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I've got 500gb hard drive but I want to get rid of it ASAP. It always makes the computer crash, and you can't even install windows on a normal way I had troubles even this noon

So yeah, the 2TB drive actually came before the christmas. Now there's ~3,8TB worth of space connected to the computer 24/7 + ~0,8TB of smaller and transferrable backup drives.
More space to record my own christmas carols on..

XYY, I feel the pain. I had (and still have if I just use it) the same problems with my laptop. I can't really install anything on it and it pops up a screen every hour or so telling that the HDD is broken and I should change it. Maybe some day I will..

I don't get any messages like that. but on some day it wont start at all

I'm assuming you've checked it's not the hard drive controller/hard drive controller drivers?

I never heard about this. But I couldnT find proper results on google. What should I do there? and is there a tool installed on any computer?
sorry if those questions seem stupid to you

It doesn't, I'm not really convinced that the controller DRIVERS will cause an issue with booting. A hard drive controller should properly be referred to as the controller on the IDE/PATA or SATA bus on the motherboard that your hard drive(s) and optical drive(s) are connected to. Literally, it transmits all the data around so the motherboard sees your hard drive and it can communicate with the processor etc. Wikipedia or somewhere else probably gives a better explanation, but...

Best way to check is to test the hard drive in another PC several times or for a prolonged period of time. Of course, whilst doing this you could always check the cables haven't gotten damaged or worked loose, you'd be amazed what SATA cables can do xD (there's no way PATA can work itself loose unless you barely put it in at all)

Well, the problem is, I wouldn't have a computer where I could check it. My dads system is a 2004 xp 1,8ghz athlon But it works and works and works... (I wouldnt get permission to change the hdd there )

And a 500 GB would *probably* not be PATA, which that Athlon would be

Added an ASUS P5Q and some memory http://gene-rally.com/viewtopic.php?p=1082#p1082

I've got 4+1+5 GB space to use...

My new computer's information:

Intel Core i3 @ ~3,1GHz (I think it's quad-core, not sure)
6GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5450 (1GB)
1,5TB HD

And then to comparison, my old computer:

AMD Sempron *something* @ 1,8GHz
1GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 7600GE (256MB)
75GB HD

Not a bad update. And by the way, it was bought by me and myself, not by my parents...

Welp, I found a place for the second screen (for now atleast). Why didn't I think about this earlier, it makes my life so much easier when playing the piano!

I'm at home, away from my new college computer, and the charger for my laptop has broken, so until I get a new one I'm stuck with...

AMD Athlon XP 2400+
512 MB RAM
GeForce MX 440
200W power supply

At least it can play GR

Just swapped the power supply in my old computer for a new one, now it no longer smells of burning electronics. xD

Well, I ordered a new charger for my laptop, with very good reviews on Amazon... it worked for 5 minutes and then died ;( So this is typed on the desktop again...

Consider that the fault may be either with the actual laptop shorting something, or even a dodgy plug socket (unlikely but possible) - of course it could also be a very unlucky second dud charger (or you just reused the old one by accident if you hadn't disposed of this).

Also, ordered a Tsunami Capricorn case for this PC. xD

Yeah, it's almost certainly the laptop... and will cost at least $150 to fix, unless my father can do it, of which I'm doubtful...

Ouch. I've fitted my PC into its new case, took 3.5 hours due to various finicky things and Dell not labelling where the front panel cables go on the motherboard! xD I still don't have a power LED as it's a 3 pin connector and there's no room on the board for it... xD

Don't know any other thread to post this. But anyway.

I could get used to this. Download speed: 825kb/s.

You should go to my college!

I think he might be on about the downloading actual files speed, rather than the raw throughput.

Yeah the file downloading is 825kb/s. The raw throughput is aroun 8Mb/s.

Oh, that makes more sense. I have gotten 4-5 Mbps sometimes... of course, that's when no one is using the connection. At congested times, my connection can't load Youtube videos quickly enough... ;(

I found that topic with the search engine. I wanted to ask about Computer configuration,

I planning to buy tomorow :

Tower : Xigmatek Asgard III
motherboard : Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
proc : I7 3770
Video : GTX660 2Go
RAM : Kingston DDR3 1600 8 Go
proc fan : Cooler Master Hyper 412S
Power supply : be quiet! 630W
HDD 1 : Samsung 840 128Go
HDD 2 : WD Green Desktop SATA III
Tower fan : 2x Arctic Cooling
Screen : Dell UltraSharp U2312HM
+ HDMI to DVI Cable
+ random keyboard

Did I forgot something? some modification suggestion?
I allready have a G27 and a mouse

My computer has this configuration:
Intel Celeron 1,00ghz
256mb RAM
64mb integrated graphics
40gb HDD
win XP sp3


But i have already bought this:
Intel socket 775 2x2,8ghz
2gb RAM
Palit GeForce 430 2gb
120 gb HDD
win XP sp3 trial version( i have planned to install win 7 64bit)