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Does not mean it still works or will work with his new rig, I stand by my original suggestions.

Praetor had posted in a thread a few years back where he spec'ed out an 85,000$+ system, however I never saved the link and now I can not find it :/

Have you tried using that PSU with another motherboard/CPU/drive combo at all? It could possibly be a mobo problem or something with the CPU. Also if you have not already try resetting the CMOS, it's fixed mroe random problems than I can name.

I agree with Kilauea, what does he intend to do with it. For word processing/internet use that computer will be more than adequate. It looks as if it would even do well as a light gaming rig. Also, what are the specs on that PSU? (amperage on the +12(s) and what not).

And overestimate the value of a crappy motherboard. If you've got a little over 700 you can get a Core2Duo system with not too bad of a setup, granted somewhere around 800-900 would be just enough for almost a low-mid end gaming system. Gigabyte GA-945P-S3 945 Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Duo 1066FSB...

I've put more expensive motherboards in cheaper cases. Cases are for vanity and rarely for cooling as most offer the basic cooling needed for any machine. Why spend 200$ on a motherboard and then another 200$ on a case when you could spend that money on a PSU or better RAM/CPU? As for the...

Was the battery you bought new/used/from ebay/from a retailer.... If you bought a new battery do what Too suggested and see if that works, however with newer batteries they should be ok right out of the box (no need to charge then and run them down fully) if you bought it from ebay/used the...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=265336 Small, simple, and to the point. Nothing extra (as you say you won't need) and for 630$ it's a laptop that has wireless, will go anywhere, and even has a 5 in 1 card reader and a DVD-RW drive. The hard drive can always be...

You mean MY sticky :D Building Computers 101 Hope you meant 80Gb drive as I'm fairly certain you can't get anything greater than Damn Small Linux to install on a drive that small. As for a new system you would be fine with buying a pre-built dell or other type system, as you won't be using...

Depends on the CPU, old athlons can run without a fan for quite sometime while new P4's will pop if you let them sit on for a few minutes. 80C is indeed on the high end of a CPU, quite close to the max on most, but out of curiosity what CPU were you running, if it was a P4 Prescott I'd say...

RAM is the most likely cause along with overheating or a major hardware change. If you can get the ID of the BSoD (turn off automatic restart in the advanced tab of system properties menu) and post it up or search for it on google you might get somewhere.

Used to be good, not so much anymore with computer hardware, however for LCD's they're still a top runner in my book. Bad parts then, somewhat better parts now, I hope this was just word of mouth. That's like saying Mitsubishi or Daewoo (who by the way make cars, guns, Monitors, ram...

Why would you want to shoot compressed air from a paintball gun to remove dust when you could buy a 4$ can of dust-off (or equivalent) compressed air and do just as good a job if not better with a little directional nozzle. If anything I would be scared of blowing something apart/off with the...

Pretty sure he said vista in the second sentance. VLC has most of the codecs required for playback built into the program. I'm unfamiliar with GOM so I don't know if it's the same way or not. If not you may have to find what codec is missing (gSpot) and install it or if it does have all its...

Those are just brands, not necessarily "better" brands. Each company has their ups and their downs. Years ago MSI would never have been thought of as a good company, the same could be said for Western Digital and Seagate. But now MSI, WD, and Seagate are all trusted brands. What I'm meaning to...

The question makes no sense, and a little more information would be needed before ANY sort of answer could be made. QUESTIONS 101

Indeed those are all good points, I hadn't even thought about them when I was putting up my suggestions. Definately take into account all that said above (sans the +5, I'd be more worried about the +12).

For your uses basically the cheapest one is the best one. You won't be playing any games on it so you don't need any hardcore gfx cards, an onboard one will work fine. In all likelyhood though I'd go with the Circuit City one, seems to be the best bang for the buck.

I don't even understand what you just said. Is english your native language or do you run everything you say through an online translator first? Just do it the way that I mentioned and you'll be good to go. The purpose of slaving is to remove the "access denied" on some files because the OS is...

Yes, she did get ripped off if she bought that for 200$. For 200$ you should have at least gotten a PIII 1Ghz or even a slow/old P4m/P4. For schoolwork/internet/videos though even a 700-833Mhz laptop will work fine for you, even with only 256Mb/384Mb of ram. As for not being able to upgrade, you...