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Thanks guys :) As for the 911 on the wall - I googled 911 blueprints and found one I liked, used beamer to project the picture on the wall and traced it with a black marker ;)

My not so much spectacular corner...

Here's my humble workstation at my gf's place. I made the desk myself using a vintage sewing machine from mid 50's as a base. Laptop is hidden in a ventilated drawer. Not so much high performance workstation, but it gets the job done ;)

Yeah, I didn't bother to connect optical drive as I haven't used one for months ;)

Thanks :) That's what I was going for...

Long time no post... Anyways, as the Thanksgiving doesn't concern me I thought I'd share my workstation with you guys. I used to have a regular case (Coolermaster Cavalier) but it just didn't fit into the picture so I got this little piece of furniture from Ikea and put the computer in the...

definitely try another OS - after all the Windows 7 is an RC release.. oh and do you have the most recent BIOS version?

apartmenttherapy, really? thanks very much :) wish I had cleaned up before taking the pics.. ;)

thanks, I painted everything myself :)

thanks guys.. glad someone likes my pics :)

Here's my workstation. Got rid of the Jerker when was moving to my new place.. it took way too much space thus I had to settle with a smaller Fredrik. and here's a pano shot of the bedroom.. ..and my gaming/ HT station

I don't have a blue-ray player, but I do connect my htpc to the tv using HDMI and the picture is razor sharp..

if you have the hardware already then try it out.. I think memory doesn't mean as much as CPU processing power.. as for the frontend - I'm using mediaportal.

My recent build strictly for HT purposes. GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD780G AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 4850e 2 GB RAM 640 GB Samsung HDD Tacens Theca case

I recently built HTPC based on the very same mobo and CPU, 2 gigs of RAM - runs perfectly on 42LG6000 through HDMI (I have a slight problem with the TV tho..). I agree with Danny about the case and PSU - I myself got Tacens Theca case and Fortron PSU.. I never go for generic case/psu combo.

..you can try different cable

My budget system for music listening: Denon PMA-250 SE amp, Harman Kardon HD710 cd and Onkyo D-052AX bookshelf speakers. Other speares are Modecom AV2000 that I use for movies.

try running manufacturers diagnostic software Do you have both hds on the same channel (cable)? Try running them on separate channels.

hmm.. it might be that your power supply is going bad..

try clearing CMOS.. make sure that all additional power cables are plugged.. try booting with minimal configuration - CPU, one stick of RAM and onboard graphic.. also make sure that the mobo supports your CPU (I myself don't have time to do a research for you..).

It seems you did pretty much everything you could.. the last resort would be clean OS install..

well.. I also have an outdated rig, and eventhough I don't play games, I feel it's a little laggy (I multitask a lot ;) ).

uh, I'm so glad I'm not a gamer.. cause this way I don't really need to upgrade so often :p

you could try a riser card such as this one.. http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/it.A/id.290/.f?category=18

um, yeah this sounds like vid card.. or psu.. is this the rig in your sig? can you try the vid card in different rig?

I know arctic cooling fans always come with a case badge..

yeah you try clearing CMOS for start.. if this doesn't do anything - check the PSU..

does the vid card have an additional power connector? hm, what about the onboard graphics, does it work? try clearing CMOS.. and also - try the vid card in other rig.

I don't see a point in upgrading a socket A based config to make it a gaming rig..

I'd check voltages with a multimeter..

I'd say it's power related.. I have a Maxtor HD that I experience a similar problem (powering down along with read/ write access problems). Switching molex connector solved my problems.. at least for now.. ;)

any beeps? anyways - try clearing CMOS.. and never assume that extra hardware such as a NIC or a modem aren't the problem..

s-video is analog, so no - it cannot output HD resolutions.

as far as I know HDMI does carry the audio signal, and I think you should be able to ouutput the sound through the coaxial out to your speakers.. why don't you try it, since you already have the hardware.. ;)

yeah, looks decent :)

..unfortunately the Jerker has been discountinued but its presence on this forum is still strong (I have one myself ;) ).

..did you try different USB ports?

pretty sweet.. make sure to post some pics with all hardware installed :)

exactly.. make sure to get a quality quiet PSU, suspend hard drive, minimize the number of fans (get passively cooled vid card), etc.

umm.. no, never happened to me.. does your PSP still work?