Random, but I find it satisfying to have just the right thing when doing a job. In this case:

For Distribution ONLY with a new COMPAQ. Good stuff.

It's still installing. I think I'm on the final reboot.

I've just realized another interesting thing about this Compaq: the power supply. It has +5VSB. It's pretty much ATX but with the AT P8/P9. My Deskpro is weird like this as well, but it doesn't have this strange green one. I checked them and they are all 3.3V

The Compaq passes and will now be added to the collection. I spent the rest of the day playing on it yesterday and it worked perfectly. Even ran the VCR through it and it works good.

This last "issue" is actually a "sh*tty disc" problem. EVERY computer I've ever tried to install ROTT DW on, it does this. I can copy the game off the disc and play it, but the installer is corrupt.

Now, I'm pulling apart a few computers to correct some issues. I jumbled together a computer with ASUS P5QPL-AM and P4 650 and it needs work. It will randomly slow down to the point where I would normally expect a blue-screen, but it troops through it and returns to normal. More frequent in CPU intensive areas. NOT do-able, so I'm going to try replacing/upgrading the CPU to either Core2Duo E6750 or Core2Quad Q6600. Not sure how I want to do it yet, but I think I'm leaning towards the Duo, since I only really need single core performance on that machine.

THIS issue was brought to you by this OTHER issue. My P5N-D computer "DiskWizard 2" crashed while gaming a while back and crashes randomly now. I know it's the motherboard, because it's been on it's last leg for YEARS and it just keeps trooping along. The Pentium D 960 is running at 4.2, so that's probably not helping, but this thing was always doggy and slow without an overclock. The P5QPL was supposed to be the back-up!

What I'm going to do, is steal the GPU out of "DW2" and put it into the P5QPL system along with the CPU upgrade. The P5QPL is running a XFX 9800GT that WAS on ITS last leg, too, but seems to be working normally after I upgraded the cooler, as a test. Since the chipset is actually "modern" I can pair the C2D or C2Q with the GTX 460 and have a decent match. The P4 was indeed a hard bottleneck.