Not dumb just blind. I was the same way, I looked for 5 minutes tops for things and then went and looked at a online walkthrough to get the answer to what I was stuck on. Guess I'm both blind and dumb.
So I take it you found the book then?
Windows 7 pro 64 bit EVGA X58 motherboard 6GB of OCZ DDR3 memory watercoooled i7 920 @ 3.8GHz (4+4 cores) EVGA (Nvidia) GTX 275 graphics Creative X-fi elite pro sound card.
I was the same way, I looked for 5 minutes tops for things and then went and looked at a online walkthrough to get the answer to what I was stuck on. Guess I'm both blind and dumb. 
