already ordered.

but i couldn't afford a more expensive one. it was only $13 so i'm sure it's a POS anyway but soon as i get more cash (lol) i'll see if i can get a more reliable one with higher wattage.

Good luck.

how difficult is it to install? i've installed ram, graphics cards, and other pci stuff but never a motherboard or a psu.

It looks a lot more daunting than it actually is.

i mean is it just plugging shit in or do i have to screw stuff together or what. do i have to solder anything?

Screwing and plugging.

i took apart a computer once

it was a lot of tearing and cracking o_O.....

All you need is a screwdriver. Everything else plugs, pops, locks, or snaps into place.

All you need is a screwdriver. Everything else plugs, pops, locks, or snaps into place.

one time i had to write a paper responding to wendell barry's article called "why i will not buy a computer" or something like that where he lists all the reasons why computers are useless, and i basically just disproved ALL of his arguments because he made all of them in ignorance of computers

part of his argument was that a legitimate technology can be repaired in your house, which a computer "can't", i wrote in my paper that a computer can be repaired with just a screwdriver

my teacher wrote "this isn't true ​" with the frowny face next to that



at that point i had just given up on it but i still wish i had argued with him over that, especially since he knew that i was a computer science major :/

i dunno your teacher sounds like a p. cool dude if they use emoticons on papers

no he just drew a normal frowny face not a sideways emoticon one


but yeah ryan you apparently can't build a computer with just a screwdriver so you'll have to just find some other tools in the house and find a way to implement them, guess you'll have to hammer your processor into the slot

i almost took a hammer to get my ram in once!

i almost took a hammer to get my ram in once!

then you are an idiot (unless you were like just pushing the head of the hammer on to the RAM)

That setup looks alright. Installing those components will take time but likely won't be too difficult. There are numerous guides on the internet if you have any doubts. They also provide advice which could prevent you from breaking anything unintentionally.

then you are an idiot (unless you were like just pushing the head of the hammer on to the RAM)

man i was kidding you are a jerk

holy shit. this turned out to be way more expensive and took way longer than i originally had planned.

ok so i got my stuff tuesday. i open the package and take out the motherboard only to realize that my case is a micro-ATX case. i go out to best buy and buy an atx case. i install everything then realize my fuckin only bootable WinXP cd got broke a few days earlier. i order win vista from newegg. it arrives yesterday. then i tried installing it but my dvdrom drive refused to be recognized because i had both my hdd and dvd drive plugged into a single IDE slot. my only choice was to go out and buy a new SATA harddrive which i did about an hour ago. now it all works.

okay now i'm getting a bsod occasionally. help!!

i accidently closed the error report but i remember part

BCCode: a

next time i get it i'll post the rest.

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   BlueScreen
  OS Version:   6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
  Locale ID:   1033

Additional information about the problem:
  BCCode:   a
  BCP1:   000000800159DE08
  BCP2:   0000000000000002
  BCP3:   0000000000000001
  BCP4:   FFFFF80001A7BD69
  OS Version:   6_0_6001
  Service Pack:   1_0
  Product:   768_1

When does this seem to be occurring? Randomly?

yeah pretty much. i haven't noticed it happening consistently after using a certain program or anything.

i tried installing it but my dvdrom drive refused to be recognized because i had both my hdd and dvd drive plugged into a single IDE slot

This isn't very helpful since you already went out and bought a new drive but did you ever set the master/slave pins on these?  That could have caused this problem.

I guess it still kind of helps because you can still use that drive for extra storage.