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It's all got a whole lot worse. I paid cash and I can't find the receipt anywhere. I'm normally very careful with things like this. Sh*t Now what?

Cheers sniper It still plays recorded-on discs, which is the weird bit. If it's the drive then I wonder what exactly went wrong? I've tried a DVD-RW with stuff on it, the drive detects it but I haven't tried erasing it yet. What kind of driver f**k up is THIS specific??? :( I am...

I have a Lite-On SOHW-1693S which I only bought the other day. Been mainly using it for burning DVDs... did the odd CD. Did a CD tonight and it revved up (noisy little thing at 48x) like it did the other times but at 50%, the sound revved all the way down. Then nothing, then like a...

I may not get the Asus Vento after all. I'm getting dubious about that front panel falling off eventually and it looks pretty naff without it. If I still do, though, I might put wheels on it, and if so... neon underlighting :eek: gotta be done!!!

LAN or Internet connectivity is the thing I know least about with computers, so here goes... Since I first had broadband, two and a half years ago, I've been using a Zoom ADSL 5510 modem (which is USB). Every one of my friends, who got broadband a lot more recently, started off with a router...

"the lights would of looked better if they had a blue tinge to them." They would, I agree I'm still gonna buy LED fans/cables, etc, just in case I ever swap to a window case. Hopefully some of that blue light might bleed through some of the gaps. Here's my current case, by the...

I hear ya, I hear ya :D Part of me even agrees, but I'm smitten. Think I'll get the blue'un ;) (oh, and there are lights (white) in the intake holes)

-bump- sorry but I really need to avoid buying something that won't fit.

Ideally with connection at the rear of the PC, plugged straight into PC surround sound system???

Doubt many of you will agree (and it's probably been out ages, but I just fell in love with the god darned thing!!!) http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1760 :ohah:

Purely for games, (but had originally bought the PERL for someone else who no longer needs it, so wouldn't be surprised if it's not a gaming board. The PCB is green not the funkier blue after all :cool: ) As its for games then, does anyone have a better (for similar or less cost) suggesting...

Cheers memory is quite urgent though, as I have mismatched PC2100 and 3200 so I'm not sure if I'm quite 'feeling' the gig I've actually got anyway.

I will join photobucket shortly, in the meantime, here is what I mean: You know the plastic supports I mean? (http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/rl/index.htm) You can see them around the CPU socket... Well my heat sink clips onto that, it is the same shape, square, and fits the...

cheers guys, but mobo was kinda the starting block, I've just got it you see. If I was building from scratch, it WOULD be AMD, believe me. Dunno about RAID Array (heard of it)...so two hd better than one? Are WD almost as good as seagate then? Thanks for the RAM advice too, will...

How does this sound: Intel D865PERL mobo 4gb DDR 400 P4 3.0 Nvidia 6600 256 Creative Labs Audigy 2 Seagate Barracuda 400gb HD Aspire ATX-AS500W PSU (when I can get my hands on a 240V version) and some nice fans and round IDE cables p'raps in a Coolermaster case :eek:

Tried a different optical drive (the one I had connected wasn't working) then connected it, it worked, went into BIOS, changed primary boot to CD, re-installed Windows, done :cool:

Yeah they have Aspire PSU's, with LEDs and all, but not see thru like this one

Does anyone know where you can get one of these in the UK?

Right, I have an INTEL PERLD865 mobo, with specs that can be found here... http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/rl/index.htm Stupid question, maybe, but you see the plastic 'things' around the whole CPU socket that accomodate a standard heat sink/fan (which I have). How do these...

Boo hoo :( I only changed it from an MX400 to an FX5200 to play games as well... Wilhub, did you say 256? I thought it was 128. I PRIMARILY want my PC for games, nowadays, so based on the specs I've told you all, what do I need to upgrade? Memory (Perhaps, I have a Gig but a mix of...