custom pc problems. again. again.

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:13 pm

I have 1350 songs taking up like 6.8 or 6.9GB.
And I was shocked to find my 200GB drive only holds 186. No matter, it holds my 90GB (trimmed down from like 105, still must delete some more) of anime shows/mini-series/movies and cartoons and crap.

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:14 pm

Still, that's better than nothing. It gets even worse if you have something like a 200GB drive, because then you're out almost 14GB.

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:55 pm

AHRG! I can't get anything from newegg, so i'm stuck getting an SATA from staples. Before i waste my time, does anyone know if this will be any different from the IDE?

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:08 am

Only difference really is the performance with the hdds. SATA is much faster and more reliable than IDE plus, you can do more tasks at a given time then IDE.

Edit: I've been looking around, and what's a good SMALL mobo for these projects? I'm looking into emulation, office work, and browsing really...nothing fancy here. Thanks!

Secondly, how the heck are you connecting a battery to this thing?

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:59 pm

It's a regular pc, not portable. A good mini mobo is in the portable pc thread, though.
EDIT: Got an SATA HD, now on the first screen (which displays for 1/100000th of a second) It 'sees' the HD, but then it does the black screen thing. Tech support say: "Well, since it is 3rd mobo you've had with this problem (of course wrong), there is nothing more we can do for you than tell you to see a qualifyed technician" Then they hung up on me.

xriverfalconx · Post by **xriverfalconx** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:43 am

Toto...is the operating system on there? Also, try booting a live cd. If that works...then it can simply be a corrupt file on the hdd for the windows operating system you are putting up.