Quick Spec Check Please

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Quick Spec Check Please [HELP]

Right, the Athlon XP2400 system is really showing its age now and after several years I think an upgrade is in order :)

I already have a case (LL PC70), Hard Drives, CD Drive, Mouse, Keyboard and screen. So, I'm buying the below. As I have been out of the upgrade scene for so can someone please check that above will firstly all be compatible and secondly have a I made any major errors. I want to easily run Vista 64 and use Photoshop/Dreamweaver without it slowing everything down:

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N1066SR2GK)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Tagan TG500-BZ 500w Modular BZ Series PSU
Gainward BLISS GeForce 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (4718462008859) (Won't have time to game)
Maxtor Diamondmax 22 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (STM3500320AS)

EDIT: for the price thought i may aswell get an SATA2 drive.

Cheers
 
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looks good, if your running 64bit you might want to up the RAM a little, it will help with Photoshop

Stelly
 
Well I could buy that at a later date. Just want something that going to be a decent upgrade from an XP2400 system tbh.

Will all this fit in a LLL PC65, as the CPU cooler looks quite tall....
 
yes your cooler is a little tall, I can remember using it on a few builds (very good cooler) I think that it should fit, but it will be centimetres (even milimetres) from the side of the case

Stelly
 
Can anyone help me out here as this is getting frustrating :(


I have put together the above system and it won't boot. The error code says 87 or 8.7 which apparently relate to something to do with the PSU or Video card. I get no display and three beeps.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

EDIT%, just found out that code 8.7 means 8.7.Check CPU core voltagePower on -> Stop at 8.7.12V 4 pin plug disconnected or power supply damageCheck 4 pin power plug or replace power supply

This is no connected as I have connected the 20 pin cord. Do i need to connect both????
 
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Ye, make sure all is connected fine. Both the 4 and 20 pin.
Also dont forget to connect the GPU power if it needs one.
Also make sure the CPU fan is connected as well.

Have fun with the new system :).
 
Right! It now bootas fine and I can enter the BIOS :) Connecting the 8pin 12v connector worked. THere's no plug to connecte the PCIE power connector to the gtx card as its passively cooled.

However I have another problem. I have set the SATA DVDRW to be the first boot drive asneed to install windows. However, after the "Boot from CD:" message is displayed, there is a pause and then some error mentioning an exception - where it pauses.

I'm thinking this has something to do with the fact that this is the first time i have used an SATA DVDRW and may have missed something. I connected it up to a SATA cable and an SATA power cable. Is there anything else?

EDIT: this what I'm getting along with a few lines of gibberish:

TRAP 00000006=================EXCEPTION======"
 
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If you take a closer look at your motherboard or its manual, you will find a SATA slot that is indicated as SATA 1 - thats the first master sata slot, so make sure u connect it there.

Also u might need to enable 'usb support' option in bios in order to be able to push that random key when it asks you to while loading from cd.

If you have any more extra drives, reduce the number of sata devices to minimum for the windows instalation, so just connect the main hdd and dvd. Should be fine.

You can also try using different sata cable ;).

hope this helps, goodluck.


Phoenix


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Update, havnt seen your newest post:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329903
 
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Success. Have now got to the boot screen withoput any errors. :cool:

Looked like it was a dodgey disk I haven't used for an age. Popped by XP Home disk in that has been in packaging for almost 5 years now and it booted up first time to the setup screen.

Looks like I'm urfortunately going to have to buy either Vista or XP Pro again :(

Still, at least its the problem solved i guess :)
 
No need to buy one if you got the licence already you can even get someone elses' copy or download from a torrent. Also you can call them up and ask to send you new CD if the old one aint working.
 
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