Re: Computer hardware upgrades and tinkering question
You have to remember that when upgrading the board, your other components might not fit into the new board. Just mentioning so you can watch out for this.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=156051#p156051
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Re: Computer hardware upgrades and tinkering question
Totaly agree Tom. I guess it's that whole nerdy asspect of myself lol. The machine i aquired is a fairly but not to old Dell OptiPlex. It came with windows Xp pro and 2 gigs of ram. I swear i think someone overclocked the pintium 4 processor
Re: Computer hardware upgrades and tinkering question
Thomas I totally agree. Well, I don't play around with home build computers anymore since I have a lot of other things to do, but that might be something I'll play around with in the future. The only downside to home build computers is it ca
Re: Computer hardware upgrades and tinkering question
Arqmeister, I have repaired and built several computers myself over the years, and I am totally blind. As others have said it is not impossible, but it does require some knowledge of what things feel like, the differences between a IDE and a
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I say get it mass-produced. These days I don't see the reason for having such a high end system that you need it custom built. And if you do it's worth hiring someone to do it. I wouldn't know a harddrive from a CPU if I saw them hanging o
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LOL, yeah, I got through a ton of power supplies, even when the box was working. One of the earliest machines I tinkered with had two floppy drives in it. It was a DOS box, but it still had an HDD in it. Fun times.URL: http://forum.audiogames
Re: Computer hardware upgrades and tinkering question
You're very much welcome. I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun messing around with old computers and such. I'll recommend you to play around with different harddrives, put multiple drives into an old computer and see how it reacts. Just, don't
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Thanks for the post SLJ. I do have experience poking around in one, and i know what the different parts feel like. I think like you said, and from what i have read online, the CPU could be quite a pain to get right, because it requires dellic
Re: Computer hardware upgrades and tinkering question
Hi.Back in 2004 or so, I build my own desctop computer. The only thing I got sighted help on doing was insert the motherboard into the cabinet and place the CPU on the motherboard, because if that fails, you're screwed, and I mean, screwed! T
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Good point. I suppose money could be a factor, especially if i screw something up that cost a good deal of cash. However, i guess i like the idea of being able to fix a faulty system by myself instead of dealing with unrelyable tech support.
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I dunno. If it's low-end stuff you're after, then I think mass-produced stuff is always going to undercut you. But if it's higher-end stuff, and you don't mind having nobody to call when stuff goes wrong or having someone to blame but yoursel
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Thanks for the input guys. I think i could honestly save a lot of money just building the systems that i want instead of relying on manufactured machines all the time. I think it's an invaluable tool, that might lead me to some job oportunity
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Hi.well on the computer side I did a basic informational systems course back in the day.There is a podcast on coolblindtech.com which addresses assembling an atx case.The mini atx is one of the ultra small desktop towers.The guy that did this
Re: Computer hardware upgrades and tinkering question
It's definitely possible. I know several blind people who have built entire computer systems from scratch. It's not something I've ever tried because I'm not all that much into technology, but it is one of the things we can do. The thing I've
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I have never done this, because people keep telling me that it's too technical. The thing is though, I have been wanting to learn more about this stuff for awhile. I've been to the CAVI website and they seem to have a lot of useful material,
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Don't know if you'd be interested, but there's an entire class on this that Cavi teaches called I T Essentials, that basically teaches you how to build and repair your own computer and learn how to do tech support for other people. It's only
Computer hardware upgrades and tinkering question
Hey guys. Just wonder how many folks have got dirty with there computers, not afraid to put there hands in there and swap out a drive, ram, or motherboard. I have been learning slowly about all this, as i recently aquired a desktop to play around
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