What pc are you using to play you flight sim?

[Archangel]

i think the title says enough

 

[cheddar cheese]

A Compaq FP 5315.

Thats all I know.

 

[Nonskimmer]

I'm using a very old one.

 

[Pisis]

intel pentium III 733 MHz, (64) 512 MB RAM (just shiped to me today, yeah!), 15 GB HDD CD Burner.......... ask me what sim I'm playing

 

[Archangel]

ok, what sim are you playing?

ok, my system.
AMD X2 4400+
1Gb ddr400 dual channel
Albatron k8SLI mobo
geforce 6800GT (and ill soon have my 2nd one )

 

[Pisis]

European Air War - EAW. !!!

Good rig you have AA

 

[Archangel]

damn.. a german fiend of mine is playing it 2.. but i cant find it anywhere here

 

[evangilder]

3.00 GHz Pentium 4 Processor
2 GB RAM
2 x 120 GB HDDs
52x CD Burner
4x DVD Burner
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 (256MB)

Believe it or not, I'm still running a CRT style monitor, 19" HItachi Super Scan 769.

 

[Nonskimmer]

I'm not tellin'. You'll only laugh.
But it's old.

 

[evangilder]

I have a hopped up machine, but I use it for work and volunteer stuff, so I can right off a majority of it. So when I upgrade, I go all out. I buy the parts and assemble it myself and get everything loaded. Saves a few bucks and I know what I'm getting that way.

 

[zerum]

2.8 GHz pentium 4 processor .512 mb sdram
145 GB HHD
cd/dvd burner
19" crt monitor

 

[Pisis]

damn.. a german fiend of mine is playing it 2.. but i cant find it anywhere here

for basic info, check out my site (some parts currently off-line)....... for more, check out the www.simhq.com --> EAW section (there's a guy called RAF_Dumoulin, who can give ya a link where you can DL the full OOB game )

cheers,
pisis

 

[Pisis]

I have a hopped up machine, but I use it for work and volunteer stuff, so I can right off a majority of it. So when I upgrade, I go all out. I buy the parts and assemble it myself and get everything loaded. Saves a few bucks and I know what I'm getting that way.

exactly.

maybe you can help me then, if you're "the whizz" ---. i've just bought a cd burner recently (i've never had anyone) and when i installed it, the xp's cannot recognize it via "find new hardware" function... how can i get it running?

 

[Gnomey]

Desktop:
1.7Ghz P4
20Gb + 10 GB HDD's
128Mb Geforce 4 MX4000
1152Mb RAM
DVD
52x CD
19" CRT

Laptop
1.5Ghz Celeron M
40Gb HDD
64Mb Gfx Card
512Mb RAM
DVD/Rw
17" TFT

 

[evangilder]

I have a hopped up machine, but I use it for work and volunteer stuff, so I can right off a majority of it. So when I upgrade, I go all out. I buy the parts and assemble it myself and get everything loaded. Saves a few bucks and I know what I'm getting that way.

exactly.

maybe you can help me then, if you're "the whizz" ---. i've just bought a cd burner recently (i've never had anyone) and when i installed it, the xp's cannot recognize it via "find new hardware" function... how can i get it running?

The first thing you need to do is make sure that your cables are hooked up right and you plugged in the power connector as well. I know that may sound simple, but I have forgotten a cable in haste in the past. If you don't see the drive at all as a CD drive in the "My Computer" section, then it likely is a cabling issue.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Yes, rule #1: Always check the obvious stuff first.

 

[evangilder]

It's so true, NS. I have been building my own PCs for about 15 years, and I still do things like that when I get in a hurry.

 

[Nonskimmer]

I've done it myself. Ah yes, there's nothing like cursing and pulling your hair out for ten minutes only to discover you forgot to plug the damn thing in.

 

[Gnomey]

Know the feeling, you check everything and then you find you have not plugged it in correctly and you feel like such an idiot!

 

[Archangel]

maybe you can help me then, if you're "the whizz" ---. i've just bought a cd burner recently (i've never had anyone) and when i installed it, the xp's cannot recognize it via "find new hardware" function... how can i get it running?

when you checkd the cables. you have to make shure the motherboard does see the burner
so on startup, go into the BIOS as see if it recognizes all the IDE drives