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- 13 Mar 2005
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Hey guys,
It's been a loooong time since I've built my own computer, been relying on a dell laptop to keep me ticking over. But the time came to get a new small computer for audio and graphic design along with being a part time HTPC in my uni room.
So I went ahead and bought hastily, hoping to get things sorted before uni, and have come into a slight issue with my build.
I have:
The issue is that the shuttle will either hang on boot, or when I do finally get through to attempting to install an OS, it will hang on booting into the CD to install.
In my haste I didn't check the compatibility list on the shuttle site. I replaced some corsair RAM i bought initially with the Kingston RAM which is listed on the compatibility list. The only thing that I can think of that may not be accepted is the graphics card. I was after a silent (or very quiet card) capable of serving my LCD TV through HDMI, as well as being able to stand up to moderate last generation gaming.
I also had to bend the fins of the heatsink on the GPU to get it to fit in the box... So I can't return it but I'm not too fussed about that. I'm just remembering the last time I got a shuttle and ended up having to ditch the whole thing because it wouldn't work regardless of what I put in it...
So any advice on what to do now would be most appreciated
Thanks in advance,
Blackspray
It's been a loooong time since I've built my own computer, been relying on a dell laptop to keep me ticking over. But the time came to get a new small computer for audio and graphic design along with being a part time HTPC in my uni room.
So I went ahead and bought hastily, hoping to get things sorted before uni, and have come into a slight issue with my build.
I have:
- Shuttle XPC SP35P2
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
- Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4670 Ultimate "Passive" 512MB
- Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB
- Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD±RW
The issue is that the shuttle will either hang on boot, or when I do finally get through to attempting to install an OS, it will hang on booting into the CD to install.
In my haste I didn't check the compatibility list on the shuttle site. I replaced some corsair RAM i bought initially with the Kingston RAM which is listed on the compatibility list. The only thing that I can think of that may not be accepted is the graphics card. I was after a silent (or very quiet card) capable of serving my LCD TV through HDMI, as well as being able to stand up to moderate last generation gaming.
I also had to bend the fins of the heatsink on the GPU to get it to fit in the box... So I can't return it but I'm not too fussed about that. I'm just remembering the last time I got a shuttle and ended up having to ditch the whole thing because it wouldn't work regardless of what I put in it...
So any advice on what to do now would be most appreciated
Thanks in advance,
Blackspray