Computers

I got a new machine the day before yesterday. Well, not really new - it's one year old, but nevertheless it's good enough for me and most importantly - it was ridiculously cheap. (sth. like 2800 NOK - yes, i know it's creepy to write a price in norwegain crowns, but so be it).


It's something like:
AMD 2500 XP +
512 MB DDR 400 ram
80 GB SCSI MAXTOR HDD
ATI Radeon 9200 + TV- out
And now the important one - 21 inch flat screen ! ( movies, anyone :D )

Now the thing was i was getting this annoying "Delayed Wirte Failure" error, whenever i was moving/ writing some files the on the hard disc.
I have done a couple of thing like reinstalled WinXP, browsed through a gazzillion of pages ( realised that millions of people have had the same problem, which was induced by a number of different reasons - like ati graphics drivers, HDD size and such - i needed to change about 10 different registy settings, which different people suggested and yet - 6 hours later i was still at the same spot - you can imagine i was pretty pissed at Windows and Billy at that point..
Finally i started unplugging different componenets one by one and realised it was the CD drive, which was in conflict with the HDD.
At that precise moment, i was being really pissed at it, cause the bloody operating system gave me no errors or reported any single conflict !
Luckily, i have installed serious sam before hand, so i was able to relieve my stress in doing something "usefull" till 1 am ;)


And now i am expected to do something productive - damn, you gotta hate that..
I will post some pictures as well, jsut let me transfer them from my old machine ( will take a while, though )