Sunday, August 31, 2008
Update: Repair Results
PC Update:
I've been in touch with my PC repair guy. He concluded that my video card has been the problem of the motherboard shorting out. He suggested grabbing a new card. Here's what might be my new card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150276 -- it looks promising and it fits in my budget..plus it's from Newegg, an awesome place for PC parts...anyway will keep on posting updates...
I've been in touch with my PC repair guy. He concluded that my video card has been the problem of the motherboard shorting out. He suggested grabbing a new card. Here's what might be my new card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150276 -- it looks promising and it fits in my budget..plus it's from Newegg, an awesome place for PC parts...anyway will keep on posting updates...
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Ditching XP for Ubuntu 8.04?
Hey everyone,
Well, recently my XP box has been needing repair. It's getting no power to the PSU. It should be backup within a few days (crosses fingers). In the meantime, a few months ago a coworker of mine who builds PC's for friends and associates was kind enough to give me a decent AMD 2600+ Athlon XP, 128 megs of RAM, integrated audio/video. Nothing too special, but it works. Originally it had PCLinux2007 installed but the owner didn't write down the username/password. I decided to download the latest version of Ubuntu. I've used Ubuntu in the past and have had much luck with the OS. After the install, I spent a couple days fussin around with the system to have audio, config my desktop and panel to my liking, getting updates, setting up my IM/IRC software, reading my NTFS drive (no write support, yet), and many other small tweaks that I've done. As of now, the system is just about there, except for the write support for my ntfs drive. But in the end, I've taken much pride and dedication to my new Ubuntu setup..way more dedication than I've ever given any version of Windows. So the question remains, have I ditched XP for Ubuntu 8.04? Only time will tell, but the chances are looking good...
[Additional Spec's]
OS Drive: Samsung 80GB IDE
Storage: Western Digital 250GB IDE
[Upcoming Additions]
750GB internal SATA/IDE Drive (brand undecided)
[Screenshot #1]
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5339/ubuntuqk1.png
Well, recently my XP box has been needing repair. It's getting no power to the PSU. It should be backup within a few days (crosses fingers). In the meantime, a few months ago a coworker of mine who builds PC's for friends and associates was kind enough to give me a decent AMD 2600+ Athlon XP, 128 megs of RAM, integrated audio/video. Nothing too special, but it works. Originally it had PCLinux2007 installed but the owner didn't write down the username/password. I decided to download the latest version of Ubuntu. I've used Ubuntu in the past and have had much luck with the OS. After the install, I spent a couple days fussin around with the system to have audio, config my desktop and panel to my liking, getting updates, setting up my IM/IRC software, reading my NTFS drive (no write support, yet), and many other small tweaks that I've done. As of now, the system is just about there, except for the write support for my ntfs drive. But in the end, I've taken much pride and dedication to my new Ubuntu setup..way more dedication than I've ever given any version of Windows. So the question remains, have I ditched XP for Ubuntu 8.04? Only time will tell, but the chances are looking good...
[Additional Spec's]
OS Drive: Samsung 80GB IDE
Storage: Western Digital 250GB IDE
[Upcoming Additions]
750GB internal SATA/IDE Drive (brand undecided)
[Screenshot #1]
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/5339/ubuntuqk1.png
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