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LOL, I just read this thread and I must say that trying to fix computers over message boards is even harder than over the phone. Maybe you should read the dreaded user manual for your HD. I know it sounds terrible, but it really does help when building a system for the first time!
 
hey it's my first time so cut me some slack...

OK the computer works now, windows98 is installed.
🙂
I thank you : Ladi, durron, stockjock, priit and everyone else that helped me...


Actually I read the manual but the only problem was it didn't say you had to partition first. If I put the floppy drive the right way in the first place I wouldn't have had that much trouble.

Well anyways problems aren't over, CPU is way to hot and as a precaution I am not keeping on very long and at the moment underclock my tbird 900 to 810 (90mhz bus IS handy). It doesn't crash though but I have a feeling I should be carefull. So my question is : where can I buy thermal paste ?
In a local DIY shop (do it yourself I presume)




BTW I decided on my whole setup by reading the anandtech forums and the advice has been very good, now I even have a free tech support from here, who needs Dell, gateway or Compaq!!!! You guys seem to be having a laugh with me so I am also helping the others via entertainment...😀
 
Radio, I coulda sworn you were the same kid (well a kid called me anyway, no idea how old you are) that called me at work over and over all day the other week asking very similar questions. I think it took him till the 4th call to actually do what I told him and run fdisk to partition the drive =/

Good luck.
 
I hate to say it, but as a history major and a network/help desk/etc tech....you remind me why I despise working with (or rather, cleaning up after) CS and engineering majors (and their little experiments with "I can get this network card working right! now why my e-ethernet working!?" ... "uh...you didn't push the card in all the way and you forced installation of the wrong drivers while you were at it, not to mention, we don't use DHCP here" 😉)

But a belated happy birthday! I gotta say, at least you're willing to learn...

~Ladi
 
I'm curious to know the curriculum from the FIRST year of Computer Science. At least you came to a place with a lot of good and patient "teachers" to learn about building a computer.

Rob
 
Hey I'm not a engineer, I'm a programmer (learning to be at least, and by my setup you can see I like to play games) !!!
So I screwed some things up but now that I know how to set up a computer (which isn't part of my course, that's a technician's job, in my country it is still much cheaper to setup your own computer) I won't make the same stupid mistakes again.

Ladi : what do you mean with CS and engineering majors ?
 
CS and engineering programs everywhere don't seem to be teaching *practical* aspects of computing, both hardware and software. Unfortunately, many (certainly not all) of those majors feel that they are automatically experts or well on their way to becoming experts and prove true the maxim that "a little bit of knowledge is a very dangerous thing," all the while disparaging liberal arts majors who are perfectly competent techs 🙂

Appreciating good techs (even us female ones) should be a covered in some class or another if they don't teach you how to do it yourself 🙂

And yes, I'm a former CS major...

~Ladi
 
CS doesn't teach technical aptitude in computers. That's what your spare time and courses like MCSE and other vocational institutions are for.

Just because you are in CS does not imply that you are techie. I am a CS undergrad and a lot of my CS friends are clueless about their computers but their marks are higher than mine, much higher actually.

If you want to be a techie you can go to your local community college and get a course like ____ Admin.

CS grads usually are programmers not techies in Help Desk. The reasons why Arts people are such techheads is because they have so much time on their hands (6 hours of class a week, minimal homework? Sigh...)

 
well absolutely all of my problems are solved now (applied thermal grease and CPU is cool now, HDD is using ATA100).

Thanks everyone
 
Liberal arts major (history, linguistics, and comparative literature)...18 credit hours, 20 hours of class per week, 20-40 hours worth of homework/reading a week.

CS major & fine art major [edit]I was a double-major in this, pursuing both a BS and a BFA)[/edit]: 12 credits cs/math/science, 14-15 hours of class per week, 10-12ish hours of homework a week; 6 credits of fine art, 12 studio hours per week, 10 hours of homework per week.

You were saying about arts majors? 🙂 It's just a matter of people who have taken the time to learn, CS majors or not...it's just that CS majors, who SHOULD learn a little something about their hardware and software generally don't, in class.

~Ladi
 
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