Added a couple items to cielo yesterday.

The first was speakers. UT and I were on the phone while I was at Best Buy, trying to figure out what type of sound card was in the computer (thereby what type of speakers to buy). I went with a Creative 3-piece setup (one subwoofer, two satellites) for $50. Very nice...beats the hell out of any other stereo setup I have in the house.

The second was a microphone--I went with a Plantronics Stereo PC Headset. I must not know how to work it right though--the mic doesn't work unless I have it right up to my mouth, and the headphones don't work at all. I'm going to play with it for a few more days, and if I can't figure it out, it's going back.

Okay, so I figured out the problem with the mic. That's solved. But I can't get the headphones figured out yet.

What was the solution? Or is that too embarrassing.:)

Nah, I have no problem admitting computer ignorance.

There is a separate volume control for the microphone...I don't recall this on Win95, though I suspect it might be the newer soundcard.

See, you're not as retarded as Dave would have us believe. :)

It is the soundcard driver, not the OS, that determines what volume controls are available.

He just does that shit to make himself feel better about his pisspoor self-esteem.

I've learned a lot about computers just by being on the Cellar. And anytime I hang with UT, I always ask a bunch of computer questions.

Watching this computer being built was a real learning experience for me. Even if I didn't quite understand everything about it, it was cool just seeing what all goes into building one.

Hey, question... I'm considering going ahead with the computer upgrade thing... and thought I'd start with these as good parts for a cheap computer. (I had an ASRock mobo with case, PS, and XP2100 processor for $106 shipped from a place that sells thru ebay.... They are now in chapter 7 bankruptcy and I'm one of their creditors since they processed my payment & didn't send the computer yet! :eek: )

Anyhoo, a question... the Enlight case specified has a 200W powersupply.. I would have thought of going for a bigger ps.. what is the standard?

At least 300w, sorry. The modern CPUs are very big power soaks.

Not buying from Newegg like we told you and you pay the price.

That sucks man. Sorry to hear that. Hope they're giving you an option to recoup your losses.

That's pretty shady though, taking money without having shipped the product.

Yeah yeah, I know, I know. But... it was a bit of an impulse purchase, and they had good ebay feedback at the time I won the bid. (It dropped like a rock immediately after.)

As far as getting some recompense, I'm one of their creditors in bankruptcy court, and I've filed a claim against the charge with my credit card company. So I expect to get something back, tho I don't expect it to happen quickly. (Or maybe I'm wrong--the last time I paid money to a company that disappeared, I got a pretty quick refund from the credit card company. But that was a clear case of "packing up and leaving in the middle of the night." Since this case is actually in bankruptcy court, that may complicate things because I suspect they probably also owe some money to whatever bank does their credit card processing.)