http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ Aeropause is an exploration in gaming culture, trends, technologies and innovations. en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:24:53 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-267 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:23:55 +0000 Joe 267@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>I am happy to hear that it is all working great. It takes some time tinkering with it all, but once it is up and running, the games you play will look amazing. I cannot wait for upcoming PC titles like Dawn of War II, Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, Far Cry 2, Fallout 3 and a little title known as Grand Theft Auto IV. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-257 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:44:03 +0000 paintball745 257@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>OK im pretty sure it was the hard drive cause i solved that problem and it gave me some other error while trying to install xp but i plugged in my old ide hard drive and it works fine and i put all the drivers on that and everything works fine now.im gonna try and set up my sata drive as a slave and see what happens.but thanks for all your help Joe i really do appreciate it. i played half life 2 last night on full settings and it looked really nice Tuesday i will run crysis.im gonna pick up 2 more gigs of ram and a second fan though.thanks again man. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-256 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:42:20 +0000 Joe 256@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>Here is a page that can help troubleshoot the error.<br /> <a href="http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000474.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000474.htm</a> </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-255 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:40:43 +0000 Joe 255@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>It could have to do with not enough juice going to the mobo. I had that happen to me, and it ended up being a bad power supply was not supplying the juice that the system wanted. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-254 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:53:28 +0000 paintball745 254@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>sorry about the double post but i couldn't find a edit button ok so it starts up now and it get to a black screen that at the bottom says veryfying dmi data pool and stops there it went to start the windows install process once. so i was thinking if i installed a small 3 gig linuix partion first that it would work then i could install windows. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-253 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:24:00 +0000 paintball745 253@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>ok i got it all put together but i have no video when i boot it up i boot it up i put the xp cd in and it spins in the driver but no video shows up on screen nothing could it be the fact that it is my backup copy of my original (yes my key is legal) on the box of the motherboard it says certified for windows vista also could the videopcard be dead how do i tell what is wrong. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-251 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:26:10 +0000 Joe 251@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>Let us know how it goes, so we can feature it on the podcast. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-250 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:07:47 +0000 paintball745 250@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>ok so i figured this needed a little update i finally bought all the stuff last night but changed a few thing around.<br /> case: <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=T925-4100" rel="nofollow">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=T925-4100</a><br /> psu: <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=T925-1177" rel="nofollow">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=T925-1177</a><br /> video card: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150316&#38;nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&#38;cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-N82E16814150316" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150316&#38;nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&#38;cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-N82E16814150316</a></p> <p>with the cheaper case i was able to upgrade the videocard which is always nice and it came with a free copy of cod4. oh also i boughr some thermal paste.</p> <p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200040" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200040</a> </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-234 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:20:32 +0000 Joe 234@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>Unless you are looking to overclock, I would say the stock CPU fan is fine. It is rather beefy and just seems to cool the hell out of my CPU just fine. If you are overclocking, I think I recommended a fan to Eric Kranz, the Arctic Cooler 7. I may be screwing up the name, but if you listen to Podcast 25-28, there is mention of the CPU fan in question in there.</p> <p>Also, just a heads up, I have the non-energy compliant version of that Gigabyte board, and I love it. But I had to fix the memory speed manually in the BIOS. My memory would not read as 1066, but as 800. Just something to watch out for. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-233 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:30:03 +0000 paintball745 233@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>no problem about the delay but i think i got all the parts mostly if you can look over them and help me find a good fan for the CPU it would be awesome.also i really didn't want to purchase another optical drive but mine is dying so its necessary now.</p> <p>mobo: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128337" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128337</a><br /> case: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129037" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129037</a><br /> cpu: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017</a><br /> ram: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148070" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148070</a><br /> video card: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150304" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150304</a><br /> hard drive: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140</a><br /> optical: <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135156</a> </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-230 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:37:08 +0000 Joe 230@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>Sorry for my delay. It has been hectic with work and then editing video all evening, plus train lag. Okay, you will need a case. I would go with an Antec case that has a power supply already in it, preferably a 500 watt or larger. As for a motherboard, processor, RAM combo, I would go wtih the following choices:<br /> Gigabyte Motherboard - <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128337" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128337</a><br /> Intel Quad Core Q6600 - <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017</a><br /> OCZ Solid 2GB of DDR2 1066 RAM - <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227239" rel="nofollow">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227239</a></p> <p>These are all just starting points. Look around the web and I am sure you can find cheaper. I would also look at the Geforce 8 series of cards. They are super cheap and are still running games quite nicely. My setup is similar, and I can run Crysis on High with 30+ frames per second. If you have any other questions, feel free to email <a href="mailto:tips@aeropause.com">tips@aeropause.com</a> or post in here. I will be less busy in a few days. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-229 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:12:23 +0000 paintball745 229@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>i got a acer al1916w lcd monitor a 5.1 speaker system from logitech a 5.1 soundcard and my keyboard and mouse i will probably be getting new ones of,also i have a 200 gig hard drive i will be using as a slave.as far as games i would like to play most all of them but im not looking to play crysis on full settings by any means.i am really into rts and fps type games though. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-228 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:50:12 +0000 Joe 228@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>Sorry I was late to the party. First off, you do not want any onboard video. If a board has it, you want to make sure it also has a 16x PCI-e slot, preferably a version 2.0 slot.</p> <p>For $700, you can build a decent rig. You might have to use some of the parts from your old computer, like if you already have an LCD or a keybard and mouse. CPU, Motherboard, RAM and Video card need to be your focus.</p> <p>Are you looking to build a PC rig or put it together yourself. Just need to know what you want to do. Give me and idea of some of the games you are looking to play and whic way you want to approach it, and I think we can hammer out the specs for a great gaming PC. Welcome into the PC gaming fold. We will assimilate all soon enough. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-222 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:00:09 +0000 paintball745 222@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>doesn't every motherboard come with on board video. idk but i have never used it before on my current computer. also i hope Joseph hurry's with the advice i get paid Thursday lol. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-214 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:27:14 +0000 Shane 214@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>I'm sure Joseph will respond soon with some advice. I would definitely not buy a motherboard with onboard video if you want to game a lot. But it looks like you have a video card picked out there too. Man PC's have really come down in price. </p> http://www.aeropause.com/forums/topic/124#post-211 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:02:57 +0000 paintball745 211@http://www.aeropause.com/forums/ <p>okay so i am seriously considering building a new pc to game on.but the problem is i have been out of the pc scene for about 2 years now and i would like to build one for around $700 so can you guys help me out i was looking at these two things as a start.<br /> <a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3901231&#38;CatId=333" rel="nofollow">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3901231&#38;CatId=333</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3732815&#38;Sku=P56-9802" rel="nofollow">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3732815&#38;Sku=P56-9802</a> </p>