[dba-Tech] PC problem

Yep, that's what I had to do this time, when I bought it though, I had a
nice big budget, so was able to buy the good stuff.

Should all be here on Monday or Tuesday, so I'll let you all know if it
fixes the problem. If it doesn't, I'm NOT going to be happy! :-)


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: 23 March 2007 13:29
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PC problem

Yeah, it's expensive to buy the current top end equipment. If you can live
with yesterdays - or last weeks' or last months high end stuff you can save
a lot of money. I usually look for the "sweet spot" on the price list where
my minimum acceptable level of performance meets my maximum acceptable level
of cost. and then maybe go one step up or down from there depending on how
big the steps are ;-)  Needing high end stuff for proper game play will cost
you though.

Good luck getting it back up and running again.

GK

On 3/23/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:
> I'm almost totally convinced it's the motherboard now, as I can't see 
> one of my hard drives, and the soundcard doesn't work, so I've bought 
> a new one, and I'm going to be able to keep my cpu and ram, which is 
> nice. I've also got a cheap PCI-E gfx card too, just to be on the safe
side.
>
> The annoying thing is that when I bought my PC, I paid around $400 for 
> the gfx card, a GeForce 4 6800GT, and I just paid $100 for a 7600 with 
> a gpu that's nearly twice as fast. Upgrading sucks :-)
>
> Thanks for everyone's suggestions.
>
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> Sent: 19 March 2007 21:30
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PC problem
>
> Quad core!
>
> GK
>
> On 3/19/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:
> > No, I don't want a new motherboard, cos that'll mean a new processor 
> > and new memory! :-(
> >
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary 
> > Kjos
> > Sent: 19 March 2007 21:19
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PC problem
> >
> > Bummer. Time to Upgrade then ;-)
> >
> > Just hope it's not the slot itself ;-)
> >
> > GK
> >
> > On 3/19/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:
> > > That's the thing... I've got plenty of AGP cards, but this is the 
> > > only PCI-E system in the house... Got none at work that I can "borrow"
> > > either :-(
> > >
> > > No, not exactly how I'd pictured it :-)
> > >
> > >
> > > Jon