Windows 7 & Multiple PCs

Anyone have any installation / registration issues when installing 7 on two or more pcs with the same serial?

M3 Simply / M3 Real

Horrifically stupid question.

1.14 is the most current firmware for simply....but there hasn't been an update in QUITE some time.

This is just unsupported now in lieu of the M3 Real?

I'm assuming real updates aren't for the simply as well...is there a firmware alternative?

Have been out of the loop

I haven't tried to do anything on the Wii in quite some time....not too long after SSBM came out.

I have a WiiKey installed, and my system menu reads my firmware as 2.0U, but to load games long ago, I used Gecko OS from the HBC.

I'm trying to run Punch Out and Madworld, and I keep getting black screens on both. I've grabbed the newest (from what I can tell) Geko OS, but that isn't helping. I tried using the WiiGator dealy, but that keeps giving me an 002 error for Madworld (and not reading punch out at all).

Am I missing something obvious, or is there some cataclysmic wii hombrew/backuploader somethingorother that's long been released that I should have?

*swear words* Did I short my HDD?

Alrighty, this is going to be horribly written and explained, I do apologize.

For reference, I have two computers absolutely identical, hardware wise. I'll refer to them as Box A & B respectively. Since I built it, A has functioned pristinely. All of the parts save for the case were purchased at the beginning of January 2009.

I've been having issues with the windows installation on B, and it has gotten to the point where it wont boot at all. Long story (and another issue) short, I pulled the HDD from box B and hooked it up to box A to pull data before a potential wipe. (SATA HDDs, Seagate brand)

With the video cards we have, we're pushing (but not over) our power limit on the power supply. Knowing this, I used the power connector I had hooked up to the cdrom on box A to fuel box B's HDD. I pulled the data over and everything, no problem. Then, since I thought this process through, I went to go put in the windows disc to repair the install on HDD B, and remembered that the cdrom doesn't have power. I pulled the power from the case fan and left the case open to vent, and used that to power the cdrom. When I turned on the machine with this setup, my power supply got ANGRY and let out a long beep (presumably to let me know I've overdrawn). I shut off the machine real quick, and replaced the power to the case fan, then just unplugged box b's HDD power and used that for the cdrom. Now, when I try to boot with only Box A's original HDD hooked up, it doesn't recognized the drive at all. I've tried other sata ports and cords, different power setups, and it still wont recognize the drive. I tried the exact same setup with box b's HDD plugged in instead, and it reads and *tries* to boot windows just like normal (the fact windows wont boot, again, another problem I'm not interested in right now)

So does anyone have any ideas / fix's / potentials on why the otherwise perfectly fine box A HDD won't be recognized now?

Multi-Boot OS questions

Anyone know if I can set up a machine to dual boot XP & Vista (XP is current OS), using two physical drives?

I have an ap to split patitions and whatnot if I have to use the first drive for both OS's, I'm just curious if anyone has done that (If it's possible, I have no idea, I havent set up a pc to use multi-os's in quite some time)

Thanks!