predictable errors and no identity
I am alive. I just am slightly... detained.
My new computer arrived-much much earlier than I expected it to. I ordered from Cyberpower and so far I am beaucoup pleased. For less than 100 dollars total added to the cost of the components, they installed everything, shipped it VERY securely, and did a gorgeous job on the wiring. It's worth that much to me not to have to futz around with building a PC myself-though I can do it, it's a pain in the ass. ♥ Plus they tested all the components to make sure they all worked! ♥
Anyway, right now I'm copying files from the old computer to the new. You COULD say the easiest way to do this would be with simply attaching the old hard drive in an external case, an empty one of which I happen to have lying around-and you'd be right.
Unfortunately, there's none of that easy nonsense going on. The old hard drive happens to be the master hard drive and I promised my younger brother my (old) computer-this means I'm transferring the small files over the intranet and the big files via SneakerNet (i.e. putting them on a USB stick and walking the files back & forth).
And... le sigh My speakers don't work on the new computer. Granted, one hardly expects them to function automagically, but it would be nice, wouldn't it? Hmm, I should try a pair of headphones, see if they work.
On the plus side, I should write up my iTunes trick. How to get all your playcounts, album art, etc, from one computer to another without resetting anything. It's a bit of a pain in the ass, but it's quite easy really once you think about it-simply find the databases, make sure the file structure of where the mp3s are located remains intact from hard drive to hard drive, and copy the databases over.
For those of you who are interested, which is probably no one (except possibly deadhero), my new computer specs are as follows:
CASE: * Azza Solano 1000 Full-Tower Advance Cooling Case w/ Dual 230mm Fan + Extra 3 Fans
CD: * Asus BC-08B1LT 8X Blu-Ray Player & DVDRW Combo
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-950 3.06 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366 (4 cores)
CS_FAN: Maximum Enermax 120MM Case Cooling Fans for selected case (Maximum Silent Operation) [ (1,000 RPM Black Color with No LED Enlobal Magnetic Barometric Bearing 17 dBA)
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
MEMORY: 6GB (2GBx3) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module (brand undetermined because I'm too lazy to crack open the case right now and see)
MOTHERBOARD: (2-Way SLI Support) Asus Sabertooth X58 Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3 FCLGA1366 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, SATA-II RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI
POWERSUPPLY: * 850 Watts - Thermaltake TR2 RX Modular 80 Plus PSU - PN: W0319RU
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card
Originally posted at Dreamwidth. Comment there (
), or feel free to comment here.
My new computer arrived-much much earlier than I expected it to. I ordered from Cyberpower and so far I am beaucoup pleased. For less than 100 dollars total added to the cost of the components, they installed everything, shipped it VERY securely, and did a gorgeous job on the wiring. It's worth that much to me not to have to futz around with building a PC myself-though I can do it, it's a pain in the ass. ♥ Plus they tested all the components to make sure they all worked! ♥
Anyway, right now I'm copying files from the old computer to the new. You COULD say the easiest way to do this would be with simply attaching the old hard drive in an external case, an empty one of which I happen to have lying around-and you'd be right.
Unfortunately, there's none of that easy nonsense going on. The old hard drive happens to be the master hard drive and I promised my younger brother my (old) computer-this means I'm transferring the small files over the intranet and the big files via SneakerNet (i.e. putting them on a USB stick and walking the files back & forth).
And... le sigh My speakers don't work on the new computer. Granted, one hardly expects them to function automagically, but it would be nice, wouldn't it? Hmm, I should try a pair of headphones, see if they work.
On the plus side, I should write up my iTunes trick. How to get all your playcounts, album art, etc, from one computer to another without resetting anything. It's a bit of a pain in the ass, but it's quite easy really once you think about it-simply find the databases, make sure the file structure of where the mp3s are located remains intact from hard drive to hard drive, and copy the databases over.
For those of you who are interested, which is probably no one (except possibly deadhero), my new computer specs are as follows:
CASE: * Azza Solano 1000 Full-Tower Advance Cooling Case w/ Dual 230mm Fan + Extra 3 Fans
CD: * Asus BC-08B1LT 8X Blu-Ray Player & DVDRW Combo
CPU: Intel(R) Core™ i7-950 3.06 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366 (4 cores)
CS_FAN: Maximum Enermax 120MM Case Cooling Fans for selected case (Maximum Silent Operation) [ (1,000 RPM Black Color with No LED Enlobal Magnetic Barometric Bearing 17 dBA)
FLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer
HDD: 2TB (2TBx1) SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
MEMORY: 6GB (2GBx3) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module (brand undetermined because I'm too lazy to crack open the case right now and see)
MOTHERBOARD: (2-Way SLI Support) Asus Sabertooth X58 Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Mainboard Triple-Channel DDR3 FCLGA1366 ATX Mainboard w/ 7.1 HD Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III, SATA-II RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI
POWERSUPPLY: * 850 Watts - Thermaltake TR2 RX Modular 80 Plus PSU - PN: W0319RU
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 1GB 16X PCIe Video Card
Originally posted at Dreamwidth. Comment there (
), or feel free to comment here.