New Computers…

New computers can really be a pain. Really.

Last night a friend of mine provided me with a couple of rack unit cases for ATX PC motherboards. That was fine. So I went to buy a motherboard from the computer shop today. They actually seemed dis-interested, and did not want to touch this since it was slightly out of the ordanary. Argh. I had money and wanted to spend it.

Then I went to another computer shop. They sell me a CPU and Motherboard. No problem. Anyway, I get them home and assemble the first one. It is a problem when I put the old HDD in since it did not recognise some of the hardware. Argh again.

So now I decide I need to get things running. Put another network card in and things are fine. Then onto the 2nd machine, using the first computers motherboard. Move it across. No problem. Until I install the firewall software. Then I have problems. Network cards do not work. So, change network cards. Replacements do not work. By that I mean they do not work with the software. This is wrong.

So right now, the only reason I am doing anything is that I have played arround, and hacked things together. Mail is not working. This is not fun.