Sounds cool - but do both operating systems need to be on the C: drive in order to work? Can you leave vista on another partition and still boot from it? I'm just thinking that would prevent the...
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Sounds cool - but do both operating systems need to be on the C: drive in order to work? Can you leave vista on another partition and still boot from it? I'm just thinking that would prevent the...
Thanks, Rob, for a terrific book and website - It helped me build my own super PC for the first time ever! My Dell motherboard died :mad: (which, in retrospect, was the best thing that ever happened...
I'm no expert like Jamie or Wise Monkey, but there is still a lot of evidence out there that Vista is still not quite ready for prime-time. Lots of hardware and software incompatibilities still.
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I'm running AMI Bios version 1.7. Should I do the test found at memtest.org or memtest86.com? Are they the same test?
I assume I boot from a floppy or CD-ROM to run the test, no? Dang, I hope...
Thanks for the recommendations and links!
Everything has been running smoothly with my new CPU (less than a week after putting it together), but all of the sudden I get two beeps from the computer speaker on startup. Everything boots fine,...
So, do both of these have the glossy screens, too? So, Jamie, you really like the Asus even though it is an analog monitor (no DVI)? I thought DVI was supposed to be even better resolution, no?
Hi folks,
I'm looking to upgrade from my old (put reliable) CRT to an LCD monitor. Any recommendations? I really like the glossy LCD screens, and I am partial to the widescreen monitors, too -...
Super, that's really what I'm hoping for. I loved HL, and just haven't played HL2 until I got an upgrade. Lucky for me (ha), my Dell motherboard died, and now I have brand new super hardware to...
Thanks WM and Jamie for shoring up my confidence - I will definitely try PC Mark and see what that tells me. If everything looks bad when I try to run Half Life 2, then I'll know that I have to look...
Thanks for the hints, Jamie. One of the reasons I was so bummed was because many of the systems that were just slightly above mine had much lower CPU chip speeds (like 2.0 and 2.2 GHz vs. my 2.6...
Hi All,
I just completed building my first "super pc" and the experience was exhilirating! Thanks Rob for a great book!:)
My sense of pride and accomplishment was quickly dashed, though, when...