Recent content by dav7

Thanks for your replies! Okay, I did the wire trick, and the result is exactly the same as before: the PSU fan and the case fan spin very briefly after I pull the power cable out. O.o Sigh, looks like I need to find myself a new PSU... I might try using the PSU in this box just to see what the...

Hey everyone :) Just got myself a nice new -- er, old -- 100MHz... something... off the side of the road. :D A quick check of the motherboard type (Gigabyte GA-7ZX) reveals that... it's an AMD system! And a pretty good one too, despite being old (the BIOS has a 1999 sticker on it). The HDD's...

Danny Bui: Okay, I have an idea. This is the best I can think of. Since the Nehalem is a brand-new chipset, it's Version One Point Oh. 1.0 is always bug-ridden to some extent and always has issues. Yes, NDA'd developers have been beta-testing boards and Nehalem chips, but nothing beats a...

Alright, so with server stuff, all I'm getting is a longer operational life, guarantee, and higher price, then? I'm learning a lot quickly (for me at least), and therefore have a few things evened out. I am definitely getting that LP3065, two 22" or 24" 'side-displays', a 7200.11 SATA2 HDD or...

Okay, awesome. The PSU, notwithstanding asplosions, should be good for the longest then. ...Ouch... meepmeep. Maybe I can wait a few months for the platform to settle down :D Yeah, RAID is for redundancy; I know that much. Still, I'm not a "backup guy", and probably won't be for a while...

Right. $2k is kinda pushing it me thinks, but let's give it a go anyway. :P Well, so then in the PSU arena I need to find a unit that will give me what I think I will need in future then, so if I add a new power-eater, I can actually run it..? Wow, fun. Will there be a quad-core equivalent...

dhc014: OS X legally requires you own a Mac. I do own - in the sense that finders keepers - a Powermac 5500, but I picked that up from what was effectively a "junk area", so I think that's pushing the rule a little bit. I do very much like the idea of OSx86 however! Okay, well, maybe $390 is...

Note: I'm in Australia, so you'll need to be sure to keep that in mind when calculating location/pricing. Hi. I'm looking to get a new computer to replace this rather dated P4 with 512MB RAM, and since I've never really gotten a new - as in brand-new - PC before, I'd like a bit of help to...