Daughter’s Computer Upgrade
Filed Under (Hardware) by cranst on 28-03-2005
Sparking the purchase of my new hardware was the motherboard failure of my 4-year-old daughter’s computer. Since I rarely use my Windows box for anything day-to-day, I was able to transplant the Epox EP-8RDA+ motherboard into her computer last night. I took my time doing so I could get every little thing in place and cleanly installed. Once everything was installed, I gave it a quick boot to see if the memory and CPU and motherboard had survived the move from one case to another. No problems. I used an Ubuntu Live CD I had in my possession to log into the recently hosed Windows drive (Oops!) and grab all of the necessary profile documents and whatnot to make the backup onto my trusty Linux box.
With the backup complete, I began the reinstall of Windows XP on her box. Everything went as planned with the install, updates, service packs, software, etc, etc. The only thing that remains is a good program that will emulate CDROM drives for her games. I used GameDrive previously and found it worked *just* okay, but not perfect as bootup always Autoplayed every single virtual CD. Ouch!!
Summary:
My 4-year-old daughter has a faster computer than most adults I know.
Epox EP-8RDA+ (400MHz FSB)
AMD Athlon 2600+ (2.09GHz)
1GB (2@ 512MB) DDR400 (PC3200) RAM
NEC 1100A DVD+RW
Maxtor 13GB HDD
Hopefully one day, I can say I influenced her to do something great.