So the computer finally is showing it's age
Monday, January 14, 2013 by kona0197 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
It's taken me awhile to start this thread, sorry. I know this may end up in flame wars. Again I am sorry.
So everyone knows my situation. Well those close to me on this site do. My computer is finally showing signs of how old it truly is. Keep in mind my computer has a Pentium 4 processor so I am guessing this setup to be almost ten years old. The problem, even after a few friends helped me here with a new hard drive and more memory, is the rest of the system. The processor can't keep up with the newer operating systems. I'm having a hard time just running XP. Found out the other day my DVD Burner drive is almost dead as it will read disc sometimes and other times it will not. Monitor is on it's last legs as well. Hard to read anything and the brightness is going out. It's an old CRT Dell monitor that is almost as old as the tower.
As Starkers had told you this computer is my main way to communicate with the things that are important in my life. So I was hoping someone out there had a few newer parts I could install to extend the life of the machine a bit. Nothing special. I already have DDR2 memory and a newer hard drive. Just need a few other things.
So carry on. Discuss I guess.
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Reply #442 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 4:00 AM
Me too, and something that I've not seen on a mobo in ages are IDE connectors. Seeing those took me back. All my recent [Gigabyte] boards have only SATA ports
Reply #443 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:39 PM
Well the case and mobo got here today. I'm now assembling the system. Keep your fingers crossed, I hope this works. Ace the board sure has a lot of dust on it. You sure it will work OK?
Reply #444 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:53 PM
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Reply #447 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:21 PM
Well the system is up and running. However I can't get the mouse to work under Windows 7 at all. No matter if it's my PS2 mouse or my USB mouse, it really does not like either mouse. I can't get the PS2 mouse to work under Linux either. The USB mouse works fine. So what do I do? Keep in mind I am running the system in Linux right now.
Reply #448 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:21 PM
Did you reboot after plugging the mouse in? That or shut the machine down, plug in the mouse and restart. I have one USB mouse like that and the drivers don't load until a reboot. After that, it works fine unless it is unplugged and the machine shut down again. If the rig is booted up, just plugging the thing in never seems to work.
I mean, do this with Windows installed.
Reply #449 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:24 PM
probably just a driver issue with seven, try uninstalling the mouse through device manager, then reboot ? on your own with linux with me any way, no nothing there.Glad your running though.
Reply #450 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:28 PM
Missed your post Wizard, sorry to repeat.
Also, do you have any other usb device you could try while in windows to make sure windows is recognizing your usb's?Maybe for some reason it did not install or turn on support? did you use the mouse while installing windows?
Reply #451 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:33 PM
How am I supposed to do anything in Windows 7 without a mouse? 
Reply #452 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:36 PM
How did you install Win 7 in the first place? Install, shut down, plug mouse in, restart.
Reply #454 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 8:23 PM
so, who's going to fly to Oregon and fix kona's new free rig for him?
Reply #455 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:37 PM
No worries guys. I turned off the computer, plugged in my USB mouse, and restarted Windows 7 setup from scratch. Everything is working just fine. I have named this build the "Wincustomize" build. Here are some screenshots:
Reply #456 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:51 PM
Is that mouse a Lopgitech optical by any chance? That was what I experienced with the one I have. It had to be plugged in before startup or it didn't get recognized. Btw, congrats on the build. Like I thought, the gfx card is the weasest link but it should get you by. Sorry I didn't have something better laying around.
Thanks to all the fine people who pitched in here at WC to make this all happen for Terry. You all are a great bunch!!! 
Reply #457 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:14 PM
If you are running 64 bit Windows, go to the CPUZ site and on the right side of the page near the top, download the 64 bit portable (zip) version 1.63.0 x64, if using 32 bit, you can get it there also.
Reply #458 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:37 PM
Never mind, 
it has been explained to me in very few words. 
Reply #459 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:48 PM
It could be that all 4 cores need to be activated in run> msconfig> boot > advanced options> No. of processors> tick box> select No. of cores. I have found in the past that while all cores may appear in CPUZ, Windows is not necessarily seeing them all... enabling them in msconfig should resolve that. If they're already registered, however, then it's probably a question for yrag or somebody more techy than I.
Reply #460 Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:05 AM
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Reply #441 Tuesday, February 12, 2013 3:25 AM
I checked Wizards link. and the first thing I saw was a paragraph at the top of the page saying, "am2+/am2 support. You will be fine!