Recent content by pandiebeer

I'm pretty sure I killed my old motherboard that way. I was super careless though when trying to install a video card. It doesn't matter though. It was an OLD socket 7, 500Mhz, that would only accept 256MB of ram. Buh-hye! My new one I am wicked overly precautios with. I got the static...

I have the speakers with a sub from Creative Labs. I have a Soundblaster sound card but when I built my computer I didn't know what I was doing with the card because it didn't come with directions but I installed it anyway. So when I turn on my computer it plays the windows theme song or...

I had a Viewmaster too! I was in Target the other day and was really surprised that they still sell them! :Q I almost got one for old-time-sake but changed my mind. Ha ha ha.

Is it for a boy or girl? I think, but am not exactly sure that they might make a Barbie one for girls. I might be wrong though.

After doing my first computer set up and trying to upgrade my existing HD from Win Me to XP, I found that reformatting and doing a fresh install was the way to go. I got a lot of advice from this board about doing it that way and haven't had any problems -THANKS- :D

Hey, Congratulations! I built my first one last month or so. I was practically crying from joy when I powered it up and it booted to Windows. I only had a few issues that gave me some headaches but overall it was a good experience and a major accomplishment for me. So good job to you, I know...

Well I don't seem to be having the problem anymore. I had to erase my hard drive, partition it properly, re-install XP and EVERYTHING else and I don't notice any problems. I have some kind of software that configured my refresh rate automatically and I guess it's working. I also learned a...

I just read your post and am having a similar problem. I installed XP over Me (actually tonight I am going to have to re-do it because I didn't format my drive right). But I noticed the screen is a little fuzzy however certain things are really crisp. Unfortunately I don't have an answer...

I can't really remember but the number 980 keeps coming to mind, but then I think, did I really do that bad -probably. I took the ACT too and got a 23. I know I was horrible at math (damn those fractions...and what's up with the letters?) but I graduated with a 3.4 GPA somehow.

That's pretty much what I found out today online. I kept looking for "how to's" on using an FDISK, what it was, and precisely what I do, and all of the articles listed every OS but XP. Finally I came across a good article that basically said boot from the XP CD, format, and reinstall. My only...

I bought a floppy drive last night and made the boot disk but ...sigh... I don't know what FDISK is. I'll look around the board to see if there's any posts. Edit: I searched around some more and found out that I don't need the FDISK or boot disk. I guess I can just configure the BIOS to boot...

I have no idea why I have partitions. I don't know enough yet to figure it out. I'm amazed I even got a computer put together at all. But I think my floppy? disk drive is broken so I'll have to get a new one. Plus I don't even know if I have a DOS boot disk / or exactly what it is. Is it...

Actually, I think that's what I tried to do originally... it said a certain portion was corrupt during the install so I selected the other portion it showed and then installed. When I got home last night I checked to see what format the C & D drives were and it was NTFS. I guess it just...

Aaack, I didn't know to do that and I didn't reformat, which would probably explain the significant amount of lost hard drive space. Is it too late to go back and do it, and if so, how do I? I noticed XP (or probably me somehow) split my hard drive into two sections, drive C & D. I don't know...

Well, since my other computer was SO old and wasn't upgradeable I haven't even had a chance to consider the gaming possibilities yet. But for right now I'm going to just enjoy having this new one. Eventually I was thinking of investing in a Radeon? AGP card. And I wanted then to upgrade my...