The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

Well I changed Key Brd & different USB hub SO IT'S FINALLY Installing. 500 Gig HDD so its going to be a while formating, I don't use quick format, 15 mins now at 20%. Again Thanks everybody, I'd be lost without this site. Can't figure that one out,same WinXP & same key brd on 3 other computers. Anyway when it finishes, I've got go back in BIOS, after I read the BRD Specs again. Thought I read something pertaining to only reading mem at 800 blah blah

 

Set one to master and the other to slave, it doesn't matter in which order they are on the cable.

Aren't you glad that's behind you.

 

rick5446,

Officially, there is no higher speed DDR2 memory than 800MHz. 1066MHz memory is 800MHz chips that have been binned, selected and checked for their ability to run at 1066 MHz. Some motherboards report them as 800 while others will report them as 1066. It's all in the bios ability to read them. My eMachine shows my 1066 Dominators as 800MHz while my DS3R shows them as 1066! Yet Memtest on both boards shows them as 1066!

EDIT: to clarify DDR2

Best Regards,
Russ

 

good luck with install keeps us posted on the out come..I'm about to do some burning 4 movies with my new Sony NEC Optiarc-7200S-OB and torrent uploads to get me busy awhile..

 

bigwill68..Have u flashed your Sony yet to do Bit setting

And YES,YES,YES, I'm glad thats behind me. I never had problems like that B4. I still don't know what was really wrong. But without all of the people here at AD to help me. I don't think I would've ever figured it out, not that I did anyway. Everything was experimentation, & Process of elimanation..THANKS Good People..I
I'll call back tomorrow and let U know how things are going

 

This is the case I just built 4 my Grandson
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119129
Its heavy when its done, But lots of room to stuff wires and keep them away from the Brd 4 cooling looks neat and tidy for a totally enclosed case..Sure wish all Brd makers would put the sata on top instead of side mount

 

Been there done that already here's proof along with my other burners..in the RC-590


hope that case is working out for you...

 

Does anybody know what its called and where to pick one up. Its an S-VIDEO to a blue,red,& green AV JACK. comes with some Vid Cards

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882267002

 

sammorris..Thank You, I've looked all over 4 this. Han know idea

 

Anybody got any suggestions as to how to make this copy of WinXP W/SP3 that I have BOOTABLE on this Rampage Brd that we've been trouble shooting. I can't figure it out its booted on 3 other ASUS Brds
I've followed all instructions on how to make an XP Bootable Disc
This has been the best and most Staple XP that I've ever had, its fast and reliable
I can install it from windows, but down the line if something should go wrong(HEAVEN FORBID), it would be nice 2 know it will boot & install

 

I thought that you had things working? If your disc is an original copy in good shape then you should have made it happen by now. If you were able to boot with disc then there may be suggestions in this forum that now apply. I know this might sound a little self centered, but go back and read the posts that ddp and I made earlier. You are trying to install an SATA drive and WinXP doesn't have native support for it, but most recent boards chipset southbridge has compensated for it. Remember hwere I suggested that you go into your bios and change your SATA drive to act as an IDE drive? This will allow windows to use it in emulation mode from SATA to IDE and you should be able to install windows. If you do as I suggested earlier and disable every drive but your install DVD Rom drive that should get you started. What I quite understand from the information that you've provided is why things didn't go on after you began your reformat. Please help us with all the information that you can so that we can help you.

 

Its working, but I had to use an older XP W/SP2. Now that I know its working I'd like to get this SP3 XP on it. Like I said this is the best XP I've ever used,on 3 different Computers in the last 3 mons. I've had 0 problems with anything I'm doing

 

Sophocles..All my problems started at power on for the first time..I did all that U suggested, except the SATA to IDE in Bios. I disabled all but DVD DRIVE, but it still would not boot..Finally I found an older Ver that a friend burned 4 me and it booted, but another problem occurred. At the Lic agreement screen F8 would not work, so I shut it down changed key brds and USB PORT, and it worked..I'm pretty sure I read everything that was suggested, and followed with strict attention. Other then that SATA, IDE. The SATA HDD under SATA Configuration says Enhanced IDE. I don't know what else to change, so I left it
But I'm STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS ONE PARTICULAR Disc, it refuses to boot on that Computer

 

rick5446,

Are you sure you must boot this CD? I had SP3 on a CD, and I just double-cliked on the EXE, and all was good.

 

I don't quite understand the Question...(Are you sure you must boot this CD). Yes I can start it when Windows is up and running. But on all the other Computers, installing from scratch it Booted. But not this one. If by chance in the future my Grandson has problems I don't want him to have to load 2 separate WinXP .I would like to see if this can be made into a start from scratch CD, which it is on all the other Computers. I don't understand why it does not boot on this particular Computer

 

Tried 2 LITE-ON and LG
There again I know I can D/L & install. But I'm tellin ya this one that I've got is the best..I've D/L and Updated till I was Blue in the face, & still had problems. With this copy I've had ZERO Problems

 

I'll give it a try. in the mean time I found a little Prog called nLITE its supposed to Create a bootable CD