I see...
Well, I honestly had no idea about that whole situation with the OEM/Dell license. I had just assumed that if you bought a copy with a pre-built computer, then you could run it on one computer at a time, like for say, if the old one crashed and you needed to upgrade something. It's...
That's the thing, though. I have a legitimate activation key for Windows XP Professional. That's not an issue. I have it left over from my Dell, but when I bought my Dell, they stopped giving out copies of the OS to people and just left it in a partition. When I had to reformat my last...
Ok, well, I downloaded an ISO of XP Pro and it's burning right now, so all I've got to do is format and install, hopefully. lol
About how much space should I partition out for XP Pro? 30GB?
Well, new problem. lol
Alright, so went into BIOS last night and everything was fine. Set the boot order to my DVD-R/W, then DVD reader, and lastly the HDD. Right. However, I only have a copy of XP. This is due to the fact that since my last computer was a Dell, and Dell so wisely...
Oh my god. I can't believe I didn't see the 4-pin connector with "P2" on it. Wow. What a fleeting moment of idiocy. You did help me out a lot, though, by pointing out that that slot did need to be filled after all.
Thank you so much! BIOS boots perfectly! I'll install the OS first thing...
That's one of the things that I was confused about, the ATX12V cable. With the PSU, there was no additional 8-pin connector. Just another 6-Pin one like the one that goes to the Video card... will this still work or am I missing something here? I'll check again, but I swear there wasn't one...
So, I built my first computer, ever, tonight. Solo build. Probably a bad idea. Everything was going perfect. I mean, I was doing everything exactly as I was told to. When it came to hooking up the PSU / other cords to the mobo, things got a little tricky but I eventually got through it...
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