Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Thu Jun 23 10:25:07 CDT 2011
Well Microsoft's not giving anything away. Even at Gradware W7 is still $120 for Home Premium Upgrade, $300 for professional, $320 for Ultimate. :( R -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Murphy Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:58 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Rocky - computer build Gradware? -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 6:05 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Rocky - computer build Done! We had a problem with the thing just NOT starting - no post screen - nothing. The fans powered up, HD turned, DVD lit. So we knew there was power to the mobo. Finally figured out we had left off one important connection to the motherboard - the CPU power connector from the PS - guy a Fry's helped us with that. Felt pretty dumb. But the mobo installation instructions left out that step. :) He ended up with the AMD Phenom II Black - hexacore @ 3.2GHz, 8GB 1333 RAM, 1TB HDD, MSI 870U-G55 motherboard, GTX 560Ti graphics card that dims the lights in the house when it fires up, and a 600W PS. The chip has some function on it where it will reduce itself from 6 to 3 cores and up the speed to 3.4GHz. It's also set up to overclock easily. It took three trips to Fry's to get the job done, but he's happier than a pig in dirt. Busted his budget - I gave him $600 - he figured to get there for $700. Probably be closer to $850 when the dust settles. One thing he hadn't counted on was the OS - my copy of W7 Ultimate would not load for some reason on his machine - says key invalid. :( So he put 64-bit XP on for the moment and will upgrade when he gets some dough saved up. Does anyone have a cheap source for W7? TIA Rocky -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 5:29 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [AccessD] Rocky - computer build Is the son busy building his computer? Is dad in there with sleeves rolled up? :) -- John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com