You know the feeling when powering a brand new PC!?

**sirplayalot** · 12-14-07, 11:15 PM

Well, you could probably guess the sheer excitement as I first power on my brand new PC with all of its quad core q6700 and 8800GT goodness, staring at my giant 28" HannsG monitor as it goes into the bios settings and i set my preferences and as i glare back and forth at the blue light comming out of my antec 900 case from the OCZ GameXStream 600W...i put in the windows XP SP2 CD (no vista yet...but i own it

) and i wait as the blueness of the windows setup comes on the screen, as it reads my 320gig SATA drive...i select the unpartitioned space ready to format it using NTFS and as I wait for the format to continue, it hits about 20% and all you hear comming from the midst of the loud PC fans, the hard drive...*CLICK*CLICK*CLICK..* "Unable to Format drive, may be damaged!"

Yes, my hard drive is DOA...I purchased it from tigerdirect (needed a quick, cheap way instead of ordering online as I had my other parts already).

They are closed right now..someone hug me, im sad.

Sorry for the bad spelling..I just had to post really fast..im so mad and sad right now!

Buckeye · 12-14-07, 11:19 PM

GAAAHHH !!!

Man I hate that !

I fire up the new build and see no HD and go OMG, then figure out much later that a SATA plug has come half way out.

Gratz on the new machine tho

CaptNKILL · 12-14-07, 11:25 PM

Damn, that really sucks man.

Still, I'd rather have a drive DOA than die after I've filled it with crap.

**sirplayalot** · 12-14-07, 11:26 PM

yeah i guess but you have no idea how bad I want to play some CoD4, Crysis and HL2 orange box on this 28" beast...I mean, its huge....I cant even comprehend how people use 37 and 42" westys...

**Rakeesh** · 12-15-07, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by sirplayalot

yeah i guess but you have no idea how bad I want to play some CoD4, Crysis and HL2 orange box on this 28" beast...I mean, its huge....I cant even comprehend how people use 37 and 42" westys...

47" westy here

Revs · 12-15-07, 05:26 AM

Your PC >>>

<<< You

That's poo dude. Major bummer. At least it's the weekend and you'll have time to sort it. I've had that before but it was early in the week and I had to wait 'til the weekend to sort it. I was grumpy all week.

**crainger** · 12-15-07, 05:55 AM

Your PC is paying you back for owning all those consoles. LOL

Madpistol · 12-15-07, 09:39 AM

I'm sorry dude. That has to suck.

My first install of windows was bad on my computer, So I went through about 45 minutes of hell x 2 before I got to start testing it all the new games when I built it. It was horrible.

Hope you get that fixed.

$n][pErMan · 12-15-07, 12:46 PM

Id bite the bullet and just goto a local store and pick one up... I could not sit around and wait

Bman212121 · 12-15-07, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by $n][pErMan

Id bite the bullet and just goto a local store and pick one up... I could not sit around and wait

+1 Thankfully I have plenty of spare parts always sitting around, so I can usually scrape enough together to make a full pc. It really does stink though when you have 99% of your pc and your waiting on that one part to get it up and running.

Revs · 12-15-07, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by $n][pErMan

Id bite the bullet and just goto a local store and pick one up... I could not sit around and wait

lol, i've done that. But then I was annoyed at myself for my total impatience costing me more money.

At least it's not something like the mobo.

**sirplayalot** · 12-15-07, 06:33 PM

Well, Just got done formatting it with the new HD. Tigerdirect swapped it out right away for me! Man this thing is a beast...Gonna go on a game install spree in a couple of hours.

Specs are:

Antec 900
OCZ GameXStream 600W
Intel DG33TL Mobo
Intel Q6700 Quad Core
2GB (2x1GB) XMS2 DDR2
BFG 8800GTOC 512
Seagate 320GB SATA Internal
1TB WD MyBook External
HannsG 28" Widescreen LCD @ 1920x1200
Windows XP SP2 (Maybe Vista soon)

12-14-07, 11:15 PM	#1
sirplayalot Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 737	You know the feeling when powering a brand new PC!? Well, you could probably guess the sheer excitement as I first power on my brand new PC with all of its quad core q6700 and 8800GT goodness, staring at my giant 28" HannsG monitor as it goes into the bios settings and i set my preferences and as i glare back and forth at the blue light comming out of my antec 900 case from the OCZ GameXStream 600W...i put in the windows XP SP2 CD (no vista yet...but i own it ) and i wait as the blueness of the windows setup comes on the screen, as it reads my 320gig SATA drive...i select the unpartitioned space ready to format it using NTFS and as I wait for the format to continue, it hits about 20% and all you hear comming from the midst of the loud PC fans, the hard drive...CLICKCLICKCLICK.. "Unable to Format drive, may be damaged!" Yes, my hard drive is DOA...I purchased it from tigerdirect (needed a quick, cheap way instead of ordering online as I had my other parts already). They are closed right now..someone hug me, im sad. Sorry for the bad spelling..I just had to post really fast..im so mad and sad right now! __________________ Main rig ASUS P8P67 Deluxe \| Intel Core i7-2700k \| 16GB (4x4) DDR3 \| 2x Diamond Radeon 7970 Crossfire \| Corsair 850W PSU \| Asus 27" VG278HE 144hz \| Win 7 Ultimate Proud owner of a PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and gaming PC! Why argue which ones better when you can just play on all of them?

12-14-07, 11:19 PM	#2
Buckeye Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 468	Re: You know the feeling when powering a brand new PC!? GAAAHHH !!! Man I hate that ! I fire up the new build and see no HD and go OMG, then figure out much later that a SATA plug has come half way out. Gratz on the new machine tho __________________ New Build Coming Soon Powered by Liftoff and soon to be cooled by H30.

12-14-07, 11:25 PM	#3
CaptNKILL CUBE Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: PA, USA Posts: 18,844	Re: You know the feeling when powering a brand new PC!? Damn, that really sucks man. Still, I'd rather have a drive DOA than die after I've filled it with crap. __________________ ---- Primary Rig ---- CoolerMaster 690 II Advance - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0Ghz + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 6GB DDR2 @ 942Mhz 5-5-5-20 1.9v (2x1Gb Wintec AMPX PC2-8500 & 2x2Gb G.Skill PC2-6400) - EVGA Geforce GTX 470 @ 750/1500/1850 (1.050v) Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 1Gb Low-Profile (Physx) - Crucial RealSSD C300 64Gb SSD - Seagate 7200.12 500Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA ASUS VW266H 25.5" LCD - OCZ GameXStream 700W PSU - ASUS Xonar DX - Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Surround - Windows 7 Professional x64 ---- HTPC ---- Asus M3A78-EM 780G - AMD Athlon X2 5050e 45W @ 2.6Ghz - 2x2GB Kingston PC2-6400 DDR2 - Sparkle 350W PSU Seagate 7200.10 320Gb SATA - Seagate 7200.10 250Gb SATA - Athenatech A100BB.350 MicroATX Desktop - Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic

12-14-07, 11:26 PM	#4
sirplayalot Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 737	Re: You know the feeling when powering a brand new PC!? yeah i guess but you have no idea how bad I want to play some CoD4, Crysis and HL2 orange box on this 28" beast...I mean, its huge....I cant even comprehend how people use 37 and 42" westys... __________________ Main rig ASUS P8P67 Deluxe \| Intel Core i7-2700k \| 16GB (4x4) DDR3 \| 2x Diamond Radeon 7970 Crossfire \| Corsair 850W PSU \| Asus 27" VG278HE 144hz \| Win 7 Ultimate Proud owner of a PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and gaming PC! Why argue which ones better when you can just play on all of them?

12-15-07, 05:26 AM	#6
Revs Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Posts: 6,365	Re: You know the feeling when powering a brand new PC!? Your PC >>> <<< You That's poo dude. Major bummer. At least it's the weekend and you'll have time to sort it. I've had that before but it was early in the week and I had to wait 'til the weekend to sort it. I was grumpy all week.

12-15-07, 05:55 AM	#7
crainger Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Posts: 29,535	Re: You know the feeling when powering a brand new PC!? Your PC is paying you back for owning all those consoles. LOL

12-15-07, 09:39 AM	#8
Madpistol It's a wittle baby! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United States Posts: 4,554	Re: You know the feeling when powering a brand new PC!? I'm sorry dude. That has to suck. My first install of windows was bad on my computer, So I went through about 45 minutes of hell x 2 before I got to start testing it all the new games when I built it. It was horrible. Hope you get that fixed. __________________ http://bfbc2.statsverse.com/sig/deta...d%20Pistol.png MadPistol's Rig AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE (RB-C3) @ 4Ghz, 1.425 Vcore, 1.25V NB VID Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme (w/ Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm fan) Gigabyte UD3H AM3 790GX motherboard XFX Radeon HD 5870 PNY XLR8 2x2GB CL8 DDR3 1600 G.Skill Ripjaws 2x2GB CL8 DDR3 1600 Soundblaster X-Fi Fatality Titanium OCZ Vertex II 120GB SSD (OS drive) Western Digital 500GB Caviar (black) Western Digital 640GB Blue Samsung DVD burner Logitech MX performance mouse Logitech G15 keyboard Corsair HX 750-watt Modular PSU Antec Nine Hundred case Windows 7 Home Premium x64 ASUS MK241 24" LCD ACER X241W 24" LCD - RIP

12-15-07, 12:46 PM	#9
$n][pErMan GTX 285 SSC Goodness! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,719	Re: You know the feeling when powering a brand new PC!? Id bite the bullet and just goto a local store and pick one up... I could not sit around and wait __________________ Intel® Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 @ 3.51GHz (390 x 9 / 1.39v) \| ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP LGA 775 Intel P965 (1236 BIOS) \| OCZ GOLD 4GB (2GB x 2) DDR2 PC2-8500 Dual Channel (4-4-4-12 780Mhz/1.95V 1:1 Ratio) \| EVGA GeForce GTX 285 SSC Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 (Currently @ 720MHz Core / 2750MHz Memory) \| Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS \| Zalman CNPS9700 LED Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler \| 5 Western Digital 500GB SATA II 7200RPM w/32MB Buffer \| Acer X241W 24in Widescreen LCD 1920 x 1200 32bit \| Samsung DVD-RW-DL 18x Burner w/ lightscribe\| SILVERSTONE OP650 ATX12V / EPS12V 650W Power Supply \| AOpen 5.1 Surround sound system \| Windows Vista Business 64-Bit 3dMarkVantage: P16103 3dMark06: 17606 SuperPi 1M: 14s 100% Orthos Stable!

12-15-07, 06:33 PM	#12
sirplayalot Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 737	Re: You know the feeling when powering a brand new PC!? Well, Just got done formatting it with the new HD. Tigerdirect swapped it out right away for me! Man this thing is a beast...Gonna go on a game install spree in a couple of hours. Specs are: Antec 900 OCZ GameXStream 600W Intel DG33TL Mobo Intel Q6700 Quad Core 2GB (2x1GB) XMS2 DDR2 BFG 8800GTOC 512 Seagate 320GB SATA Internal 1TB WD MyBook External HannsG 28" Widescreen LCD @ 1920x1200 Windows XP SP2 (Maybe Vista soon) __________________ Main rig ASUS P8P67 Deluxe \| Intel Core i7-2700k \| 16GB (4x4) DDR3 \| 2x Diamond Radeon 7970 Crossfire \| Corsair 850W PSU \| Asus 27" VG278HE 144hz \| Win 7 Ultimate Proud owner of a PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and gaming PC! Why argue which ones better when you can just play on all of them?

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