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[Mrs. Tuberski]

Ok advice here im working on a girls pc from work she went out and bought a new one so time isnt an essence. the problems she said she was having was the pc would shut its sefl off then turn on again. I ran every dam virus check i know of and it didnt produce a virus. tuber said it might be the power supply on the fritz. well Upon pluging it up she had like 1 million things running at start up. we fixed that and i havent experienced the pc shutting off. The cd writer is fried so im wondering if the power supply could have fried that and is dying. the pc is a HP pavallion what do u guys think

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by alva
No, I do know a few others who do the same.

OK, so how do you install software, or do you just download it all?

[Asher]

That system looks fine to me.

[Kuciwalker]

Yeah, it's kind of hard to get stuff off optical disks when you don't have optical drives.

[Dinner]

Here's the final build. I decided to not get Vista Office and Paint Shop Pro and will aquire copies through other means.

My Components
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400 (2MB L2 Cache,2.13GHz,1066 FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vistaâ„¢ Home Premium edit
MEMORY 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cacheâ„¢ edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable edit
MONITORS 20 inch E207WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro edit
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
My Accessories
PRINTER Dell Photo AIO 926 - Includes Media Card Reader edit
SERVICE & SUPPORT 1Yr Ltd. Warranty, 1 yr HW Warranty Support, 1 yr Advance Exchange edit
DELL 926 PRINTER Dell Photo All-In-One Printer 926 edit
SPEAKERS Dell AS501PA 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for Analog Flat Panels edit
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard edit
MOUSE Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER 13 in 1 Media Card Reader edit
MODEM No Modem edit
My Software
PRODUCTIVITY Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD edit

Dell Recommends
Upgrade your software!
Upgrade to Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 [add $149 or $5/month1]
ANTI-VIRUS & SECURITY McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 36-months edit
PHOTOS, MUSIC & MORE! Trial pack- Basic and trial products from Corel and Yahoo edit
My Service
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 2Yr Ltd Warranty and At-Home Service edit

Dell Recommends
An Additional Year of Service!
Upgrade Your Years of Service. Choose 3 Years of Service and protect your investment!

(If Complete Care selected, number of years must match warranty term)
Help Me Choose
Upgrade to 3Yr Ltd Warranty and At-Home Service [add $91 or $3/month1]
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested edit
ENVIRONMENTAL OPTIONS Support Reforestation: Plant a Tree for Me edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
Labels Windows Vistaâ„¢ Premium

Total price $1588 including paying $6 into the reforestation fund.

[Dinner]

Alternate build using the next higher model but with similiar specs. I'm not sure what the price difference is due to.

My Components
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400 (2MB L2 Cache,2.13GHz,1066 FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vistaâ„¢ Home Premium edit
MEMORY 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cacheâ„¢ edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable edit
MONITORS 20 inch E207WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro edit
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
My Accessories
PRINTER Dell Photo AIO 926 - Includes Media Card Reader edit
SERVICE & SUPPORT 1Yr Ltd. Warranty, 1 yr HW Warranty Support, 1 yr Advance Exchange edit
DELL 926 PRINTER Dell Photo All-In-One Printer 926 edit
SPEAKERS Dell AS501PA 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for Analog Flat Panels edit
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard edit
MOUSE Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
GAMING ACCESSORIES FREE! 30 days subscription to GameTap + Logitech controller edit
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER 13 in 1 Media Card Reader edit
MODEM No Modem edit
OPTIONAL PORTS Serial & PS-2 PCI Adapter edit
My Software
PRODUCTIVITY Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD edit

Dell Recommends
Upgrade your software!
Upgrade to Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 [add $149 or $5/month1]
ANTI-VIRUS & SECURITY McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 36-months edit
PHOTOS, MUSIC & MORE! Trial pack- Basic and trial products from Corel and Yahoo edit
My Service
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 2Yr Ltd Warranty and At-Home Service edit

Dell Recommends
An Additional Year of Service!
Upgrade Your Years of Service. Choose 3 Years of Service and protect your investment!

(If Complete Care selected, number of years must match warranty term)
Help Me Choose
Upgrade to 3Yr Ltd Warranty and At-Home Service [add $91 or $3/month1]
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested edit
ENVIRONMENTAL OPTIONS Support Reforestation: Plant a Tree for Me edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
Labels Windows Vistaâ„¢ Premium

Price: $1598

[Nubclear]

Ugh, Dell.
Can't you clal them up and request that they not muck up your computer with their stupid programs?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Here's the final build. I decided to not get Vista Office and Paint Shop Pro and will aquire copies through other means.

My Components
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400 (2MB L2 Cache,2.13GHz,1066 FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vistaâ„¢ Home Premium edit
MEMORY 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cacheâ„¢ edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable edit
MONITORS 20 inch E207WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro edit
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
My Accessories
PRINTER Dell Photo AIO 926 - Includes Media Card Reader edit
SERVICE & SUPPORT 1Yr Ltd. Warranty, 1 yr HW Warranty Support, 1 yr Advance Exchange edit
DELL 926 PRINTER Dell Photo All-In-One Printer 926 edit
SPEAKERS Dell AS501PA 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for Analog Flat Panels edit
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard edit
MOUSE Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER 13 in 1 Media Card Reader edit
MODEM No Modem edit
My Software
PRODUCTIVITY Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD edit

Dell Recommends
Upgrade your software!
Upgrade to Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 [add $149 or $5/month1]
ANTI-VIRUS & SECURITY McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 36-months edit
PHOTOS, MUSIC & MORE! Trial pack- Basic and trial products from Corel and Yahoo edit
My Service
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 2Yr Ltd Warranty and At-Home Service edit

Dell Recommends
An Additional Year of Service!
Upgrade Your Years of Service. Choose 3 Years of Service and protect your investment!

(If Complete Care selected, number of years must match warranty term)
Help Me Choose
Upgrade to 3Yr Ltd Warranty and At-Home Service [add $91 or $3/month1]
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested edit
ENVIRONMENTAL OPTIONS Support Reforestation: Plant a Tree for Me edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
Labels Windows Vistaâ„¢ Premium

Total price $1588 including paying $6 into the reforestation fund.

I ended up buying this system. I called into their 800 number and spoke to a salesman who found some promotions for me which knocked the price down to $1350 (that's $250 off the online list price). With taxes it is $1471 delivered to my home. Not bad.

[Kuciwalker]

Not bad.

[Dinner]

A friend of mine says Dell's new coupons come out on Thursday. He's saying I should cancel my order and then reorder on Thursday after I've seen the new coupon offers. Suggestions?

[Paddy]

Originally posted by alva


Dude...he's "happily" married!!

they be words of wisdom and much warning !!!

[ColdPhoenix]

I was looking at almost the exact same system on Dell today but decided against it at the last moment. Would have been a totally impulse buy on my part and don't think that I can justify spending that just so that I can comfortably play huge maps on CIV...

Then had a look at getting some of the main parts (CPU, motherboard, RAM) and taking the graphics card etc from my current pc. I just know that if I try and put a pc together from scratch I'll just end up with a smoldering hunk of metal and a hole in my bank account.

[Dinner]

I actually ended up going with the 19" ultrasharp monitor instead of the lower res 20".

[Dinner]

The new machine arrives tomorrow but ****ing UPS won't tell me more then that it will arrive between 8am and 7pm and that someone must be home to sign for it. What a waste of a day.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Oerdin
I actually ended up going with the 19" ultrasharp monitor instead of the lower res 20".

Resolution > size