To Build a Computer, Part II
So, this wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be.
Put it all together, fired it up, and got no display on the TV. “Oh, I probably just have to configure it with VGA first, no big deal, right?” I was wrong… very, very wrong.
After plugging in the VGA monitor, absolutely no output was displayed. Also, I had no PC speaker, so no chance of beep codes helping me here. I played with it, tried a few motherboard things for about 3 hours, then went to sleep for the night. I knew something was broken at that point.
So, I woke up the next morning, and, on a whim, decided to open up another computer I only had once before and check out the RAM. Sure enough, it was the same type. I plugged it in, and it worked. I was ecstatic.
So, I install Ubuntu, run some updates, and install XBMC.
But I had another problem: The TV I displayed in the previous post didn’t have an S-Video port. So, this computer is now on another TV. I’m pretty satisfied though, except for the RAM, which is a pain to get a refund on. (NO ONE EVER BUY FROM “Kyobe” ON EBAY.)
Anyway, I’ll get new RAM soon, plus a remote. Though I’m not quite sure if I really need my home server anymore, since I canceled my usenet and am sharing it with someone on their VPS. I can just use this computer and download, and have extra space too… that sounds nice.


















