Re: I'm getting old and lazy.


"Walter Mitty" <mitticus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Just bought a fujitsu siemens home entertainment pc. Windows Media Centre
> Extensions. Remote control etc.
>
> Works out of the box.
>
> How long before I wonder what a "driver" is?
>
> Runs everything fine. 3.2 G Northwood CPU. 1 gig of ram. Wireless built
> in. FX 5500 video.
>
> Best thing was connecting up and having my HL2 suite up and running within
> an hour or so just by connecting Steam : just as well - since I don't have
> the "hardcopy" :-;
>
> The ability to go straight to live tv, record on the fly etc is excellent.
>
> Linux my ass.

Last week, I went to my local Fry's store and bought a new motherboard, AMD
3800 X2 cpu, case, nvidia 7800 GT video card, SATA HD, and ram. I spent 3
days trying to get it up and running.

But ran into the following issues:

1. manuals that were vague and incomplete
2. a motherboard CD that would load the drivers and then cause the system
to reboot and then prompt me to pick from 2 versions of WinXP installed. I
only installed WinXP once.
3. video card wouldn't work with DVI cable. I had to use a VGA adapter
on the video card and then a VGA cable.
4. WinXP wouldn't recognize the keyboard. I spent 4 hrs on the phone
with MS and tried 3 different keyboards.
5. the harddrive CD tools would boot from startup, load a P/S 2 mouse
driver, and then hang. I have a USB mouse!
6. had to yank an old 3.5inch floppy off a computer in the closet so I
could load the SATA/Raid drivers during WinXP install. (note: I tried
installing WinXP without a floppy and ran into problems. Gigabyte
recommended that I use a floppy).

After 3 days and several phone calls to MS, Gigabyte, Western Digital and
Fry's pc repair, I finally threw in the towel and took the parts back for a
refund.

Old-and-Stupid-Dog



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