I Hate Computers

My PC build has taken a surprising turn for the better.  I checked out the reviews of my new motherboard, a Foxconn Winfast NF4UK8AA-8EKRS, at Newegg.com.  Newegg is a fantastic computer parts vendor, in addition to being a great resource for user feedback.

After reading through the reviews of my new motherboard, I found that my problems were not isolated.  Many other users encountered the same issues.  Over the course of the last four days, I've asked myself several times Why Am I Doing This? Well, the reason was three fold.  The Foxconn has SATA 3 connectors.  My existing mobo had SATA 1.5.  The Foxconn has a Firewire port for the front and the back of the PC.  My Asus did not.  Lastly, the Foxconn has a Gigabit LAN port.  The Asus does not.

As I said, the reviews at Newegg showed me the light.  Two things that appeared to help many other users were to get the drivers direct from nVidia and update the BIOS.  I did both tonight and (knock on wood) things are looking up.  We'll see how it ends up but I am happier with this machine than I have been since this upgrade project began.