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Well, I was having problems with my new drafting computer. I forgot to order a SATA DVD drive. I installed Win 7 Pro with a IDE DVD drive, and setup the MB for IDE. Appearently, you cannot convert to AHCI without reloading the OS.
Today, installed the SATA DVD-RW and reloaded Win-7, man what a difference. Now all I need is a modern Video card (it will arrive thursday!)
AMD Phenon II X6 - 2.8 GHZ (6 core processor)
GIGABYTE 890XA-UD3 Motherboard
4 GB RAM (will be 8 GB on Thursday)
1600MHZ FSB
500 GB SATA 1.5 Drive
POS Mach 64 video card (I thought there was Video on board)
Win 7 Pro
Video card will be replaced with a SAPPHIRE 100254HDMI Radeon HD 4650 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX. Can't wait to re-run the benchmarks! Then I'll load AutoCad LT 11.
Even with the crappy video card, the benchmark mark on this unit is 30% higher than my brand new Latitude E6500.
Final step will be a replacement monitor...eventually.
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James
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Red-beard for President, 2020
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