I'm an active gamer. A PC gamer at that. I don't, however, upgrade frequently unless my current rig starts becoming obsolete.
I was happily running a 32-bit WinXP with Quad-Cores, but with all these newdangfangled 64-bit stuff and DX-11 drivers, I felt it was time to change the rig to something more... end of the line.
So I heard good stuff about Win7, and Intel i7 was apparently one of the latest CPUs. Sounds like lucky sevens right? The Hell it is. I haven't had this much agony setting up a rig since Win95.
I set up the tower all nice and easy, and quickly ran into trouble trying to install the OS. Well... I be damned... All the parts were new, whatever could be the problem? A quick google search on my Android and when I read the cause of the problem, I didn't know whether I wanted to laugh at the engineers who made the OS, or punch them in the face.
I had to unplug all the USB ports first (minus the keyboard) before installing the OS.
What?
You're serious? I never had this issue with Win98 SP or WinXP Pro and the so called newest kid on the block (Win7 Ult) stumbles on something so basic?
I didn't want to believe it, but lo and behold, after unplugging the ports, it actually installed. End of the problems right? Riiiight? I so wish it was the case.
Put it this way... not since the days of yore when Win 3.1 and Win95 inhabited our PCs have I ever, EVER, seen this many BSoDs. Restart CPU after installing motherboard drivers, BSoD. Install VGA drivers, BSoD. Install Google Chrome, BSoD. Scream obscenities at the Gods of Tech, BSoD.
I think one of the more priceless ones was finding out that my Windows Update was corrupted, and I had to google for a solution for it to work. The scary thing is that it is a common problem. Oh, and I encountered another 5 BSoDs just from running Windows Update alone.
At one point, I had to imagine the mewling of boiled kittens to amuse myself and keep my spirits up. Upgrading a PC should be a joyous event, not a Hellish one. I'm f***ing amazed my Internet Connection worked on the first try, really.
Just so upset at how much time I have lost just configuring the thing, and I haven't even re-installed the games yet, or installed Office, or transferred my backup data from the external harddisks (speaking of which, another BSoD when I plugged in one).
The system is more stable now, ever since I completed the Windows Updates, but oh man... is Win7 really suppose to be this nightmarish? I want to chew the manual that mockingly tells me, "Welcome to your PC, simplified."
Urgh!
I was happily running a 32-bit WinXP with Quad-Cores, but with all these newdangfangled 64-bit stuff and DX-11 drivers, I felt it was time to change the rig to something more... end of the line.
So I heard good stuff about Win7, and Intel i7 was apparently one of the latest CPUs. Sounds like lucky sevens right? The Hell it is. I haven't had this much agony setting up a rig since Win95.
I set up the tower all nice and easy, and quickly ran into trouble trying to install the OS. Well... I be damned... All the parts were new, whatever could be the problem? A quick google search on my Android and when I read the cause of the problem, I didn't know whether I wanted to laugh at the engineers who made the OS, or punch them in the face.
I had to unplug all the USB ports first (minus the keyboard) before installing the OS.
What?
You're serious? I never had this issue with Win98 SP or WinXP Pro and the so called newest kid on the block (Win7 Ult) stumbles on something so basic?
I didn't want to believe it, but lo and behold, after unplugging the ports, it actually installed. End of the problems right? Riiiight? I so wish it was the case.
Put it this way... not since the days of yore when Win 3.1 and Win95 inhabited our PCs have I ever, EVER, seen this many BSoDs. Restart CPU after installing motherboard drivers, BSoD. Install VGA drivers, BSoD. Install Google Chrome, BSoD. Scream obscenities at the Gods of Tech, BSoD.
I think one of the more priceless ones was finding out that my Windows Update was corrupted, and I had to google for a solution for it to work. The scary thing is that it is a common problem. Oh, and I encountered another 5 BSoDs just from running Windows Update alone.
At one point, I had to imagine the mewling of boiled kittens to amuse myself and keep my spirits up. Upgrading a PC should be a joyous event, not a Hellish one. I'm f***ing amazed my Internet Connection worked on the first try, really.
Just so upset at how much time I have lost just configuring the thing, and I haven't even re-installed the games yet, or installed Office, or transferred my backup data from the external harddisks (speaking of which, another BSoD when I plugged in one).
The system is more stable now, ever since I completed the Windows Updates, but oh man... is Win7 really suppose to be this nightmarish? I want to chew the manual that mockingly tells me, "Welcome to your PC, simplified."
Urgh!