Journal Iamthefallen's Journal: [New computer] WTF, RMA, FSOF, 3
So I ended up requesting an RMA from NewEgg on the MoBo, Cpu and RAM since I have no idea which one is the problem. I flashed the bios, bought a SATA dvd rom (Because IDE is apparently extremely slow on the DS3), read up on issues people have had and settings to try, and it's still slow as a dog.
Like, Windows installer fails because it is so slow. POST takes a few minutes and it takes another few to boot from CD.
I strongly suspect the motherboard is the culprit, but if it isn't, then I'd be past the 30 day return limit on the CPU by the time I found out. So I'll send it all back and see if the new stuff will run.
Well crap.
well... (Score:2)
one of the best things to have is friends with similar systems to diagnose which component is the culprit. but in all the recent systems i've built or have seen built by buddies the only piece that has been problematic have been the motherboards. i wish they would come to the customer with a fairly recent flash as that would fix some of the problems. that, and come with better documentation.
in fact documentation for motherboards would be one of the better metrics for evaluating them.
Which SATA dvd? (Score:2)
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From what I read about the IDE CD rom people have experienced extreme sluggishness on the ds3 board. So I figured the $20 would be worth a shot if the SATA CD rom would work. Alas the system doesn't really want to play nice at all now.
I'll restart from scratch whenever I get the new components.