i am here, when you took the ventilator off that was the cpu you read off, i think we are still stuck. check with person got computer if they have manual or motherboard cd. that is not 300mhz speed as amd did not make duron chips till about 650+ mhz. see what you can do, i'll be here
Just got a call... it turns out that my PC is not a P3 but a AMD processor. The guy I got it from has two manual, but he is not sure which one belongs to my PC. He gave me the following info: k7t pro (ms-6330) atxva mainboard (for atlon + duron processor) or PC 266 socket A M805 LR Chipset VIA vt8363 Now it looks to me that it is probably the fist one. Because yesterday I gave you a chipsetnr. which does not correspond with the one mentioned above. But then again, I could be wrong, you are the expert! There are no CD's so this is all the info I got. Farrah
the_ogs, gotta find out which one she has first before getting bios as it is 50/50 which is right one but thanks for link if it is that one we need
Thanx The OGS and DDP! I will get those manuals first thing tomorrow. Wanted to get them today but the guy was out of town. ddp, what do you mean with 50/50! Can't we just try it? I am so eager to get started and now I have to wait another day....grrrrrr But if you think it is better to wait, I will do so. Farrah
they are 2 different motherboards. if we flash the wrong bios than you'll have to buy new board & cpu unless store has board that fit your cpu. wrong bios & it don't post you are sol. so patience my child & you'll hopefully see the fruit of your endevours
Don't want to risk making the wrong move, do I?? Lets wait for those manuals. Patience is a virtue isn't it! Are you going to be online the same time tomorrow?? Farrah
Hi ddp! I got the manual and I even got a CD rom! (pity I can't use it in my sick computer, unfortunately floppy was missing). Just let me know when you are ready o.k. Farrah
did you get both manuals or just one. go thru manual, you'll see a board layout picture compare it to sickie!! & see if same, has to be exact. what does manual say on cover for name
I just have one manual. The other one turned out to be of a second computer he has. If I compare the lay-out picture it is the as the one of my sick computer. The cover of the manual says: PC266 systemboard Socket A M850LR user's manual F.
I just have one manual. The other one turned out to be of a second computer he has. If I compare the lay-out picture it is the as the one of my sick computer. The cover of the manual says: PC266 systemboard Socket A M850LR user's manual F.
we have a problem, just did a search for m850lr on both google & mamma search engines no such thing. has to be m805lr. recheck manual & browse cd
Sorry ddp, you are right it is 805lr. I have been fumbling a bit myself and don't ask me what I have done but all of a sudden a completely different screen appeared! Right now I see on my screen: Windows Setup Loading files.... (Is this a good sign?) Now it shows: Welcome to setup: - press enter if you want to install Windows XP - Press R if you want to repair a Windows installation - press F3 if you want to exit without installing Windows XP When I press ENTER the following message appears: Setup can't find a harddrive in your computer. Make sure everything is connected and that the hardware configuration is correct. I re-tried a couple of times but no still no go? What should i do? F.
when computer started up did screen look normal before sick & did it give option press del for setup for bios
yes, it looked quite normal, below appears press DEL to enter setup I just pressed it and not I see CMOS Setup Utility
