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I'm going to try to put my parent's LPs onto my computer, and I was wondering how long (in hours) the average LP is.

how does this sound:

AMD Sempron 1.6GHz

512MB RAM

40GB HDD

Integrated Video

400W Power Supply

this is for my grandmother

she currently has an old Dell that is giving us problems, and i want to replace it

she just uses AOL and Word

thats why i am using the integrated video

its $200, plus shipping

i just want to see what everyone thinks of this, and if they can build a better one for the cost

i used tigerdirect.com

dont worry about the CD or floppy, we have that

i just bought Diablo 2 Expansion, and when i installed it, it told me that there was a corrupted file, and that i should uninstall and reinstall

so after i uninstalled, i started reinstalling and it just rebooted without warning

twice it said that it was shutting down in 1 minute to prevent damage or something

it has done this to me every time i try to do this (enough so that i memorized my cd key)

i went to my BIOS to check my temp, and it said the CPU was at 52C/125F

im fairly computer savvy, and the only thing i could think of was that the CPU is just overheating and making it shut down to prevent damage to itself

but this doesnt make complete sense, since i can play C&C:Generals, Starcraft, and Halo (trial version, since im cheap) fine

im just wondering if this would cause the computer to reboot while im installing

i have an AMD Duron 1.3 GHz, if that helps

if you have any other questions, ask them in the answer or email me, and put "cpu temp" in the subject, or i'll ignore it

i was playing C&C generals, and used 50 nukes in about the

space of 30 seconds

the screen filled white, then the program shut down, and said something overheated

it was on high detail

i turned off my computer, to let it cool faster

when i turned it on the next day, i turned the detail to low and played the same game again

it was sore of choppy, even tho i had no problems with medium detail before the heat issue

i was wondering if my video card was somehow damaged but not completely destroyed, or if something else was hurt

heres my system specs:

AMD Duron 1.3GHz

640 MB 133MHz SDRAM

NVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 4X (128MB memory)

Sound Blaster Audigy

Maxtor 100GB hard drive

40x CD Drive

300 watt power supply

3 80mm case fans (2 blowing in from the back directly over the video card)

if you have any ideas

it keeps saying that it is unpluged, then searches for the IP address, then works for a few seconds or minutes, then starts over

i am running windows xp pro sp2 on a gigabyte GA-7ZXE motherboard with a NETGEAR networking card

i am using an eHome EH100 router that we got a few months ago and has caused a few problems

you woul dnot believe teh trouble i have had to to though to ask this simple question

any help is greatly appriciated

what exactly is the purpose of recovery disks? can they return the computer to how to computer was originaly configured?