

niceguyrichy · Nov 8, 2010, 10:12 PM

Well I'm waiting on an InWin Dragon Slayer showing up to have a play with, and cos I'm swapping a couple bits between comps I have to wait until I got everything before I start
Hopefully a day or two and I'll get cracking with it

Takaharu · Nov 8, 2010, 10:56 PM

Yeah, he won it from Microdirect

niceguyrichy · Nov 8, 2010, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takaharu

Yeah, he won it from Microdirect

'he' surely did

blibbax · Nov 9, 2010, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by craig5320

How's the build going? I'm still waiting for a few parts but knocking together a little system for my fiance's grandma, replacing her duron 1ghz with a QX9650

Wow... lucky Grandma...

She's into LN2 overclocking and benchmarking I presume? :P

Would she notice if you mailed me the quad and I sent you my pentium dual core oO

niceguyrichy · Nov 13, 2010, 04:27 AM

a problem already.
with the first one, every time i shut down or restart, i have to clear the CMOS to get it to boot (or even POST).
updated BIOS. rolled back BIOS. updated again. still doing it, can't figure why

the case is nice though (InWin Dragon Slayer), lots of spaces making cable routing a joy rather than a chore

and the bulging side panel with the spaces for 4 extra fans means the tall cooler i bought just fits too.

so, anyone know why a mobo might need the CMOS reset every time you shut it down ???

IvanV · Nov 13, 2010, 12:26 PM

It's unlikely, but maybe the battery on the motherboard is bad.

The only other thing I Googled out was some guy who had some overclocking software which would apparently set some parameters to the values PC wouldn't boot with every time he got into Windows (which makes sense, but I'm guessing that you don't have such software installed

).

A Desire to Game · Nov 13, 2010, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IvanV

It's unlikely, but maybe the battery on the motherboard is bad.

The only other thing I Googled out was some guy who had some overclocking software which would apparently set some parameters to the values PC wouldn't boot with every time he got into Windows (which makes sense, but I'm guessing that you don't have such software installed

).

What kind of mobo? Could be the battery, but would be surprised with it being new.

Check BIOS settings/voltages. Did you set your RAM timings and voltage yet? Just throwing out ideas, that's kind of a weird occurrence.

niceguyrichy · Nov 13, 2010, 08:51 PM

thanks for the suggestions

it's not the battery, i changed that for a new one already.

on the subject of BIOS, should i go into the bios and manually plug in all the settings for CPU and memory like i think they should be ??

what exact settings should i be using for OCZ PC2 4200 ram (i know timings are 4-4-4-12, but i'm a tad n00bish about voltages etc), and a Pentium E6300 (thats the 45nm one @ 2.8Ghz btw) ???

niceguyrichy · Nov 16, 2010, 12:44 PM

almost everything in

Cow_160483 · Nov 16, 2010, 02:07 PM

any pics to prove it

Judas · Nov 16, 2010, 05:32 PM

jeese... i'm not a fan of the case jamming the hardrives in down there with the psu and how cramped up that is....

IvanV · Nov 16, 2010, 05:35 PM

More room for those foot long videocards, I suppose.

niceguyrichy · Nov 16, 2010, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by IvanV

More room for those foot long videocards, I suppose.

yeah, my card wouldn't come close to fitting if there was a traditional full-height drive cage
they do have their own dedicated fan down there though

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IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,917 Rep Power: 336 System Specs	Re: I'm planning something scary... More room for those foot long videocards, I suppose. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).