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Well, a quick update. Got up this morning and found the install process finished :) ...takes for ever to start 8-[ ... takes for ever to do anything. I guess Xubuntu and and penitum PII with 516 meg are not very happy together [-X It was an interesting experience #-o but I guess I am going to kill t...

:rolleyes: LOL! ... 7pm, something like 27 hrs later, I am now at 67% in the "select and install software" process, "configuring app-install-data-commercial" :rolleyes: I am just going to let the process go just for the heck of it and see what happens :mrgreen: Hey, I am not exas...

Hi, I tried again the alternate CD. Install is very slow, don't really know why. The install process got stuck at the same place but this time I let the process run. After 6 hours ( :roll: ) still 1%!. I did not shut down the computer and let it run this night. This morning, it is at 25% :shock: ! I...

Thanks Alathald for sticking with me and providing support. I truly really appreciate it. Here are the latest news. I tried the alternate install you suggested and we are making progress :) . That was a good idea. At the beginning of the install process, I hit F6 then acpi=force but still got error ...

Cannot install xubuntu :cry: I get the error message - acpi:bios age (1998) fail cutoff (2000), acpi=force is required to enable acpi - I tried acpi=force as suggested is this thread https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/38113 but it does not work for me. I then get a message - unable to lo...

Found an interesting thread about OS for old computer: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=575456 For sure, there is a lot of choice but at the same time it is kind of confusing when you have never dealt with Linux. Alathald, I am simply going to follow your recommendation and go with Xubuntu. ...

Thanks Alathald, it sounds like a great idea and I think I am going to proceed with your suggestion. I have to confess I never ran linux but downloaded a year or so ago Ubuntu but never installed it. Among all those systems (DSL,Xubuntu, Fluxbuntu and Ubuntu), which one would you say would be easier...

I can't believe you said the celeron either :finga: Thanks to all of you for taking a few minutes to help with my stupid dilemma. In fact what is happening is that my "normal" computer died and until I can get it back running (or replaced) which I am afraid is going to take some times, I n...

Hi there: No laughting please :P I was ready to resurrect an oldy when an acquaintance of mine was throwing his away so I picked it up just in case it was worth something. Since I do not need 2 slowpokes but one will suffice :cry: , I may as well utilize the least of the 2 evils and throw away the o...

Thanks for the responses and suggestions My current board is an abit NF-7S V2 and does not have onboard video which would have helped with the troubleshooting process. The 2 cards I mentioned are pretty basic and it may not make much of a difference if I go with one or another. Because I do not have...

Hi there, My knowledge about video cards is low and I need to take advantage of your expertise to choose an AGP 4x/8x video card. I have a computer that does not post and I am trying to narrow the causes. One of them could be a bad video card and I need to get a working one to confirm if the card is...

Yes, sorry again for the wrong posting. Since I have not bought the hardware yet and I am still uncertain about what to get (not that I am looking for the best stuff around,especially with my budget!but I do not want to get junk either), should anyone be willing to provide additional advice, I would...

Good point!

No one has commented about the biostar mobo. I kind of like them too... and there are few box cheaper Anyone with an opinion?

Thanks for your help to all

Ok, does not seem that micro ATX versus ATX is really a concerned for me. Being said, size apart, is there anything that would make one mobo better that the other between this two ones? GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp...

Thanks for the comments. Burn dvd is something I forgot to mention ](*,) ... kind of important isn't it? I am going to stay with amd I guess. My first built was an amd, that is the only reason and I am not in overclocking, which is it seems one of the major reasons people recommend intel. I am sorry...

Thanks for the advice. Appreciate i. I had considered the motherboard you suggested but then I read some comments that micro ATX cards do not have much space or room on them making things tight to fit so I thought I should stay with ATX form (which is what my case is). Wrong thinking on my part? Oth...

Hi everyone: Just realized I posted this in intel forum instead of AMD ](*,) Sorry for the double post. My computer is dead... I will attempt to resuscitate it later but for now I am going to build a new one and need advices. The cpu I selected is AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane 2.5GHz 2 x 512KB L2 ...

Hi everyone: My computer is dead... I will attempt to resuscitate it later but for now I am going to build a new one and need advices. The cpu I selected is AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane 2.5GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...