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In all my nerdery, I have never built a computer from complete scratch. I am back from my mission, and my computer is four years old. I need a new computer. I got a new computer. After deciding what I wanted, and $846.56 dollars later, I returned with my precious.

My intent on publishing this article is so that history does not repeat itself. Please educate yourself and learn from me. It was a great learning experience, and I’m now hardware competent.

The Specs:
Motherboard: ASUS P5N-E SLI
CPU: Intel 775 Core2 Duo 6300
RAM: 1 GB DDR2 800 MHz
Video Card: nVidia e-Geforce 600GS 256 MB
DVD-Rom: Pioneer 18x DVDRW
Case: AZZA Xion 4 Black 450 Watt
BlueTooth USB

Mmmmm… Tastey.

I encountered 3 distinct problems, here they are, and here is how I solved them.

#1: Motherboard wouldn’t turn on (or boot up).
After installing everything properly and connecting all the power cables and the CPU, etc, my computer simply wouldn’t turn on. I messed with the frontside power cables to the case. I started taking everything apart one at a time and trying to turn it on, simply to find that nothing worked. Something kept prompting me (in my religion, I refer to this as the Holy Ghost), to LOOSEN THE SCREWS! So I did. And….. It Worked! My Computer actually turned on, the blue lights lit up, a smile came across my face.

#2: After being on for three minutes, my computer would simply shut off on its own.
I tried taking everything off, one at a time, again. Simply to find that this didn’t work either. I tried taking out the ram and repositioning it (many forums suggested this, it didn’t work in my instance.) I finally read and realized the my CPU was overheating and as a defense mechanism, it was turning itself off so that I wouldn’t waste $200 on my brand new Intel Dual Core cpu. I like my computer. So in the 3 minutes I had after boot up, I went in the BIOS and located the Hardware Observer that allows you to view the temperature of your CPU. My CPU was starting at 30 degrees Celsius and would climb to 68 degrees and then shut off. I found the problem. To solve it, I took off my heat sync, rotated it 45 degrees (so that the INTEL faced East), popped it in. Solved. My CPU now stays at 30 degrees Celsius.

#3: My Motherboard wouldn’t detect my DVD-Rom.
I switched the IDE cable to the secondary IDE position on the motherboard. Started up my computer. My motherboard loves my DVD-Rom now.

So here I wait while my 320 GB hard drive is being formatted so I can install XP. Please take notes, and let me know if this saved you some frustration. I do this simply to help others.

Upon returning home, I recently purchased a 30 GB video iPod. One of the best purchases I’ve ever made. I then discovered youtube.com. I then wanted some videos I found on youtube.com to go on my iPod. So a simple google search and this is how you do it.

Option #1:
Update: Thanks to my buddy Eric Torrie, I found a free online converter at http://vixy.net/. You still need firefox extension to figure out the location of the FLV.

Option #2:
How To:

• First: Download FireFox


• Second: Download ‘Video Recorder’ Firefox extension | Visit Site: Video Download Firefox Extension


• Third: Go to your favorite youtube.com video. Mine’s: Movie Voice


• Fourth: Click the little VideoDownloader button on the ultra bottom right of firefox. (note: you must install the firefox plugin and restart firefox before you will see this.) Click the Download Link button. Rename the file with the ’.flv’ file extension, i.e.: MovieVoice.flv.


• Fifth: Download YouTube to iPod Converter | Visit Site: Total Video Converter
  This will allow you to convert flv’s to mp4’s (iPod’s video filetype.)


• Sixth: Open YouTube to iPod Converter. Select your FLV file. Wow. That’s a lot. Now click ‘Convert’. Bing, bang, boom. 30 seconds later you have a mp4 file.


• Seventh: Drag and drop your perfect little MovieVoice.mp4 file into iTunes. Sync your iPod. You win.

Is it Legal?
Yes. Yes it is. Try me. I mean, let’s try YouTube.com’s privacy statement.

Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, within your public profile page, etc.) becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Your account name (not your email address) is displayed to other Users when you upload videos or send messages through the YouTube Sites and other Users can contact you through messages and comments. Any videos that you submit to the YouTube Sites may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general public.

I’ve returned from the Washington Kennewick Mission after 2 years of serving the lord. What a good two Years. I spoke in church today and it was great to see my friends, family, and ward members.