Considering going from 64 to 32 Vista

[4Ryan6]

Do you have any bikes today?

I don't, I miss riding too man, I live in South Carolina and even in the winter theres only about a solid months worth of the time of winter that you don't want to be on a bike, Cold!! Wet Cold not a dry cold, otherwise you can ride through the winter here.

We hardly ever get snow here, if we do it shuts down everything, its a treasured event and a excuse to take an unscheduled day off!

Sounds like you had some wild women for sure, sometimes they're the best kind until they come at you with a knife or a cast iron frying pan, at least you don't have to teach them anything about sex, they know it all.

badge I have to admit you've surprised me man, you're a pretty cool dude in my book!

 

[badge]

My former next door neighbor was from Denmark. He built a 'bike shop' in his garage. he had hydraulic lift, welder, all the power tools. he did all his own work and was a competition motocross racer. He raced across the desert for hundreds of miles from Barstow, CA to Las Vegas nevada. I believe he had a like 1200CC Ducati all tripped out. He had probably eight or nine bikes in his garage. He lived in S. Africa for a while. I think thats where he picked up on Desert racing. He won first place at times and had trophies as a top notch motocross racer around these parts. he moved several years ago, but I would hang out in his 'shop' a lot. The guy was a mechanical engineer. he helped me build my first computer back in the late '90's. It was a 100MHz. Pentium 1. haha. I was hooked.

I don't have any bikes, I'm 53 and probably look 63. I'm premature gray with a 26 year old beard. trimmed of course. 8). yeah, I still dream about having a bike. I wouldn't even mind having a Honda, I've seen some really nice looking Hondas here in So. CA. I've lived here for 22 plus years now. I'm from St. Louis, Mo. man a lot of motorcyclist out here. I can drive maybe 10 miles out to Tustin lake area on any weekend and pass by hundreds of bikers. Every time I see a bilker with a black mustache it reminds me of a good friend who kamakaze crashed a triumph back in the old neighborhood. he landed on his face and had road burn from his forehead to his feet. LOL. Then one day he was driving across a bridge across the Missouri river and a biker hit him in the back end. Tom said,"man I felt so sorry for the guy, he laying there moaning and his leg was broken to hell!" Tom usually drank Budweiser for breakfast so any time he said anything, it was funny!

I guess you know all the traffic police out here ride bikes. A lot of big Kawasakis with full farings and windshields. The bike laws are funny in CA. Bikers are apparently free to ride between cars, between lanes. Like at stop lights, the bikes pull between the cars in between the lanes and jump the traffic. I never did that. I don't think that maneuver was legal in Missouri.

I was lucky with one of my old girlfriends back in college I mentioned. Well, she got me into college and apparently saw the potential in me. She really straightened me out in life. Ask my mother, bless her heart! 8) The lady I'm married to for the past 24 years is not bad either.

 

[4Ryan6]

Been working on upgrading my niece and nephews computer, from my leftover parts pile of past upgrades to my and my wifes machines, and badge its been murphys law man.

Perfectly fine and operational 2G of memory worked fine in the same M/B, slap it in a different case power it up, Nothing!

Had to swap the memory to a pair of higher performers, which wasn't in the plans at all, since this is a complete give away machine, doesn't make sense? It was working just fine with the same setup for 6 months previously, now a dead issue! Oh Well&$#!^&%*(&%

Its up and running now, a little more advanced than I had intended, but it will serve them well, what the heck its a family thing anyway right!

Sounds like you love the wild women, at least you don't have to teach them anything about sex, thats nice!

Turned 56 Dec 13, glad to be still alive most all of my friends are dead and gone, some tragically too early!

Been married to my present wife for 19yrs now, she's definitely the best part of me for sure!

 

[badge]

Sounds like you love the wild women, at least you don't have to teach them anything about sex, thats nice!

Soundslike a quote from a best picture award winner! :lol:

Turned 56 Dec 13, glad to be still alive most all of my friends are dead and gone, some tragically too early!

Yes. I talked to a cousin on my mother's side on Christmas. She's 67. The news. An aunt dies four years ago, her brother died this year, another aunt dies many years ago, my cousin Bill died (I used to hunt with him and visit his farm often). She was under treatment for breast cancer earlier this year. breast cancer usually results in death within 3-4 years max. I didn't say anything. I'm going out in a blaze of glory.

Been married to my present wife for 19yrs now, she's definitely the best part of me for sure!

That's great. You have somebody...that's a lot.


That's good you take care of your familys comuters. Where would they be without you there to fix it? The same RAM worked before in the same MB until you swapped cases? Maybe it's the old RAM that went south.

I've been thinking abut building another computer, budget system. I have RAM, HDs, optical drives, video card (don't need one with the 780G or 8200). Si I could build this for under $200 and tht's if I buy a sharp looking micro case. I have an Antec 300.

MB:

this ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131324

or this

ASUS M3N78-VM AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131318

or this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.147041


Or a cheaper AMD dual core process and wait a few weeks for the Phenom II. Which should sit right in this MB if I like it.

 

[4Ryan6]

If the Phenom II is a good performer, we'll see prices drop on both sides of the fence, since we're this close, to something serious from AMD, [Hopefully!], you probably should wait a few weeks and see what happens.

I've been in hopes for the longest time AMD would release something on the lines of the FX57 skt939 days and shock Intel to its knees, and if history repeats its self, its possible.

I am definitely AMD loyal, I've always had excellent results from their products.

Maybe I'm just a dreamer, but I believe the Phoenix will rise again.

 

[badge]

I still use my FX55 a lot. Also a 4800X2, 4000 San Diego, 3200 Venice, 3400 Clawhammer, 3400 Newcastle and 3700 socket 754. Man, those a re getting old, I've been tweaking them out recently to get a little more time and use. I don't have a single AM2 machine. I think I'll go with an AM2 micro build soon. Maybe I can replace some of this old stuff, even though all of runs perfect. Yeah, Phenom II quad core 'may' be in my future. Or a price drop on a current AM2 quad. I priced the Intel 5200 at $80 and it's not listed as a C2D? It's a pentium DC? Microcenter has the E7400 (a C2D) with 3 GB L2 cache (we do photoshop a lot) for $104. That's a nice price, but the Intel MB are still kind of high. Anyway, I see an AM2 Micro system in the future. I think an AM2 quad will do anything I use for plus some. And it's cheap. 8)

 

[badge]

Just burned three copies of this movie. I'll send it to my friends when they call. Seen it? It's a bitchin' flick. Marisa Tormei has a pair of torpedos. I woke up last night and my wife was crying. She was watching the Bucket list? I'm going to watch Letters from iwo Jima. Or maybe I'll put Marisa Tormei back on and start crying is better. When she asks why I'll say, "you just wouldn't understand, boo hoo. 😱

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292963/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jhrxn7QVDc

 

[4Ryan6]

You definitely have some AMD roots!

 

[4Ryan6]

Interesting movie, have you seen, The Dark Knight, the last Batman release?

Very good movie.

Letters from Iwo Jima was a little on the, well I'll just say its a watch one timer. IMO

 

[4Ryan6]

Or maybe I'll put Marisa Tormei back on and start crying is better. When she asks whey I'll say, "you just wouldn't understand, boo hoo.

LOL, That never works for me I'll bust out laughing everytime!

 

[badge]

Maybe I'll skip 'Letters. There is some pretty funny stuff on the internet if you look long enough. And have a lot of time to waste (where's my wife). Look at this! hahahahahaha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egCeIwjIuZM

 

[badge]

My daughter loves the movies. So did my mother. I bet my daughter has seen The Dark Knight. I'll ask her. I have not seen it.

Check this. When I first came to CA I answered an ad in the newspaper for 'extras'. You know movie extras. I went to the interview and the guy kept asking me if I was a cop! I've had that happen A LOT in my life. It was a porn movie outfit!!!!! LOL!

It was in Beverly Hills. Hell, the try out for Jeopardy wasn't in that classy a part of town. 8) I had to settle for shaking hands with Donald Trump one day. Now that I think about it, I'm kind of dissappointed about the whole thing.

 

[4Ryan6]

That dude is hilarious in the youtube clip!

How about Ironman? See that? Also a really good 2008 movie release!

The wife and I went to the theatre, [A rare event these days], to see The Day the Earth Stood Still, it was OK but to me a little disappointing, because it wasn't a remake of the original, they changed the story line completely from the original.

So to me, since I've been waiting for them to remake this movie with modern effects, since they've remade every other old good movie, it was disappointing.

 

[4Ryan6]

Just burned three copies of this movie.

In Vista how?

I'm asking because either somethings wrong with my brand new DVD burner, or Vista disables direct disk to disk copying???

Does Vista have some kind of built in stop in place to disable direct disk to disk copying?

Or do I have a problem hardware wise?

 

[Zoron]

Most likely software wise. To copy DVDs, I use a combo of AnyDVD and Clone DVD... and I know it works on Vista.

 

[badge]

Well, I copy DVDs in Vista 64, Vista 32 and XP using DVD shrink. I believe you have to have Nero software installed in conjunction with DVD shrink, but I'm not certain. No problems here. I made three perfectly good working copies using Vista 64/DVD Shrink/Nero last evening.

 

[badge]

have not downloaded the file in a while, but I tried this link and apparently all is well with the DVD Shrink download here. It's a small program. Give it a try 4Ryan.

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_shrink.cfm

 

[4Ryan6]

I'll check that out badge. Thanks

This is just plain weird! Check this?

I already had AnyDVD and Nero, but only Nero was installed, installed AnyDVD to attempt a DVD rip to HDD using AnyDVD, my Power DVD Player kicked in and tried to play the DVD at the same time AnyDVD was accessing it, Vista poped up a message saying DEP had shut down Power DVD Player.

At the time I wasn't too concerned because I wanted to allow AnyDVD to go ahead and RIP the DVD to the HDD, it did, and I used Nero to burn the RIP to disk, shutdown AnyDVD and Nero, put the DVD in to test play it and the DEP shutdown pops in again.

Vistas DEP kept shutting down the PowerDVD Player before it could do anything, this has been a very frustrating PITA, trying to resolve this little speed bump.

Had to uninstall AnyDVD period, and uninstall/reinstall PowerDVD Player to get PowerDVD Player to run without the DEP shutdown.

The DVD I burnt did playback just fine on my component DVD TV player, I guess thats a plus factor, I don't really understand why all the other crap happened though?

Do You?

 

[badge]

Well, I had a similar problem with my Vista 64 machines when I installed Nero Express 8 OEM. Error messages, crashes, just plain would not cooperate. I even patched it or tried to patch it and I still got 'failure'. I attributd the problem to software incompatibility, whatever that may be. I uninstalled Nero OEM 8 and put back nero 7 OEM with all the patches and it works fine on Vista 64, 32 and XP. I have not tried to download movies from the NET and burn copies. I use this Free DVD burner on all my systems including Vista 64. It works fine and is a simple application. You might give it a try. Just download and install the Free version.

http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download

 

[4Ryan6]

Thanks!

 

[badge]

How about Ironman? See that?

Nah, haven't seen it. Haven't been to the movies in a while. Used to take my kids a lot. The wife and I are thinking about going over the New Year holiday. If the Sound of Music is remade, I'll let her drag me there then let you know how it was LOL. Anyway, I went ahead and bought this processor. I'll get the ASUS 780G or 8200 MB later and build it. Maybe the Phenom II quads will 'be somethin'. I figured I'd get a cheap AM2 processor for now and take a look at the new quads when they get here and word gets out about their stamina. Performance is important too. I gotta' start reading the labels on these kinds of things.

I plan on using the stock HSF on this. I wouldn't want to subject it to potential non operational temps creeping below 0 or anything with a real fan. 😱

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103232

 

[4Ryan6]

That is Nero 8 on my machine but I can't blame it for what happened the problem began before nero was even opened, I think I've resolved the issue just don't ask me how, in all I've done to resolve it I don't know what actually did resolve, but presently all is well, I'll take that if you know what I mean.

Good price on that CPU!

That'll do till AMD releases something hopefully serious in the Phenom II lineup, and causes other prices to drop, again hopefully!

 

[badge]

I think I've resolved the issue just don't ask me how, in all I've done to resolve it I don't know what actually did resolve

LOL. You got that line from M$ tech support, I know you did.

I canceled the order on the AMD X2 2300 1.9 and bought this instead for $12 more.

X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103211

I also bought this MB today.

ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131324

Then I just hooked this up. My wife isn't speaking to me over the installation.

Acer H213H bmid Black 21.5" 5ms HDMI Widescreen 16:9 Full HD 1080P LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 ACM 20000:1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009157

I'm in the doghouse. I'm an advanced sweet talker, so it'll only take a couple of days for this to be forgotten.

 

[4Ryan6]

An additional 700mhz for 12 bucks more, thats a no brainer, good choice!

Nice monitor for the money man! 1080P HD with 5ms response, HDMI input, and DVI input, sweeet!

My wife always gets my leftovers from upgrades I make, until the last build for her when she complained about only getting leftovers, so I built her a new machine from the ground up, amazingly no backlash from her build!!!

I wonder why??? [Smile]

Happy New Year badge! Ryan

 

[badge]

Happy New Year Ryan. I'm burning a copy of Platoon with DVD Shrink on my Vista 64 machine right now. Hope that program works for you with you're V64 machine.