Yuy new computer coming (UPDATE PROBLEM ON PAGE 4)

[Otis Da HousKat]

First off, I'm going to email my dad at work to see if he has any spare memory for the time being.

Otherwise, I'm buying this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148206
With the $35 rebate.


EDIT:
fffffuuuuuu-

rebate expires tomorrow :( no time to mail it.

Learn to read. You have to buy it by tomorrow; the rebate must be post marked by 1/18/09.

If you get Vista 64bit I'd really get 4GB. If you get 4GB don't just get two of those; you can only do a rebate on one of them.

Geil: No rebates for the kind of RAM I'm selecting
Corsair: Rebates expire yesterday. They usually change/swap around rebates when one expires.
OCZ: Cheapest after rebate, and it started today. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227289
Patriot: Cheapest after rebate; ends 12/31 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220314
G. Skill: No rebate, but only $55 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220314

[Ad Bot]

[Reactor Worker]

There...4GB of RAM for $37. No mail-in-rebates. No gimmicks. Just a couple of days wait.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211188

[Otis Da HousKat]

There...4GB of RAM for $37. No mail-in-rebates. No gimmicks. Just a couple of days wait.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211188

I should learn more brands that are good.

Also stop trying to get the best parts he can use since he wants it cheap.

D:

[Reactor Worker]

I should learn more brands that are good.

Also stop trying to get the best parts he can use since he wants it cheap.

D:

$37 is cheap.

[Otis Da HousKat]

$37 is cheap.

I wasn't talking about you.

[General Nick]

I should learn more brands that are good.

Also stop trying to get the best parts he can use since he wants it cheap.

D:

Who ARE you talking to then...?

[Otis Da HousKat]

Who ARE you talking to then...?

Who do you think?

[General Nick]

Whatever, just got a 2GB Corsair memory stick. 800 MHz, and it fits. Closed up computer, plugged in everything and such. Tried it out, and it didn't boot. Not even from a Windows CD. No beep either.
Read the manual of the motherboard, and it turns out we have to have 2 memory modules for it to work.

Means I gotta go chip out another 2 GB and dig in my savings :c
Ah well, 64-bit Vista here I come!

[Otis Da HousKat]

Whatever, just got a 2GB Corsair memory stick. 800 MHz, and it fits. Closed up computer, plugged in everything and such. Tried it out, and it didn't boot. Not even from a Windows CD. No beep either.
Read the manual of the motherboard, and it turns out we have to have 2 memory modules for it to work.

Means I gotta go chip out another 2 GB and dig in my savings :c
Ah well, 64-bit Vista here I come!

Know what you're doing before you turn it on!

>:o

Make sure you put them in the correct slots as well.

[General Nick]

Know what you're doing before you turn it on!

>:o

Make sure you put them in the correct slots as well.

Of course. I put the RAM in the DDR_0 slot indicated on the motherboard.

There's DDR_0, 1, 2 and 3.

[General Nick]

Let there be a bump, and so there was.

New problem: Everything works fine, one problem.

Sometimes I see display, sometimes I don't. The computer boots up fine and everything (I know because mouse and keyboard are on).

Why can't I see anything on the display? I'm using a VGA monitor on a Geforce 9800 GT with a DVI-VGA converter thingy and I've tried both monitor ports.

[General Nick]

EDIT: Fixed problem.

Because I didn't format the hard drive, the 8600 GT driver was conflicting with the 9800 GT. I just put in the 8600 GT and I'm already reinstalling Windows XP. I'll swap the 9800 GT in later afterwards.



EDIT: FFFUUUUUUUUCK

Cannot copy file: p3.sys
Screw XP I'm going Vista.

[General Nick]

Woot forget yeah reinstalled XP.

Just restarted installation, everything is A-Okay.
locking.