Originally posted by: jdoggg12
Any verdict? If you wipe the HD to install the OS from scratch, does it come with a vista disc?
Is it easy to just drop in a cheap conroe chip?
Originally posted by: xxtypersxx
Just ordered one, showed availability in Owings Mills, MD about 20 miles away from me. I'll let you know tomorrow if it goes through, but thats a good place to check for anyone in the area.
I'm very interested in hearing if a clean install of vista works out, and if it still works after flashing to the ecs bios
And to those with the ecs bios, how far have you been able to oc? I'm certainly not expecting much from this 200dollar future htpc, but those celeron d 360's seem to hit 4.5 ghz without breaking a sweat.
All in all, awesome deal, glad I was able to get in on it!
Originally posted by: BSkip22
http://www.ecsusa.com/ECSWebSi...yID=1&MenuID=6&LanID=9
Just read the "readme" in the BIOS instruction download....don't freak out when all the fans default to 100% either.......just set it back on "Auto"........
Guys use caution.......Don't mess up your new bargain PC's! It worked for me but YMMV.
Originally posted by: timswim78
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: xxtypersxx
Just ordered one, showed availability in Owings Mills, MD about 20 miles away from me. I'll let you know tomorrow if it goes through, but thats a good place to check for anyone in the area.
I'm very interested in hearing if a clean install of vista works out, and if it still works after flashing to the ecs bios
And to those with the ecs bios, how far have you been able to oc? I'm certainly not expecting much from this 200dollar future htpc, but those celeron d 360's seem to hit 4.5 ghz without breaking a sweat.
All in all, awesome deal, glad I was able to get in on it!</end quote></div>
Good to see another Marylander on here.
I did a clean install of Vista with the code on the side. Online activation did not work, so I'll try calling it in sometime in the next 30 days. If it doesn't work, no big deal, I downloaded a trial of Acronis 10 and made an image of the disk before the clean install.
Originally posted by: xxtypersxx
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: timswim78
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: xxtypersxx
Just ordered one, showed availability in Owings Mills, MD about 20 miles away from me. I'll let you know tomorrow if it goes through, but thats a good place to check for anyone in the area.
I'm very interested in hearing if a clean install of vista works out, and if it still works after flashing to the ecs bios
And to those with the ecs bios, how far have you been able to oc? I'm certainly not expecting much from this 200dollar future htpc, but those celeron d 360's seem to hit 4.5 ghz without breaking a sweat.
All in all, awesome deal, glad I was able to get in on it!</end quote></div>
Good to see another Marylander on here.
I did a clean install of Vista with the code on the side. Online activation did not work, so I'll try calling it in sometime in the next 30 days. If it doesn't work, no big deal, I downloaded a trial of Acronis 10 and made an image of the disk before the clean install.</end quote></div>
Did you do the clean install with a full vista disk? I'm not familiar with Acronis, what does it do?
BSkip, if you can save your memory settings, you could try relaxing them a bit and then controlling your overclocking in windows using clockgen. I haven't used it in about a year, but either it or another windows overclocking tool has a way to automatically apply the overclock at startup. Its worth a shot.
Originally posted by: timswim78
Vista discs come with all versions on them. When you enter your serial number, the corresponding version is installed.
Acronis TrueImage makes an image of your hard disk. So, if anything happens, you can restore your hard disk exactly like it was.