I did it. Asus/Northwood (with USB 2.0) now residing in Melbourne.
Thanks Opus and Nick for the advice. Well worth the userfee!

hmmm. haven't fired it up yet. Need OS. Then soundcard (main instrument-guitar).

Any suggestions?

Then delete this useless post! :D

Hey Gary, I just realized you chipped in here and gave to the cause. Mod are exempt from the userfee and I know you know that. What a guy :D

You are the best my friend.

Thanks

audiokid hug

I know the proper way to get a drummer's kit tuned correctly is to have a professional do it, but sometimes that's not an option (usually budget-wise for me) so I'm looking for pointers to tuning resources. I'm a decent mixer, but know jack about percussion. I'd like to get better...I have no illusions about becoming a professional drum tech. Anyone have a dummie's guide for me?

Dear Greg, you dug into you wallet and gave to the cause. Moderators are not expect to do this nor should they feel put on the spot to do so. You guys are the reason RO is here.
BIG THANKS to a guy that has been moderating two forums since the beginning.

Warmest respect Greg

Chris

OK, so I'm trying to set up the "studio" into something that I'll be able to use easily for a while to come, and I'm thinking seriously about investing in a patchbay setup.

As a preamble, I'm not new to patching. Back when I was a live guy I lived on a Gamble EX56, which had a very compete, altho flaky, patchbay that was indispensable with the double wide FOH rack we had.

One of our key moderators is not only is sticking around here but he signed in as a supporting member. Harvey, if I could hug you in real life you would feel my heart.

Thank you. :D

Quick question. I read the Win2000 optimization guide. From that I think the OS hardrive gets formatted NTFS(?) and the sound drive gets FAT32. The harddrives are Deskstar 120gxps. Tring to format the sound drive FAT32. I keep getting errors that say the volume is too big. Does Fat32 have some limitation? The drives are 40gig.

here's my dilemma. i have all the parts for my ANUS. i ordered everything for a complete build. but i also have a couple items from my previous pc that might be worth putting in my ANUS (ouch).

Well I am putting together a new box. Ingrediant list is in some other post around here. Anyway a question on IDE cables - Please excuse if my tech jargon is off.