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Post by Stecher on Nov 28, 2004 23:51:27 GMT -5
Well, I was using my mom's Dell on occasion to check my emails and forum stuff. I couldn't fly on it, but I could install FB and use the FMB to make missions off of the one I did for the online war just before mine broke. Since I can't see to get it off my computer, I had Tinman email it back to me. The day after he did that my mom's hard drive broke (Fail. Return Code: 7) It's only like 7 months old. Gotta love Dell's quality eh. So now I only have my sister's 5 year old iMac  So much for making missions right now. We might be able to get a new hard drive in a couple days, but who knows if we'll be able to retrieve anything from the old one. |
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Post by Stecher on Dec 2, 2004 22:50:41 GMT -5
Okay, new hard drive came, 3 days late, but it's here. When we get this in, her computer should be working again. Since this happened she changed her mind about letting me test my two cards in her computer, so now I can finally see whether or not it's them or what. If not, then it's almost certainly my motherboard, which would also explain why it thinks I don't have an optical drive. If this is the case I'm going to buy a custom rig from Sturtz, CO of IV./JG51. He builds gaming machines for guys. So we'll see.
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Post by Stecher on Dec 5, 2004 21:19:47 GMT -5
Okay, I put my 9700 in and it was all messed up like it was on my machine. The 9800 looks great, played CoD no distortion no lock up, which is better than I ever had with it on mine. So it was my 9700, but also something else, because the 9800 is all good, whew. It must be the motherboard, because the new power supply is more than enough. In order to transfer my hard drive info without paying hundreds of bucks, we were thinking about using the second hard drive bay on my mom's computer and putting it on CD or DVD. Will this work? Is Dell's 250 Watt PSU enough to handle two hard drives for one day to copy all my stuff? At least the end to this madness is in sight. Sturtz will be happy to hear he'll be getting some business  |
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Post by Mölders on Dec 5, 2004 22:48:22 GMT -5
I don't know about "Dell" products being reliable, but its worth a shot right ?
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Post by BigBear84 on Dec 6, 2004 0:07:52 GMT -5
Each drive on the computer will draw anywhere from 10 to 15 watts. I would disconnect your optical drives, flash drives and whatever other nonessential equipment Dell has added to the machine. Insert the second HD from your old computer and transfer the data to the hardddrive already in your system. Then uninstall your second HD, reinstall optical drives, etc. and then make the copies. You really don't want to run the risk of running any of the components on the PC without enough power. I would do it this way just to be safe and it would only take a couple of minutes. While inside make sure you're very careful, don't use magnetic tipped screwdrivers and becareful of static.
I'm actually super impressed that a 9800pro ran well with a 250W power supply, especially since Dell were the one's who put it in there.
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Post by Stecher on Dec 6, 2004 17:41:17 GMT -5
Well, I wouldn't say it ran all that well, it just ran. I was just looking for it to work without all the distortions I get with it on my computer. I played CoD with the graphics all the way down, and when I was typing to Molders on MSN, the fans sounded like they were going overdrive and things started to run real slow. It gave me an hour glass cursor and I actually couldn't type anything. So I had to shut down and open it up to let it cool. 9800s are not for Dell's 250W PSUs, it was just enough to test that it was not toasted like my 9700.
On the hard drive transfer issue, instead of having them both in there and disconnecting other stuff, would it be better to just switch the hard drives for each other? So it would only have one in at a time while I put my info on to DVD? Or would that cause compatibility problems?
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Post by BigBear84 on Dec 6, 2004 18:16:23 GMT -5
I never tried it. At a glance I don't see why it would be a problem. I would make sure that the two harddrives are the same model or are different models in the same series. Obviously Dell doesn't like it when you play with their equipment so I would make sure that the mother board that Dell is using won't have any compatibility problems the harddrive from the other machine.
That's kinda what I expected with the 9800. Glad it didn't get fried though.
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So much for making missions right now. We might be able to get a new hard drive in a couple days, but who knows if we'll be able to retrieve anything from the old one.
