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thedarkproject) wrote2007-06-30 12:56 pm
thedarkproject) wrote2007-06-30 12:56 pm
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new computer
So, after 7 and a half months of struggling with what I had, I bought a new computer on Tuesday, collecting it on Thursday and setting it up about now. Feel free to skip all this if computery stuff is of no interest.
Things are looking positive so far; the 3D stability test which my old PC failed in 10 seconds ran for 20 minutes on here with no problems, and Thief 3 isn't showing the flickering or anything. So, I can now rule out the "I live on a ley line" and the "neighbour is pointing a disruptor ray gun at me" hypotheses for why it didn't work before. I had to open it up within an hour though in order to move the cd-rom drive back a little, as the button on the case was pressed up against it, meaning the cd tray kept opening even after you closed it. :) It's a fair bit noisier than my old PC, but there's an extra fan in there (which is coming out), a noisier fan on the CPU (which I'll replace later), and a graphics card with a fan (which I'll swap with my old fanless model, which is also faster). (And yes,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rlucas666, I will get that other card back to you soon. Sorry!) For those who understand such things, it's an AMD Athlon X2 4600, 2GB memory, 2x 320GB drives.
Copying stuff over from the old system has also been pretty straightforward so far. Firefox and Thunderbird profiles are almost copy-and-go, but not quite. You have to edit profiles.ini as well, which seems bizarre, since it could easily generate that file for you when it starts up and it contains virtually no useful information in most cases. I'm also surprised that neither program allow you to import your old settings by browsing to them, but will import from Outlook if you have it installed. I installed Teracopy which has made pulling stuff from one PC to the other a little quicker than usual, and Launchy which actually makes the Windows interface less dependent on how well organised your Start Menu is. I just installed MediaMonkey and had a bit of a paranoia attack when it seemed to magically remember my old settings and recently-played list from the other PC. Then I realised it stores its settings in the My Music directory, which I'd already copied over. :)
PS. On a totally different note, why do the "watched item" notifications on eBay come through so close to the end of the auction? I only check my email during the evenings, so what often happens is that I'm only reminded of the need to bid when it's too late. Then the items get relisted and someone else gets them first. Grr!
Things are looking positive so far; the 3D stability test which my old PC failed in 10 seconds ran for 20 minutes on here with no problems, and Thief 3 isn't showing the flickering or anything. So, I can now rule out the "I live on a ley line" and the "neighbour is pointing a disruptor ray gun at me" hypotheses for why it didn't work before. I had to open it up within an hour though in order to move the cd-rom drive back a little, as the button on the case was pressed up against it, meaning the cd tray kept opening even after you closed it. :) It's a fair bit noisier than my old PC, but there's an extra fan in there (which is coming out), a noisier fan on the CPU (which I'll replace later), and a graphics card with a fan (which I'll swap with my old fanless model, which is also faster). (And yes,
rlucas666, I will get that other card back to you soon. Sorry!) For those who understand such things, it's an AMD Athlon X2 4600, 2GB memory, 2x 320GB drives.Copying stuff over from the old system has also been pretty straightforward so far. Firefox and Thunderbird profiles are almost copy-and-go, but not quite. You have to edit profiles.ini as well, which seems bizarre, since it could easily generate that file for you when it starts up and it contains virtually no useful information in most cases. I'm also surprised that neither program allow you to import your old settings by browsing to them, but will import from Outlook if you have it installed. I installed Teracopy which has made pulling stuff from one PC to the other a little quicker than usual, and Launchy which actually makes the Windows interface less dependent on how well organised your Start Menu is. I just installed MediaMonkey and had a bit of a paranoia attack when it seemed to magically remember my old settings and recently-played list from the other PC. Then I realised it stores its settings in the My Music directory, which I'd already copied over. :)
PS. On a totally different note, why do the "watched item" notifications on eBay come through so close to the end of the auction? I only check my email during the evenings, so what often happens is that I'm only reminded of the need to bid when it's too late. Then the items get relisted and someone else gets them first. Grr!
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