OK, it is 5 months after ‘the build’ and I am still not at 100%, which is tremendously frustrating seeing as I have spent upwards of $800 and countless hours on this beast. Here’s the hardware side:
Silverstone LC-10M
MSI 7600GT 256 HD Vid Card
Creative XFi Xtreme Music sound card
AverMedia M780 capture card
Hauppauge PVR-250 capture card
ASUS M2N32-SLi Deluxe Wireless Mobo
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Socket AM2
Thermaltake 939 CPU cooler
Beyond Media and Beyond TV4.6.1
ISSUE #1 – Heat. No matter where I put this thing, we are looking at constant temps above 55C. NOT GOOD. Have already killed one power supply due to the high temps. I even put some extra fans in there, to no avail. Anyone else got any unique cooling ideas?
ISSUE #2 – Windows Stop Errors. I would think this was the temps causing this, but it’s not. About a month ago, the system was FINALLY running OK, even with the high temps. But, for whatever reason, started getting BSODs, and arbitrary re-starts are the latest frustration.
ISSUE #3 – Recently, XP won’t connect to the NAS I have set up as a mapped network drive. XP sees the drive, but I actually have to OPEN the drive in My Computer for it to recognize the contents. This is a big problem as I have Beyond Media mapped to the NAS for my music (300GB’s worth).
I feel so close to chucking this off a building, but at the same time, I feel so close to success. The copy of Windows Vista Ultimate is whispering to me, but I am scared to install it in case of any driver glitches with the mobo, vid card, sound card, beyond TV/media, etc.
Reaching out to the community for support!!
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