[greenhorn]

the M2A VM has only 1 IDE slot right, how many IDE drives do you have ?

[kalpeshc]

Athlon 3000+ 1.8GHz
512*2 Mb RAM (dual channel config)
Asus A8NE mobo
Leadtek 7600GS Xtreme

Samsung 17" CRT :(

[NetfreakBombay]

Originally Posted by greenhorn

the M2A VM has only 1 IDE slot right, how many IDE drives do you have ?

Yaa it has only 1 IDE slot. DVD Writer is IDE and older HDDs are IDE. Will connect old HDDs one by one and trasfter data to new one.

Plan to pick up one more SATA HDD and set it up as RAID 1. Will do that once basic setup + HTPC is done.

Current headache is to get WiFi adapter work with Ubuntu. It used to work fine with Slackware and Ubuntu's layout is quite different so learning that.

[greenhorn]

I use a linksys WMP54G. worked out of the box with Ubuntu hardy

[NetfreakBombay]

Mine is Linksys USB54G, not so lucky with this one :(

On positive side, it picked up ALL proper drivers for IGP, Sound/LAN etc. It automatically filled 22inch monitor with 1680*1050 resolution.

Looks like it will take some work to make Ubuntu behave like a Unix If you select something, it is not copied to clipboard automatically, you have to manually copy it.

So much like windows.... I miss "Unixness" of Slackware. But I am sure Ubuntu can be tamed to behave like proper Unix as well

[greenhorn]

yup, even i was worried whether the ATi onboard and Wi Fi lan would play havoc ( since these two are the two things most people have problems getting to work) thankfully, had no such issues

[NetfreakBombay]

Hardware compatibility is amazing. Even windows did not work properly with IGP till I installed Catalyst drivers.

[hkanitkar]

Originally Posted by navin

where did you get the 1066 Mhz ram. neither theitwares nor primeabgb has them in stock. I need 4 x 2GB.

Hey navin, I ordered it from newegg. Got it through a regular importer from another forum : techenclave.

[SunnyBoi]

hmmm heres mine

A64 X2 3800+ 939 @ 2GHz
DFI Lanparty UT nf4 Ultra-D
-5BD 2x1GB RAMs
HIS X1950Pro IceQ3 turbo
Thermalright ultra 120A running fully passive
2xVIP 300W modded, running dual PSUs.
WDC 640GB, Hitachi 160GB, LG H55N dvd writer.
buffalo WHR G54 router and a 17inch CRT.

E-MU 1212M AWOL and MX5021 dead while modding. :(

[aaggoswami]

Originally Posted by hkanitkar

Hey navin, I ordered it from newegg. Got it through a regular importer from another forum : techenclave.

Does newegg ship to India ?
Or is it that someone from techenclave buys from newegg and sells here ? How is the cost ?

[akshay4587]

As of now using 7 year old desktop
P4 1.6GHZ
40 GB Samsung HDD
1GB RAM
256MB Nvidia Ge force Fx 5500

Laptop
Dell XPS M 1530
Intel Core 2 Duo T5450
2GB RAM
160GB HDD
NVIDIA 256MB 8600MGT

[greenhorn]

Originally Posted by aaggoswami

Or is it that someone from techenclave buys from newegg and sells here ? How is the cost ?

his name is katmandude. he's a member of several tech forums like THL, TE etc. join one of them and PM him to get a quote

[low_bass_makker]

Originally Posted by navin

where did you get the 1066 Mhz ram. neither theitwares nor primeabgb has them in stock. I need 4 x 2GB.

Navin Ji I just upgraded my PC to AMD Phenom 9550, 2 x 2 Gb 1066 G.Skill ram, Ati 4870 Display card. I also got the ram sourced from the same guy. He charges fairly good enough.

Also get a quote not all stuff are reasonable priced. I only got ram cheaper from there rest all stuff was coming out to be expensive or equal.

[aaggoswami]

Originally Posted by low_bass_makker

Navin Ji I just upgraded my PC to AMD Phenom 9550, 2 x 2 Gb 1066 G.Skill ram, Ati 4870 Display card. I also got the ram sourced from the same guy. He charges fairly good enough.

Also get a quote not all stuff are reasonable priced. I only got ram cheaper from there rest all stuff was coming out to be expensive or equal.

Which board you are using ? Have you tried AMD overdrive facality ?
What did the graphics card cost you ?

[greenhorn]

i think he quoted 15k a few months ago, and the cheapest one you can get in india is about 16.8k