ok, my new machine had a meltdown.....
i been collecting parts for the last month to put together a xp1900+ game box, and finally got close enough to make it work, run the maiden startup... Soyo K7V Dragon mobo, 1024megs of pc2100, thermaltake volcano 7+ cooler, xp1900+ unlocked chip, 400 watt dual fan p/s. well, i put all the stuff in the new case, get everything hooked up, fire it up, it runs for 5 seconds and i hear a snap, then smoke off the mobo, it looks like a diode blew apart, now, my hard drive is dead, the floppy is dead, both my cd-roms are dead, i dunno about the processor or the RAM, me or my pop doesnt have a mobo new enough to check it, or something new enough to put the DDRAM in to check, or my new video or sound cards..... my dad works on tv's/vcr's/computers, he thinks something inside the power supply shorted, dunno yet, i've sent email to the place i got the power supply from, and sent mail to the place that makes the power supply, i better hear from someone, i spent over $700 and im not doing it again from some junk power supply.... anyway, since it looks like im gettin a new motherboard again, what is a good motherboard? i mean by this, a motherboard that has LOTS of stuff to tinker with, i also need one that will give the clearance around the processor mount for my Volcano 7+.... i had to move a capacitor to get it to fit, if i wind up having to send it back, i'll have to remove the remote mount for it.... i thought Soyo was pretty good, but the Dragon came out a year ago, i dont really care if its RAID equipped, i'll never use it, i just want one thats easy to overclock, has good chipset cooling, and onboard LAN (for DSL) its gonna be a game comp. as always, rude comments and insights appreciated.
PS... how's this for a lapping job???
i been collecting parts for the last month to put together a xp1900+ game box, and finally got close enough to make it work, run the maiden startup... Soyo K7V Dragon mobo, 1024megs of pc2100, thermaltake volcano 7+ cooler, xp1900+ unlocked chip, 400 watt dual fan p/s. well, i put all the stuff in the new case, get everything hooked up, fire it up, it runs for 5 seconds and i hear a snap, then smoke off the mobo, it looks like a diode blew apart, now, my hard drive is dead, the floppy is dead, both my cd-roms are dead, i dunno about the processor or the RAM, me or my pop doesnt have a mobo new enough to check it, or something new enough to put the DDRAM in to check, or my new video or sound cards..... my dad works on tv's/vcr's/computers, he thinks something inside the power supply shorted, dunno yet, i've sent email to the place i got the power supply from, and sent mail to the place that makes the power supply, i better hear from someone, i spent over $700 and im not doing it again from some junk power supply.... anyway, since it looks like im gettin a new motherboard again, what is a good motherboard? i mean by this, a motherboard that has LOTS of stuff to tinker with, i also need one that will give the clearance around the processor mount for my Volcano 7+.... i had to move a capacitor to get it to fit, if i wind up having to send it back, i'll have to remove the remote mount for it.... i thought Soyo was pretty good, but the Dragon came out a year ago, i dont really care if its RAID equipped, i'll never use it, i just want one thats easy to overclock, has good chipset cooling, and onboard LAN (for DSL) its gonna be a game comp. as always, rude comments and insights appreciated.
PS... how's this for a lapping job???
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