Foo - mechBgon's photo guide to building your own computer :)

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mechBgon
04-14-04, 07:08 PM
Chris L woke me from hibernation :) so here is the project I've been working on:

Photo guide for first-time computer builders (http://www.omnicast.net/~tmcfadden/guides/build/index.html)

Have fun :)

pitboss
04-14-04, 07:18 PM
Very nice...coulda used that 3 years ago. I think there is a piece of bread in my case...no comment.

What about SATA? Plan on adding that later?
Guest
04-14-04, 09:24 PM
Glad to see you back and about on the forums! Welcome back!

:D

Koffee

djbowen1
04-14-04, 09:29 PM
I guess i take for granted what i do on a daily basis, was putting that box together hard?
mechBgon
04-14-04, 10:58 PM
...was putting that box together hard?No it wasn't, and that's the point of the guide... it's not a difficult task. If the newbies want to build their own computer for the first time, hopefully I've helped empower them to do that. :)

Koffee Brown, thanks for the welcome back :) I hope those troublesome Continental tires are long gone?
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What about SATA? Plan on adding that later?Maybe. I'm more of a SCSI fanboy (http://www.omnicast.net/~tmcfadden/Images/SCSI_v_IDE.jpg) myself :) The trouble with SATA being added to the guide is partly the convolutions that are sometimes required to get a system to boot from SATA. Some of the ABit Pentium4 boards like the IS-7 are enough to send a guy to the asylum. I sure don't want to get 50 private messages a day from newbies with IS-7's and SATA drives, I can tell you that! "Help help, my computer won't boot from the SATA drive!"
Guest
04-15-04, 06:47 AM
Koffee Brown, thanks for the welcome back :) I hope those troublesome Continental tires are long gone?



Uuuugh! Well, actually, the rear tire is different, but the front... still Contis. I'm waiting to wear it down before I replace them!

I can't believe you still remember that tire problem I had. What nightmares!

Koffee
djbowen1
04-15-04, 07:00 AM
It was done well. The pictures are good.
pitboss
04-15-04, 07:38 AM
Maybe. I'm more of a SCSI fanboy (http://www.omnicast.net/~tmcfadden/Images/SCSI_v_IDE.jpg) myself :) The trouble with SATA being added to the guide is partly the convolutions that are sometimes required to get a system to boot from SATA. Some of the ABit Pentium4 boards like the IS-7 are enough to send a guy to the asylum. I sure don't want to get 50 private messages a day from newbies with IS-7's and SATA drives, I can tell you that! "Help help, my computer won't boot from the SATA drive!"
interesting and understandable. I work as a Presales System Engineer and understand your position completely. I will probably refer my inside customers (coworkers) to your link for tech assistance when they decide to build their own systems; which some want to do, but while I watch. And I am just the 802.11 LAN/WAN guy!