[NefCanuck]

taiyeungjai,Jul 10 2005, 11:37 AM Wrote:I finally got my rig up and running... Took a total of 12 hours including assembly and software installation/setup. I ran into so many problems that it took a full 8-9 hours to troubleshoot everything. I will think very carefully next time whether or not setting up the latest and greatest on a semi-supported chipset is worth it! I went through memory, countless combinations of drivers/tweaks and punishing lockups and issues. Since this was an upgrade from another CPU/Mobo combo which was from another CPU/Mobo combo, I did a repair install and that was cause for some major headaches.. but alas... I have finally come out victorious..

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The scary part is that you probably still can't run Doom3 with everything turned on, even after spending $8,000. :D

Repair installs are tricky mofo's, esp. under Win XP. I did one when I upgraded the last time to a new MB/CPU combo (both Intel) and I think I lost another few hundred hair folicles to frustration <_<

NefCanuck