Hi everyone,
Is there any way I can get some help from someone in the group to help/guide me in getting my new rig together? I would be so very thankful!!!
I've _finally_ been able to buy the components for my brand new desktop computer.While I've messed around inside already built units a tiny bit in the past, I've never built a computer from scratch before. Because of that I'm a bit ... ...uhgm... ...a whole lot intimidated by the process. I do _NOT_ want to take _ANY_ chances on frying and/or blowing anything up!
If it is possible that someone in the group can help me out with this, I can bring everything needed to the nextmeeting or to IHOP (which is closer to where I live).But, all I have in the way of a monitor are those great big and heavy CRTs. I would definitely need help getting that from my vehicle to where the build would take place and back if we have time for dealing with software.
Which brings up another question that I have: When is the next meeting? I looked at the site and it shows that there are 3 weeks between this past week's meeting on Apr 15 and the next meeting on May 7. Is that correct or just a typo?
Anyway, for OSes to be installed on my new rig, I did extremely begrudgingly buy Windows 7 to dual boot with PCLinuxOS. In addition to needing help with getting all the hardware components together into one unit, I also need help partitioning the 64 Gb solid state master hard drive so that the two OSes can reside on it. I have a 1 TB SATA hard drive to be the slave for my files to reside on. This way I can work with all of my files from both OSes while I learn how to handle Linux enough so that I won't have to worry about having to buy Windows again when 7 reaches the point where XP is now.
Again, any and all help that anyone may possibly be able give me with my 'project' will be extremely appreciated!
Sincerely, Julie (Long lost fellow[ette] LUGette)
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Hi,
On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 03:18:33PM -0700, Julie wrote:
... But, all I have in the way of a monitor are those great big and heavy CRTs. I would definitely need help getting that from my vehicle to where the build would take place and back if we have time for dealing with software.
The library has a projector with a VGA input so you can leave your monster monitor at home.
Which brings up another question that I have: When is the next meeting? I looked at the site and it shows that there are 3 weeks between this past week's meeting on Apr 15 and the next meeting on May 7. Is that correct or just a typo?
Yup, May 7.
Since a year is 52 weeks and a one or two days, rather than 48 weeks, there must be at four or five times a year that roughly three weeks rather than two pass between the first Wednesday and third Tuesday or vice versa.
When a month begins on a Wednesday, the third Tuesday is the 21st, one day short of three weeks later. Any month other than February that begins on a Tuesday ends either on Wednesday (if 30 days) or Thursday (if 31), and 31-day months that end on Monday end on Wednesday, forcing the next meeting to the 6th or 7th accordingly, three weeks and a day later.
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 1:34 AM, jim@jimani.com wrote:
Hi,
On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 03:18:33PM -0700, Julie wrote:
... But, all I have in the way of a monitor are those great big and
heavy CRTs. I would definitely need help getting that from my vehicle to where the build would take place and back if we have time for dealing with software.
The library has a projector with a VGA input so you can leave your monster monitor at home.
Which brings up another question that I have: When is the next meeting?
I looked at the site and it shows that there are 3 weeks between this past week's meeting on Apr 15 and the next meeting on May 7. Is that correct or just a typo?
Yup, May 7.
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Thank you for making that point, Monty. To tell the truth, that obviously didn't even dawn on me.
As I said to Jim in a note only to his address: "I was really hoping against odds that the date thing was a typo. I really do need to get this computer together and on line A.S.A.P. If I can't scrounge up the help I need by May 7, I'll see you guys then! :)"
Thanks again! Julie
From: Monty J. Harder mjharder@gmail.com To: Uncle Jim jim@kclug.org; Julie betelgeuse67stang@yahoo.com; "kclug@kclug.org" kclug@kclug.org Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 3:21 PM Subject: Re: Help? Please?
Since a year is 52 weeks and a one or two days, rather than 48 weeks, there must be at four or five times a year that roughly three weeks rather than two pass between the first Wednesday and third Tuesday or vice versa.
When a month begins on a Wednesday, the third Tuesday is the 21st, one day short of three weeks later. Any month other than February that begins on a Tuesday ends either on Wednesday (if 30 days) or Thursday (if 31), and 31-day months that end on Monday end on Wednesday, forcing the next meeting to the 6th or 7th accordingly, three weeks and a day later.
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 1:34 AM, jim@jimani.com wrote:
Hi,
On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 03:18:33PM -0700, Julie wrote:
... But, all I have in the way of a monitor are those great big and
heavy CRTs. I would definitely need help getting that from my vehicle to where the build would take place and back if we have time for dealing with software.
The library has a projector with a VGA input so you can leave your monster monitor at home.
Which brings up another question that I have: When is the next
meeting? I looked at the site and it shows that there are 3 weeks between this past week's meeting on Apr 15 and the next meeting on May 7. Is that correct or just a typo?
Yup, May 7.
__________ /___ ____/ _____ ___ ___ / / /_ _/ / | / | / / / / / /| | / /| | __ / / / / / / | | / / | | \ _/ / _/ /_ / / | |/ / | | ___/ /____/ /_/ |___/ |_| _______________________________________________ KCLUG mailing list KCLUG@kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug
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