No one told me...

Nope.
Used to have a girlfriend who played Tetris though, she sucked bigtime.
We broke up just because of that.


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If it´s like she´s into knitting and stuff and tells me that "Now I have played a game with you, now you have to knit with me"...then I just leave it alone, I wont bug her.

If not, then it´s "so-so" important, I mean...you have to have some common interests otherwise the relationship eventually will be doomed (more or less).
There´s so many other things that I value higher than getting a girl that fancy computers...


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Couples... I'm alone .

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They only thing I have done is played some yahoo games online with a girlfriend. I think we played go fish or something.

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hey svol, lets go visit the tittersons and the hootersons. i hear they are a nice bunch.

</font color=red><b><font color=orange>lOOk into my eyeeeees... oh stop it, i'm fallin asleep

I played Everquest. Having just built my first computer, we now have TWO mostly operational machines. (it's the old one that's [peep]ing up...not the one I just built, thank God...the new one is GREAT!)

Anyway...it was really fun. It's always been a source of contention...how much time he spends gaming. However, after getting sucked into the EQ world for over 2 hours yesterday BEFORE HE EVEN GOT HOME...I'm beginning to understand the draw.

It's been my experience that females tend to play around more with software applications than with hardware. I LOVE computers...but hardware is definitely new for me. I got tired of the crappy quality of computers that we've been plagued with over the years.

So...I convinced my man to trust me and let me build one. So far it kicks ass.

And...I'm eyeballing my OTHER PC as it's such a POS...I just don't know WHAT to do for it!! It locks up ALL the time, and we had the mobo replaced, the hard drive replaced...on and on (by the company...not by me). I don't know...pain in the arse.

Okay...done venting.

Interesting... the women I know tend to do as little with computers as possible. The only use if for internet, typing and chatting and if something goes wrong they need help from other... but maybe the region where I live is just living in the Dark Ages.
When I just started working with computers I mostly discovered things with software... until I got addicted to hardware and tweaking. I first started to help friends building their comps and after I learned enough I builded my own self-bought PC (bought an assembled before, but I did the hardware selection. I also build one with some old hardware).
And then I started to get addicted to overclocking... I can tell more if you're interested in my bla bla.

But if you tell us more about the PC you got problems with (hardware specs and OS) we can try to help you solve it.

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heh...I know PLENTY of women like that. I think it's fear disguised by disinterest. Or..maybe it's just disinterest, I don't know.

What I DO know is that as soon as I discovered that I could MAKE something that was exactly what I wanted and would probably work <i>better</i> than what I could buy...I wanted to do it. I researched it a lot, and read and read...and then bought all the components from sites that were recommended here on THG. Putting it together was a total rush...and pushing that power button the first time (made the hubby do it...LOL) was exhilarating. When no error messages came up, I was pretty pleased w/myself.

It was great. I DO want to know about overclocking eventually...but when I saw that I might have to *fuse* something, I balked. I'm sure that's next...

As for my *old* computer...we bought it from a Compucare (US chain) store about 2½ years ago.

Specs:
ASUS A7V-E KT133
"GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE 47" (not sure how to find more info than that)
Onboard sound card
GeForce 2 MX400 video card
Win 98SE (we do NOT have a disk...we had ME, and then a tech where I worked loaded 98SE on it)

We connect via LAN card.

Problems:
Locks up ALL the time while online
Currently will not run simple kids games...gets to opening screen, then seizes
Sometimes it just blinks and twitches for the hell of it.

We've replaced the mobo, 3 CD-ROM's, RAM, and I THINK we replaced the hard-drive once (Thank GOD for the warranty!)

Anyway...we just feel like it's jynxed..and so everything that goes wrong with it gets amplified to major proportions. It's lucky I haven't sent it to wingding for a "tune-up"!

ANY help at all would be appreciated.

The usual thing is to make sure you have the latest and greatest BIOS and chipset drivers for the motherboard, as well as latest drivers for graphics card, sound card, LAN card... all the works. Here are some pointers:

<A HREF="http://www.asus.com/mb/socketa/a7v-e/specification.htm" target="_new">Mobo specs</A>, <A HREF="http://download.asus.com.tw/mb_dl_menu.asp?Status=31&l1=1&l2=10&l3=1&mid=4" target="_new">Latest BIOS for A7V-E KT133</A>, <A HREF="http://www.asus.com.tw/inside/Techref/bios-flash.html" target="_new">BIOS flashing instructions</A>, <A HREF="http://www.asus.com.tw/download/mbdriver/mb-flash.htm" target="_new">BIOS flashing tools</A>.
<A HREF="http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2" target="_new">Latest drivers for VIA chipsets</A> (including KT133).
<A HREF="http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp" target="_new">Nvidia graphics drivers</A> (Detonators).
<A HREF="http://www.cmedia.com.tw/edl8738.htm" target="_new">Drivers for the onboard sound chip</A> (C-Media CMI-8738).

Might help, chances are that the techie didn't install latest drivers. Be careful with the BIOS update, though. Interrupted flashing or flashing a wrong BIOS file can ruin the mobo. Checking for any 98SE updates isn't such a bad idea either.


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verily its is great that thou can bond and share experiences, even such tidings as gaming.

My current Lady, bless her heart, likes porn too. the merry lass is recommending titles for ME to download!

I hast yet to introduce her to gaming, but things do look fortuitious thus far.

Overclocking can be a rush, but much grief can be laid low by doing it the methodical way.


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The joy will not last.
The first time you beat him at his favourite game he'll have a sissy fit. And that will be it for the online games with the hubby.

Board games, card games, computer games, kids games my wife kicks my ass in all of them. We don't play games anymore because it is too stressful for me. I get really pathetic when I have a sissy fit.
Thankfully she still can't beat me at the billiard hall.
I am the eight ball champion.


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zyprd...he read your post

<i>The first time you beat him at his favourite game he'll have a sissy fit. And that will be it for the online games with the hubby</i>

...and said..."not likely".

LOL...he's been playing EQ for about 3 years now. And although I'm the hardware person, AND I excel at regular "office-type" applications..he's the game god of the house.

Although...I DO recall being able to play Disney's Tarzan better than him...

*evil grin*
Building a new rig and getting the OS to boot is the <i>fun</i> part. Soon enough, the neverending arms race for latest BIOS, drivers, virus scanners, OS upgrades and app/game patches starts. Not to mention plugging the gaping security loopholes in the OS, IE, Office, Outlook... *sigh*


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ok

i apologize

what i said was all true, but i shouldn't have laughed about you and hubby gaming together...

wasn't out of malice, you know, much more like teasing...anyway...sorry!



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.....phenomenal in the sack, eh?......wanna prove it?....

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Depends on the symptoms and what you tried to solve it... only then you can find the bad component.

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<i>I prefer Karate... although I don't know much about other fighting sports.</i>

Taekwondo involves more lower body strength (lots of kicking), and so IMO attracts more women. I enjoyed it immensely.

Hmm... kicking is my weakest point. I'm not very flexible so some kicks are difficult to do high.

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To change the subject back to the original subject;
I use to play CS and Need for Speed. I like those games, but when I play CS, I hide all the time and shoot people from a snipers advantage. I know, I know. I'm a cowardly cheater, but what are ya gonna do huh? lol.

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Damn fine idea. That'll mend her smart-ass ways.

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What games.


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The most populair ones like: UT, UT2003 (maybe), Q3(TA), CS maybe SOF1 or 2... and mayb others.
How fast does your PC need to be to host a server?

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It helps if your slow and methodical.
Test each thing thouroughly before moving on.
Narrow down the list of offending devices.
And so on.
If you have replaced numerious bits and its still a problem, then its likely to be something that wasn't replaced. Logical no?
How are those voltages going? 4.8v or less for the 5v line?

<b> I think I'm addicted to these ever so cute :cool: smiley :lol: faces! :wink: </b>

I used to play on the Mithaniel Marr server. I was in a guild, and had 3 characters 20+ but I haven't played in 4 months so I've forgotten how to do even the basics. Lol. I used to really be into trade skillz. That's what I found to be fun. Killing stuff got monotenous so trade skillz was a fun side thing to do.

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