tzbeck
11-09-2007, 04:19 PM
Name: Tenzin
Location: New Mexico, United States
Finish Date: OS installed 11-3-07. Finished Setup 11-9-07
Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2
Motherboard: MSI K9N SLI Platinum
Processor: AMD X2 5200+
Video Card: ATI Sapphire Radeon X1950 PRO
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 2GB 800Mz
Hard Drive: ExcelStor Tech 120 GB
PC Marks (v6): 4858
This would never had happened without your guide. It is truly people like you, who publish out of pure altruisim, that keep the internet great. I looked at other web guides, but all of them either had a commercial slant or were so incomplete that following them would have led me to utter confusion.
I think that I built a pretty good machine, considering that my budget was $800. Everything went pretty smoothly, at least it would have if I had been less stupid. I was unable to get the PC to initialize a first boot. After trying everything else you recommended (including running the mobo outside of the case), I finally realized that I had missed a power plug for the CPU. [I am pulling egg out of my beard now:rolleyes:]
Location: New Mexico, United States
Finish Date: OS installed 11-3-07. Finished Setup 11-9-07
Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP2
Motherboard: MSI K9N SLI Platinum
Processor: AMD X2 5200+
Video Card: ATI Sapphire Radeon X1950 PRO
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 2GB 800Mz
Hard Drive: ExcelStor Tech 120 GB
PC Marks (v6): 4858
This would never had happened without your guide. It is truly people like you, who publish out of pure altruisim, that keep the internet great. I looked at other web guides, but all of them either had a commercial slant or were so incomplete that following them would have led me to utter confusion.
I think that I built a pretty good machine, considering that my budget was $800. Everything went pretty smoothly, at least it would have if I had been less stupid. I was unable to get the PC to initialize a first boot. After trying everything else you recommended (including running the mobo outside of the case), I finally realized that I had missed a power plug for the CPU. [I am pulling egg out of my beard now:rolleyes:]