Congratulations to your son for building his computer!  He is our kind of guy!  Building your own pc is
the best way to getting to know the insides of a pc.  You have come to the right place for help at
PCBUILD.

Be sure to check out the simple guides and tutorials at our web site,
http://www.freepctech.com/index.php.

 http://freepctech.com/guides.shtml is where the guides start, and
http://freepctech.com/pc/001/build_pc.shtml  is  a guide to building a pc.  These can be a great deal of
help to you.

Dean Kukral


----- Original Message -----
From: Joan Carter-Holmes
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] HELP!!!


My 13 year old son decided to build his own computer so he can play Half-Life Two.  He and a friend went
on to Newegg.com and ordered parts.  Unfortunately, now that they've arrived, they don't fit or work
together.

Can you help figure out which Intel Pentium 4 processor will work with the Chaintech  PT800 VIA SPT800 +
VT8237R; Socket 478 ATX M/B; 800 MHz FSB, (2)DDR400; (1)AGP 8X, (5) PCI; (2) SATA 2/Raid 0, 1, (2)
ATA133, (1) 10/100Mbps LAN, ( 8) USB2.0; 5.1CH Audio?  This is all Greek to me .. I don't know what any
of it means.

He purchased the Aspire/XDreamer Window 420W case.  The DVD-ROM (Lite On SOHD-16P9S BLK DVD-ROM) doesn't
match the wire tape thingie in the case.  Can you help tell which DVD-ROM will work with that case.

He also had a hard time getting the Wintec 512M 3AMD2533-512MI-R RAM stick.  Is this the correct one for
the Aspire/XDreamer case?

Please help this computer illiterate Mom and her frustrated and disappointed 13 year old son.

Thanks,
Joan

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