It turns out I'm slow, fat and lazy. I'm trying very hard to remember there's still a little place called Albuquerque.

Here is my new computer
VGA EVGA|GEFORCE MX 4000 64M 8X - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$27.50)
CPU AMD|SEMPRON64 2800+ RTL - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$76.00)
DDR CRSR 512MB X2 KIT|VS1GBKIT400 - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$89.75)
*FD 1.44MB|SAMSUNG SFD321B/LEB% Beg - OEM (Qty=1,Price=$7.99)
HD 120GB|MAXTOR 6L120M0 SATA% - OEM (Qty=1,Price=$75.50)
DVD+/-RW PLEXTOR|PPX-712SA/SW RTL - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$84.99)
MACHSPEED K8T800 PRO|VIPER64 K8T8AS - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$84.00)
CASE LINKWORLD|3131G-C8815U BG/GY - Retail (Qty=1,Price=$26.00)

Extended Warranty Fee: $0.00
Subtotal: $471.73
TAX: $0.00
Shipping and Handling Charge**: $36.30
Total: $508.03

I basically stole shinyhappydeath's parts list (because I'm lazy). I did find a cheaper case and added a floppy drive. The may suck, but they are still a standard.

So, the first fun was the many separate pin headers for the front USB ports. Worse were the power switch and other vital headers that lacked any direction on orientation. Several hours later, with much TV and stir fry, I was replacing the bandages over gouges the case took out of me and ready for a test. Well, it would be if Maxtor included an SATA power addapter as Plextor did. So, I did the next best thing and took the Maxtor drive out Patty to run the test. It turns out that patty doesn't have an IDE controler issue after all, the drive has a boot problem. The first time I ran the Win2K installer, I got a BSOD. I've never even seen a Win2K BSOD.

In other news, I found the old turner to go with the old speakers I dumpster dove recieved from my family. Now I need to add speaker wire to my shopping list. I also removed about a pound of unwanted weight from my head, but unfortunately my brain is intact.

Crane Count: 528