I’ve been saving this entry for about a week. Many badass things have happened lately. I’ll break it down:
- I got a WebCam! An IBM PC Camera, for $60 (little high, don’t buy from ur friends 😮 ). I set it up atop my monitor, connected via USB. I had some problems w/ the drivers @ first, but now it works perfectly. This supports 3 reses, picks up sound, and can either take snapshot pics or motion avis. Here’s a few pics from it:
- I got a new Blue Orb fan from The Card Cooler (pictured above). It took about an hour to remove my old heatsink/fan and paste this on w/ Arctic Silver II paste. I hooked it to a MB fan header w/out a sensor, so I can’t test the RPM of it… anyway, this will make my GeForce2 reasonably cooler.
- The GhetTO Driver Catastrophe: First, I noticed that my USB ports didn’t detect new devices anymore (I noticed this when I hooked my WebCam up). So Snake suggested I go to viahardware.com and get the latest 4-in-1 drivers (v4.33, w/ newest AGP GART). I did, and shortly after (this was about the same time I put my newly-fanned GeForce in), it kept locking: in IE, CS, anything. So I reinstalled it once, then got some older drivers, still locked. Got just new AGP GART, still locked. I even tried doubling my AGP Aperture size in BIOS. Just a couple hours ago, I got the original AGP GARTs that came w/ our systems, and it works fine. I still have the newest 4-in-1. Anyway, what this solved was not only my USB (I think), but my IRQ collision problem.
VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver is to be installed under Windows 98 only, it willfixed PCI IRQ routing sequence.
- Ever since the first S&L Surge failed LAN party, I lost my net protocols cause of network installions 😕 . So, I got my Windows 98 CD back from Snake, and reinstalled them. Now I can connect automatically to the net again.
- I e-mailed my uncle Bruce about the upcoming S&L Computers company. By December, we should definitely have this up & running. If u have an old computer, or not one @ all, ask us to sell u one: less travel distance, tweaked to ur liking, total installation, extra options (like painting).
- What else… um, I got those MODs Snake was talkin bout… all the MODs on the newest 3 Top10s are great. And… my computer is still quite hot (88° avg.), so I will probably change my CPU-HS contact from tape to paste. I will Overclock my GeForce once it’s cooler.
- Life is good… is it for u?
