yea, i'll just go to compusa.

 

get a usb pen/thumb drive

 

good idea!

I gotta go to school first tho to check that out, because IDK if we can use those on the lab comps.

 

but don't forget if u ever want to do an ms-dos boot u need a floppy drive. they go for like 5 or 6 buxs anyways so ur not really wasting any money

 

exactly

 

You'll also need one if you want to install XP on a set of RAID HD's (the only reason I have one). Pretty much any computer with 2000/XP and a USB port will work fine with a thumb drive. I just bought a 256M USB 2.0 one from Lexar Media from Best Buy. It was $50 with a $10 mail in rebate. Has a nice big sturdy keychain loop and the loops on the drive, not the cap (seems dumb the other way, guarantee you'll never lose the cap but not the drive).

 

In the engineering computer lab that I frequent, thumb drives don't work because students dont have the administrative authority on the computer to install the drivers. Or at least, that's what the guy in charge of InfoTech said.

 

So I just pulled the plastic protective sheet thingy off of the contact surface of the heatsink, and a whole bunch of the adhesive from the plastic sheet is still on the contact surface:ghey:

I guess I'll use rubbing alchohol to get it off. All the stores are closed tho, so I'll resume tomorrow:happysad:

It's also pretty ghey that thermaltake includes no documentation at all with their heatsink. No instruction manual, nada. Instructions can be found on the net, but meh... The instructions on their site are super fobbish.

 

Most likely if you plug the drive in, the OS will recognize it and it will show up under my computer (USB thumbdrive). I'm actually not really sure if there is a security settings to disable installing USB drives. It's going use 2000/XP's native driver so it can't be setup to not let you install a driver (I just looked through XP Home's MMC and can't find anything).

I just used the stock Intel heatsink and thermal pad. I haven't had any troubles with the processor temp (never seen it above 43-45C, even under heavy use, idles around 34).

 

OK, so everything is assembled and plugged in, so what do I do now:thinking:?

If you have a link, post it plz