Computer Updates

So…I’ve been updating my computers lately, and have come across some interesting things. First I’ll tell you what I have done, and we’ll go from there.

Box #1 – AKA DESKTOP
AMD 2200+, 512mb ddr, geforce2 TI, Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platiunum Pro.

Installed the new Maxtor 250gb 16mb cache hard drive. Installation of windows and software. I should note, that I had also taken out the floppy drive to use in Box #4’s upgrade of the bios, and have not put it back, since it actually died a long, long time ago.

Interesting things:

1. Since removing the floppy drive and reinstalling windows. Windows now recognizes a floppy drive being installed, powered, and ready to be used. I’m grasping at straws, but the only thing I can think of, is that Alchohol 120% is somehow creating a virtual floppy drive. Some things are wrong with that theory though. Since I do not believe their software creates virtual floppy drives, and second, why would anyone want to create a virtual floppy drive?

B) My speakers now perform like I had expected in the first place, splitting the stereo sound into 5.1 while playing my mp3s. When I got them, I knew itunes did not support this, but in their last update, said they had added that feature. However before the reinstall it did not work. My only conclusions could be an upgrade to the sound card driver(Unlikely) or itunes/quicktime needed a fresh install. I dunno, I’m just glad its working.

Fourthly) Nvidia no longer supports the video card I purchased from them. Yes, I purchased the cheapest card out on the market. But guess what? I have an old voodoo card I bought, bottom of the line, that worked great for years, that was supported until Nvidia purchased 3dfx. After enough digging and searching I think I finnally found the last drivers ever built for my card. Guess I’ll have to pony up $200 at some point if I ever want to play a new video game(Such as HL2 and COD2, which I have been dying to play.)

To conclude) Today at 3pm my wireless router crapped out. Having no access to it, all I could hope for was for it to come back up so I could reboot it remotely. For an hour and 15 minutes exactly it sat down. After this time period it sprang back up like there was never a problem and has been running fine for the last 90 minutes. Why? I have no bloddy fucking clue. But during that period, while trying to have my desktop locate it, for the first time here it found another wireless network….for about 30 seconds. “Amy’s Network” Who in the bloody fuck is Amy and what did she do to my network? Insert joke about my putting my usb drive in her network here