i have it on the family pc. and about 10 friends pcs whilst i was at it.
the only problem is that the standard SP updates dont work. oh well
good ol MS
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i have it on the family pc. and about 10 friends pcs whilst i was at it.
the only problem is that the standard SP updates dont work. oh well
good ol MS
Originally posted by benixau
i have it on the family pc. and about 10 friends pcs whilst i was at it.
the only problem is that the standard SP updates dont work. oh well
good ol MS
They do if you know the workaround, but I better shut up now.
Hey, I put together my $175 machine! Sweeeeeet! No problems at all with the ECS board. In fact, this is the most trouble-free computer I've ever tried to build or upgrade. No problem at all installing the hard drives, CD-ROM, and CD-RW drives. No problem with memory, no problem with any PCI devices, no problem with the AGP graphics card. Definitely time consuming, but it was actually quite fun (especially when stuff works!).
there are places to get it
Just use limewire or edonkey and download a version of SP1 that is hacked and will work with a pirated copy of XP. There are actually quite a few workarounds. Msg me if you want info.
Originally posted by benixau
i have it on the family pc. and about 10 friends pcs whilst i was at it.
the only problem is that the standard SP updates dont work. oh well
good ol MS
Just use limewire or edonkey and download a version of SP1 that is hacked and will work with a pirated copy of XP. There are actually quite a few workarounds. Msg me if you want info.
Pick it up yesterday. Only problem was the video card, so we went to wal mart and picked up a 64mb pci nvidia, and it works great now. So far everything is going great. XP hasn't given any problems. I'm running several games, Unreal Tournament, Quake 3 Areana, Jedi Knight Two, MOHAA. It also has Benchmark, to test how good of a gaming machine it is. I don't know how good this is, so if anyone else knows what I am talking about fill me in. My score was 5000.
nooooo!!!! don't get dragged into buying a PC because it's CHEAP!!!! Getting a Mac is better and actually cheaper in the long run. Don't waste your money!! Get an eMac if you really don't want to get an expensive computer.
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I can't believe you just wasted $600
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I can't believe you just wasted $600
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Good luck playing games on an eMac with that GeforceMX.
Plus with all of those quality problem's they've had, I'd avoid that whole lineup until the next revision.
For $600 he got a pretty good deal on it considering the specs and those are reputable, name-brand parts so they'll last a bit longer than most Mac users would care to admit.
Good job Diorio... have fun with your new PC
Curious though; why did you go with a pci video card? 5000 isn't bad, but I get over 7000 with my GF4 4200, and that's with a slower processor than you(1Ghz) and 512 sdram... you should get an AGP card... what kind of memory are you using? Hopefully DDR...Originally posted by PC Clone
Good job Diorio... have fun with your new PC
I'll check what the video card is. The nvidia 64mb agp wasn't working with it, but I think it was just defective, because I tried it out on another computer and it froze there too. Correct me if I'm wrong but AGP is only about 10-20 dollars more than pci? The first thing I'll update when I have money, is to a 128mb video card. All in all, the computer runs great, no freezing, xp runs great, and right now I couldn't be happier with it. I'll check on what memory it is too, and get back to you.