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Turn a studio PC into a normal PC?

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Old 06-29-2009
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Turn a studio PC into a normal PC?

Hello!

I'm Steve, I'm new and i have a strange problem..

First off.. i have a cool pc that i got when a guy was chucking it out because he got a new mac.. i'll post the spec..

Code:
Computer	
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack	Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer	6.0.2800.1106 (IE 6.0 SP1)
Computer Name	GIGA (PC)
User Name	Ben
Logon Domain	GIGA
	
Motherboard	
CPU Type	Intel Pentium 4HT, 3000 MHz (3.75 x 800)
Motherboard Name	Intel Rock Lake D865PERL  (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset	Intel Springdale i865PE
System Memory	2048 MB  (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type	AMI (01/22/04)
Communication Port	Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port	Printer Port (LPT1)
	
Display	
Video Adapter	RADEON 7000 SERIES  (64 MB)
Video Adapter	RADEON 7000 SERIES  (64 MB)
3D Accelerator	ATI RV100 DDR
	
Multimedia	
Audio Adapter	Intel 82801EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio Controller
Audio Adapter	Xilinx RME Hammerfall DSP
	
Storage	
Floppy Drive	Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive	Maxtor 7Y250M0  (250 GB, 7200 RPM, Serial-ATA/150)
Disk Drive	ST3160023AS  (160 GB, 7200 RPM, Serial-ATA/150)
Optical Drive	_NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A  (DVD+RW:8x/4x, DVD-RW:8x/4x, DVD-ROM:12x, CD:32x/16x/40x DVD+RW/DVD-RW)
	
Partitions	
C: (NTFS)	152617 MB (137294 MB free)
E: (NTFS)	239366 MB (50207 MB free)
	
Input	
Keyboard	HID Keyboard Device
Mouse	HID-compliant mouse
Mouse	HID-compliant mouse
	
Network	
Primary IP Address	192.168.1.65
Primary MAC Address	00-30-BD-BA-AC-46
Network Adapter	Belkin Gigabit Desktop Card  (192.168.1.65)
	
Peripherals	
USB Device	USB Composite Device
USB Device	USB Human Interface Device
USB Device	USB Human Interface Device
USB Device	USB Human Interface Device
Now for the weird question... how do i turn it into a normal pc... I've been looking around and finaly found what this PC was used for! it has something called Gigastudio on it and it was used (with another couple of the same PC) to do this music thing.. lol..

I want to turn this into a normal PC because the specs are so cool and i want to use this as my normal PC.. its got 2x hdd's and (E) drive is a 233GB with 184GB's used to hold samples for this gigastudio thing.... theres sooooo many..

It also says that the PC dont have a soundcard but it has the ports at the back for mic/headphone input so i guess theres one? and if there is anyone know how i can get a driver to work?

so um.. help please D:
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Old 07-01-2009
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Just pick the operating system you want to use, partition and format the hard drive using the OS install disc. Install the Intel D865PERL motherboard drivers and go to AMD/ATI website and get the Radeon 7000 driver from there... easy!
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