One more thing you might consider...
If you switch to a SATA cd burner you could be completely ribbon cable free :) SATA cables are much smaller and easier to bundle/hide to keep your insides looking nice.
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One more thing you might consider...
If you switch to a SATA cd burner you could be completely ribbon cable free :) SATA cables are much smaller and easier to bundle/hide to keep your insides looking nice.
I did not know that. Lemme see what I can do.
Yeah IDE is going the way of the dinosaur - some mobos don't support it anymore. There's no difference really, but the SATA drive will be futureproof and has a smaller cable.
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Originally Posted by Goody
Good move on the EVGA card.
Can't believe I didn't catch that the drive was ide tho. :mad:
It will help a little with making the inside look more tidy, but your PSU doesn't have modular cabling (which is not a bad thing mind you) and without that there will still be some extra cables laying around.
What I'm saying is, don't worry about it too much if you can't change your order anymore, besides, you can always use a rounded ide cable. That'll help a bit.
I changed the 2 dvd drives to sata connections. All the parts are now ordered!!!!! Let's hope I don't hurt myself putting it all together.
Don't worry, building is the easy part after deciding the parts. Let us know if you have any problems.
I am sure everything will go smoothly. My parts are due to arrive tuesday. So if you don't here anything from me by wednesday night, call the authorities, because something has gone horribly wrong. :eek:
So I got all the parts via UPS today. Me and a friend put everything together fairly easily. Turned it on, got a good start-up, and set the time and date and basic stuff in the bios. Everything was recognized... the dvd drives, hdd, card reader. But when we went to install Vista, we got an blue screen and error code in step 2 of the install. Then after we restarted and tryed to install again, the blue screen popped up again right at the end off the vista initial load screen.
The is the error we got 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x8887ABC9, 0x8658FBD4, 0x8658F8D0).
Any help would be appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Goody
I'm sorry to hear that! :(
It's late now and I will be going to sleep soon. But I will look into it tomorrow.
Don't worry we will get you running. I may not be able to figure it out, but there are quite a few people on here that know a lot more than I and one of them can help for sure.
After a little testing, I figured out that I had the 2 memory sticks in the wrong slots. Moved them over, and everything worked like a champ. :D
Went ahead and installed vista, and oaded all the drivers, and it seems to be worked great. thanks for all the help!
Nice to see you are up and running! Enjoy that setup:)
I'm glad! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Goody
So how are you liking your new toy? :D
Got some pics?