Community weekly poll: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was:
- 7/13/05 3:11 PM
hardware up grade 2+ mons. ago
by fhowden - 7/15/05 12:01 PM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Added 4 port USB 2 hub in 31/2" drive bay
Added 240 Gig harddrive.
On-going upgrades
by dddiam - 7/15/05 12:22 PM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
When did I last have the skins on my computer case? Hmmmm...
Moved cards around as part of an IRQ reassignment project.
Added a ATA/133 LBA48 Promise IDE controller card. The mobo already has a standard IDE controller plus an onboard HighPoint RAID IDE controller. I am about to flash my BIOS and update drivers for LBA48 on those two controllers.
Moving hard drives around to see the sequence that Linux finds them, and which positions support >137GB. This is part of a TiVo upgrade project.
Every now and then, I remove an ancient hard drive, or add a 200GB that I find laying around in a junk drawer.
I have a new mouse with various scrolling and forward/back buttons. I thought that it was a gimmick, but now I miss it on other computers.
Bought an IDE-to-USB 2.0 adaptor cable for running bare drives outside of the case. I may or may not add a hard-drive drawer.
One of these days I will install my dusty DVD burner.
I am trying to figure out why my audio inputs are not working. Fixing it may involve software or hardware.
I may try quieter fans. (I would love to build a silent case, but I am not a modder, nor am I up for that much work).
I haven't tried my Dazzle yet, but I have plans for it.
I am running Win2000 Pro. I have XP Pro, but I have delayed installing it because I am waiting till I stop changing my hardware around (hmmmm....). I don't want XP to continually think that I am trying to install it on a different computer (or is that just an MS Office issue?).
The truth is that I do not like spending time upgrading my computer. I just want a quiet computer that runs like greased lightning, and which does everything that I want it to.
In short, I do not plan to do any upgrades. It just happens.
- David
Graphics card
by D-Baer - 7/15/05 12:40 PM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My last upgrade was replacing my graphics card with a BFG 6800 GT.
I am not planning any more updates until I start over with a new MOBO (Asus P5WD2 or P5ND2 as of this post) and processor in the Fall.
2 upgrades within the last six months...
by - 7/15/05 1:58 PM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I have a six-year old Dell desktop. When I upgraded my OS the Turtle Beach sound card it came with was rendered useless since there's no drivers for it. I bought a used SB Live 5.1 on ebay for $10 (shipping included).
The second upgrade...I bought a new computer (DELL Inspiron 6000).
PSU
by The-Llamalizer - 7/15/05 3:46 PM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
i replaced my 400w psu for a 500w cause the old one was overheating and shuttind down the comp.
less than a month ago. +1GB of PC3200 RAM........
by ackmondual - 7/15/05 4:01 PM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
so i now have 1.5GB of RAM
I also got a new 8 button mouse, the blue Logitech mx510.
Last time I upgraded my hardware
by dorrob - 7/15/05 5:22 PM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
About five months ago I added RAM, 512MB.
Last hardware upgrade...
by wiggy - 7/15/05 9:04 PM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
My last computer upgrade was about a month and a half ago. I upgraded the AMD processor and switched from a single IDE 80 gig harddrive to 2 80 gig SATA harddrives set up as a striped RAID to improve my computers speed.... Eric
(NT) 3 Months ago
by FIRECats - 7/15/05 9:31 PM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Added a
2nd harddrive
Daul Layer DVD Burner
Nvidia 6600GT Graphics Card
Less than one month
by revstar - 7/15/05 10:04 PM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Installed additional memory, mouse and operating system.
Recent upgrades.
by mustangj36 - 7/15/05 10:37 PM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
In the last month, I've added 512MB of RAM to my media pc to bring it up to 1GB, and I installed 128MB AGP graphics cards in two other machines that had integrated graphics.
All 11 computers in my house have been rebuilt or upgraded in some way during the last two years.
Christmas hoildays last year
by broozer - 7/16/05 12:20 AM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I built a whole new system.
I spent the whole of the previous year buying all brand new parts from different auction sites and also some parts from retail outlets here and there. I did it this way so I didn't have to buy the whole lot in one go and spend a fortune. I was able to pay it all off over the year that way. I just bought one or two parts every month or so when I saw something that would work for me at a good price, or else bid on a few items I wanted but left my maximum bid of what I wanted to pay at my first bid and didn't add to it if outbid. It's so easy to get carried away on auctions you can finish up paying more than the item would cost from a shop if you get in a bidding war with someone.
I suppose by the time I got all the parts together they weren't the latest gear any more, and I have also noticed some of the same parts I bought have come down in price since I bought them. The CPU was a big drop unfortunately. I paid $475 AU for it then, an Intel P4 3.0 E which had not been available for long in Australia at the time. Lately I have seen the same thing advertised for about $350 AU, Ouch!!!. Less than 12 moths later and over a hundred off the price. It's like that with everything you buy any way, it always gets cheaper after you pay for it.
First time I ever used all brand new parts to build one of my PC's. In the past I was always 2 years behind everybody else and was just picking up used parts that had dropped in price as no one wanted them any more.
I'm still happy with everything though and it should last me for another few years before the upgrade bug bites me again.
Ethernet card, DVD burner, Graphics Card
by trekker75 - 7/16/05 3:50 AM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I installed a new NIC card becuase I bought a new router by Linksys and wanted a matching net adapter for it. With the prices of DVD/RW/DL 16X burners ropping, I decided to replace my older 8X one. I had only 64MB of video RAM so I updated to a 9600SE ATI Radeon graphics card with 128 MB. Oh and I have 1GB of RAM now too 
Power Supply Crash caused upgrade to higher power
by redbird3101 - 7/16/05 8:41 AM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Had several messages that I needed to run checkdisk for missing or corrupted files for about a week. Lots of Java errors while playing games and then no power to get past boot up. I replaced the 400W Power supply which caused hard drive bad clusters, slow loading but luckily did not damage the motherboard with a 480W supply.
Computer upgrade - 3 months ago
by blizzard - 7/16/05 10:19 AM In reply to: The last time you performed a computer hardware upgrade was: by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Upgraded from Asus motherboard, MSI graghics board, AMD 3000 processor and 350 watt power supply. I went to a K8N4-E Deluxe Asus motherboard, Asus EN-6600 graghics board, AMD Athlon 64 3700 processor, Artic Cool Freezer 64 processor cooling fand and a 550 watt power supply. Great combination for a home computer.
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