Well Ollie, You've Gone and Done It NOW!!!

Sub-titled... This Is Another Fine Mess I've Gotten Myself Into!

okayyyyyy....

...so the upgrade on the desktop didn't go quite as planned. first of all, the new Ultra power supply doesn't quite fit, and is secured by .... one screw. but it is in place, and not moving about. there sure are a lot of cables to it though. I'm sure I'll figure out where they all go .... eventually. so far, I've got the motherboard cables placed correctly.

secondly. that fancy video card I got? wrong Bus Interface. it's PCI Express. I need an AGP interface. not entirely my fault though... I was misinformed. I'm just hoping BestBuy will take a return on an open box peripheral, otherwise I'm almost broke (figureatively speaking of course). I found a 'correct' interface video card at CompUSA. I'll find out about the return to BestBuy....tomorrow.

thirdly. that Dynex card reader? too small. I need one that will fit a 5.25" bay. I didn't open that package so a return won't be a problem.

fourthly. I didn't upgrade the RAM, ...yet.

on a positive note, the inside of the box got a thorough cleaning. I stripped it down to the bare minimum and went nuts on a cleaning frenzy, which included the room the desktop is in. no more dust bunnies! anywhere! for now. and that dodgy rear fan has been replaced.

I have also come to the conclusion that....building ones own system is not that difficult, providing you have the information and knowledge, not to mention the funds, to get the right parts for it. the only thing that ticks me off about that is, ...everything seems to be based on what is new and shiney. I'm not of the school of thought that everything is disposable, especially if it works just fine!

I took some photos of the work on the desktop. I might post some here.

laterz,
R