Well I got a used computer from the dept i work for a Dell GX280 P4 3.2 ghz (single core) 40GB hard drive. i paid $45 dollars for it and it came with a CRT monitor...lol With help for the guys on here found out its got a pci-E x 16 video card slot. The current rig i have is a athlon 1.7ghz single core 40 GB hard drive with agp 7600gs video card.

So i ordered a EVGA 9800gt 512mb (again with help on suggestions form guys here) Its was on tigerdirect. regular $109.00 - $20.00 instant rebate and $30.00 mail in rebate total price 59.99 and free shipping...lol

So fro $100 bucks total I think I got a deal and somethin better til I get a NEW on in Feb...wohoo

Also I ordered it Thur night and following the tracking Its gonna be here Sat. So Sat I have to tack out my PSU and swapem (my currnet one is 350W and the P4 is 210W). Also take out my 2 DVD burners and put'em in the new one. Also I got an Hard drive enclosure (from son at best buy) for my current HDD its only add it to the new computer. Ik its only 80Gb total but it should work til I get something better.

Lokkin online I might be wrong but looks like I'll be able to play alot more of the games but still not battlefield 2 .
Hopefully itll improve my game play....but doubt it...lol

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They just delivered my v card OMG... I ordered it 8pm thur night and at 1030am fri morning it was delivered. and shipping free. that was awesome..

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Good deal TS.I love getting new puter parts at my door good luck with it.

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I saw that you had the PC and were waiting for the video card, so I made a few phone calls to expedite the delivery.

Your welcome!

Stud your the bestest....lol

Well I got all the dvd burners, power supply, hard drive and video card swithced over and installed. Had to cut the case for my psu the switch was in a different place.

The puter and the keyboard plug is different uggggghhhhhh. So my son is gonna get a usb adapter for me tomorow at work. Then I got to install all software I may need to have the great all powerful and all knowing and extremely handsome studdog plug into my puter but team viewer and help make sure my settings are good....lol

I'm using my smartphone to post in the forums since I have no computer til 2morrow when I get the keyboard adapter...lol

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next time give me a call
sure i have a few usb/ps2 adapter doing nothing here (free , fast shipping too )

fingers crossed when turning it on 1st time ??? good luck !

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I already turned it on but stopped at start up cause it detected more memory but no keyboard to hit f1. It didn't catch fire so so far so good....lol hopin to get it goin by cod 2 tonite. But who knows lol.

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Ok I got the keyboard plugged in and workin. I turned it on and arghhhh it has windows 2000 not xp like I was told. I tried my internet by using google and everything seemed to work. So I found a xp disc and installed it . It works good but I can't get the internet explorer to work for the internet. I have a comcast cable modem so idk if anyone has any sugestions. I'm ordering another hard drive tomorrow cause it only has a 10gb sata drive in it. And my old hd is a 40gb pata. I put it in a enclosure but this puter I just found out doesn't have a high speed usb. So ill get the new hd in and install xp again. Anyone have any ideas on the internet issue. If I cant figure it out ill have to take it to our IT guys and pay them to fix it. I'm starting to think this want a good decision to do..lol. atleast the things I'm putting into this puter I can hopefully take out and put in the new on in feb. Any sgguestion about the internet issue would be of help.

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I'm not sure why it quit working now.
Just guessing, but it sounds like you are having a network driver issue.

Go to System then Device Manager, and see if any thing has a driver issue.
This will show up as a somewhere in the list when you open Device Manager.
If there is a driver issue; Go to Dell's website and download any drivers that you might need for that PC with XP.
I thought 2000 and XP always used the same drivers, but I could be wrong and maybe you need some specifically for XP.

Hopefully a fresh install on the new harddrive should fix any issues, just make sure you go to Dell's website and download any drivers that you might need for that PC when using XP.

Try this:

START > CONTROL PANEL

Double click on NETWORK CONNECTIONS

Right click on LOCAL AREA CONNECTION

Left click on PROPERTIES

Left click on INTERNET PROTOCOL (TCP/IP)

Left click on PROPERTIES

Make sure OBTAIN AN IP ADDRESS AUTOMATICALLY is selected

Make sure OBTAIN DNS SERVER ADDRESS AUTOMATICALLY is selected

Click on the ALTERNATE CONFIGURATION tab

Make sure AUTOMATIC PRIVATE IP ADDRESS is selected

If you had to change any of these, select OK, then reboot

If those were ok, or if this still doesn't fix it, I can post the advance settings also... I'm on Comcrap too, so your settings should match mine...

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For everyone else, there's Democrats...

Well I found out XP or the IT dept wiped the sound and network drivers. So I installed the network driver just to get internet, had to put it on a falsh drive at work. New HDD to be delivered 2day or 2morrow hopefully so I'm waiting on everything else. Ill have 1 500GB Sata HD, 1 40GB Sata HD and 1 40GB Pata HD. That should be enough. I think this network card is either slow or having issues so I'm gonna pick up a new ehternet card and sound card (for $ 20.....discount lol) on weds. My gosh almost everthingh will be new...lol Never installed a new HDD gonna give it a try though...lol

Ill try it Hitech when I put the new card in. I'm sure we both LOOOOOOVe comcast.....NOT

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i would leave the 2 x 40Gb HD out of it ,
500Gb will be enough for a few months ,
or you have to "borrow" a lot of movies like some people do (not calling names Ren)

what's wrong with comcast , i love it


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