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Old 02-08-2005   #1
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New computer up and running

For those that remember me asking about my old computer taking a shit on me (no not literally) a couple weeks ago, I just ended up replacing it with something a little bit nicer. My cousin and I tried to resurrect the old Compaq by addinig the necessary memory to run XP. We got through 75% of the install and it froze up. Tried several more times still without any luck. So I opted to put 98 back on it for the time being and it wouldn't even run the restore disk to return itself back to normal. So after going crazy without a computer, I picked one up at a place called the 'Box Shop' right off of University by Arby's. It's a neat little shop with killer deals. I got a complete cpu minus hard drives for $250. It's 1.7GHz AMD processor with 256mb DDRRAM and a few other decent goodies. So far it's been 10X's better! Hopefully no more shitty problems.
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Old 02-08-2005   #2
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Re: New computer up and running

General nanosystems is another great computer place off of university. I got my nice case with PS, MSI Motherboard, AMD xp 2800+ (i think it might be higher because i havent looked in a while) with the barton core, 512 DDR ram, 52x CD writer, ATI 256ddr graphics card, NIC card, and the 120 GB hard drive for like $700 about a year ago.
A week ago i got my Free 19" monitor from the World Cyber Games qualifiers. so now i have my Dual monitor setup. WOOT.
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Yea I built mine with parts from Nano and Microcenter. AMD 2600 XP 1gig ram blah blah. It runs quite nicely.

250 is a good deal for that computer though. Why didnt you just reformat the hardrive of your old box and reinstall 98?
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A week ago i got my Free 19" monitor from the World Cyber Games qualifiers.
Since when did porn surfing qualify?
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Why didnt you just reformat the hardrive of your old box and reinstall 98?
That's what we tried doing after we couldn't get XP to install, but the damn thing still wouldn't even go through the restore disk. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense I know, but it just wouldn't work. Besides that thing was 5 years old and it's not the first time I had dramatic problems with it, so it was time.
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new computer stuff roxors! I picked up a 19" Flat scren Trinitron monitor for $75 at the super computer sale. Real easy to get ripped of there though.
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Turn up the boost on that new proc & see what it'll do! er...overclock it I mean...get the most out of your money!
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Dont use the restore disk. You should just boot to a disk and then do a C: and then a format c:, type Y and then let her rip. Then boot to a the 98 cd and it should work. Oh well or just throw it in a firepit and have fun with the new one.
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