BenR

Well, this build will hopefully be a worthy rendering machine for years... They want to be able to do multiple renders simultaneously... so I just figured if I double the ram it could do it. They also want to 'future-proof' the machine as much as possible... Does anyone know what kinds of issues 64bit XP has? I understand Vista is what it *should* have, but that is one aspect the client will not budge on... Unless VMs can run all the software beautifully... which I doubt... Put another way- These people despise Vista and believe it will go the way of ME within a year. Nothing can change th

if you re-read, you'll see I said a 750 for something *not* basic. I am greatly enjoying this discussion! I've been under the impression that most 'standard' computers would require a 500watt psu just to have some 'cushion'... Could it be I have no experience with "quality"? Could be.... Then again... I'm here to be helped as much as to help! What is a 'quality' power supply? Can you link me with technical info on how large a power supply should be if running certain hardware? I figured it like this: 100watts- CPU (I realize some cpus are 65watts) 100watts- 4 drives (I figured if I ev

If my handle was DeadDude... what would u make for an avatar and sig image? If my business is computer repair... what would the avatar and sig look like then? If I needed a logo for said business... what would you suggest? always happy for free help!

So... that 'error' is caused by too much stuff on the base of the Start menu? And moving stuff off the base start menu fixes it? Please clarify. thanks

How many monitors have you 'burned through'? Perhaps your video card is overheating and over-driving the video?? Or maybe your monitor isn't on a protected circuit? **Brand new** monitors shouldn't hiss at all. Could your power to the monitor be 'dirty'? Have another video card to test your replacement monitor on before using with your normal video card? Your card could be killing the screens....? Is your video card overclocked??? If it is... then that is most likely killing these poor monitors...

Short answer- it needs a major part replaced... factory did a quick fix on it. the hiss is an arc... turn off the lights and look down the ventilation slits... see *anything at all*? I could be wrong... but I've seen this many times... Could also be more minor... but will ultimately lead to the same result- arcs. Longer Answer- The hiss is caused by the monitor trying to synchronise at a particular frequency. If it is worse case scenario- the monitor may already be arcing internally. The corners reacting differently from each other led me to think this is your problem already. If it is NOT

and a live linux cd is faster than getting 85% through installing windows to have it freeze with no descriptive errors. seriously, I love live OS distros... *very* useful.

The point to pulling *everything else* out of the case is to lower the load on the power supply. A generic power supply tester simply checks for voltage on the pins- not the limitations of load on before mentioned pins. I suggest a live linux cd to simply test the hardware in a controlled environment- most live linux distros run without hitches out of the box, and a major problem trying to use one would point to more specific hardware issues as Linux is more low-level than Windows. You can use a live cd to push your hardware... without putting it at risk. You can also remove your hard drive(

Would you recommend 32bit Windows??? Why not 64bit? I thought it would be easier to just bite the bullet and upgrade to 64bit now, since this type of machine would *definitely* eventually need a 64bit OS... perhaps sooner than later, if the ram is raised to 4 gigs total or more. Has anyone ever run Poser in a virtual machine? What are the issues with doing it that way? (I have used VMs before, and I know there is no 3d acceleration.. can't Poser do a straight CPU render? My research into this leads me to believe it is *all* CPU renders, except the preview render mode which uses OpenGL- NOT

Let's put this in perspective folks... He had reboots whenever he remote accessed another pc. So he tried testing his RAM, and one stick tested bad once. (If I'm wrong, PLEASE correct me immediately!) He tested his drives, they tested fine but had file structure issues... He low lvl'd 'em, and try to reinstall. Blue screen. Okay... this sounds to me like at least one of the following: Motherboard is failing If the network card is onboard, and the IDE/SATA is onboard (wich one u using?), then perhaps the motherboard is failing. Power Supply is failing It was mentioned it was cheap. It cou

Well, I appreciate the comments! I have done a little deeper research into Poser 7, and discovered a few things that might help narrow down what hardware to use. 1. Poser 7 will use no more than 2 gigs of ram. 2. Poser 7 will use no more than 2 cores (it can use 4, but that is 'experimental'). That being said, I also have been told by someone 'in the know' that Poser 7 isn't available in a 64bit version. Now, here's some contradictory comments I got from the same sources: Poser 7 is 32 bit, and will not use more than 2 gigs ram. A system with more ram will render faster though. Poser won't

Oh yeah, and please list links to the hardware if possible!! And what version of Windows would you recommend? I was thinking XP64 would be needed to read 4gigs or more of ram...

Howdy y'all. I have been hired to build a pc for one specific purpose- to render Poser 7 as fast as possible. I was looking at possibly an AMD 4x4... but I think that may be overkill. So, my request of you all is to build a machine using parts from any online retailer you choose. The budget is $1200ish for hardware alone. I realize the 4x4 is no where near that price, $1200 is just what the client's first budget proposal was. I ****greatly**** appreciate any help with this project! keyboard, mouse, optical drives, floppy/card readers need not be included!

Howdy, newb to the forums here... I got a stumper for ya... How could I get a batch file to copy a list of files into a new folder, and rename that new folder to the current date? I need this batch file to operate correctly on actual DOS6.22, Win95/98DOS, 2k/XP_DOS. And that is what has killed me... I can get it to work only on standard DOS6.22 (I got a cheater book on 6.22 for 25cents last week!). If I have to resort to some VB stuff, could you please very plainly spell it all out? I have VB.NET... but dunno if it can write an app for Win95/98 (I can live with my existing DOS6.22 version of