Mobo: GA-8KNXP non-Ultra v1 Last week I posted here asking about the best method for replacing my Maxtor PATA C: drive with a SATA by cloning from Norton Ghost 2003. I downloaded the ICH5R driver v3.5.2.2654 from the Gigabyte site and ran it, getting the following error message: Incompatible...

Anyone using Easytune 4? I have Pent4 3.0 with 800mhz bus. what kind of numbers should I have in Easytune4 in the bus speed column. How do you know what to put in those places? I would like to get the most out of this board and processor but I have no idea what to put in those places. Is there any...

Gents: Has anyone observed, that the CT GF2 mx400 vidcard hoses the Ga-7VT600 mobo ? I'm about to re-try a systems build , and the above conflict would explain my initial failure.

Hi, I got a new case the other day. Instead of having a 3 slot plug for the Power LED it has two single slot plugs. Of course the board is designed for 3 (as all of the other ones I've ever seen have), so I have an open pin. The board will not power up, and I suspect this is the problem. Can anyone...

Which mainboard would be best and cheapest for my new Athlon 2000 XP processor? I am worried abt the onboard graphics engine - I have had bad experiences with SIS in the past especially on Linux. I am comfy with Nvidia. Does Gigabyte have mainboards with Nvidia GPUs for Athlon 2000 XP?

Hi This weekend I finally got the last parts home so I could start building my new computer: Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2, nForce2, Dual Bios. AMD Barton 3200 + ThermalTake Silent Boost CPU cooler Kingston Hyper X 512 MB Chill Innovation PSU 350 W

What is CPU thermal Throttle? (advanced chipset w/ CTRL/ F1) HC

I do not know if this was always a problem but recently I decided to use the Hibernate function of Windows XP and found that when booted from my SCSI Raid-0 drive, I get Stop Error 0x000000D1 associated with SCSIPORT.SYS when attempting to go to Hibernate mode. On same system, same exact OS but...

I have a Gigabyte GA-7VT600 F8 motherboard with Realtek AC97 sound on it. I also have a complete (higher end) surround sound system sitting next to it... What would I need to connect this for games and DVD playback? The outputs on my motherboard are just the 3 mini jacks. My surround sound has...

Hi there, just built a PC using teh Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 motherboard. Everything running well and my only problem is that I can't install the free Norton Internet Security 2003 software that comes with it. Windows XP refuses to boot up after the installation. I have just loaded an old version...

I have a 8INXP motherboard and I am running RAID 1 with 2 Maxtor 80G off the Promise ATA133 RAID Controller and one 40G Seagate off the Silicon Image SATA Controller. If I am creating a ghost image and saving it to a partition on a Promise RAID 1 partition I get 1G transfer rates. But when I save...

Now that I have finished my new PC I am concerned with backing up the system portion of my 2 SATA Raid 0 drives to a different IDE drive. Will Ghost do it or is there a way for the XP Pro back-up program to do this. I am not interested in loss of data just catastrophic failure and want to go back...

Mobo recomendion for a Barton 3.2 and Corsair TwinX 1024 4400 Pro 550mhz ram :) The is my only problem to pic a board that will do it justice, i want a board that i can overclock the CRAP out of, i would with the ram and cpu i will have. I think the Nforce 2 boards are the best bet, don't lock...

I have the GA-K8NNXP with 1 GB of ram if I add another 512 would it slow it down at all ? Thanks in advance.

I have two Segate SATA drives running a Raid 0 striped. I just bought two Maxtor SATAs and would like to add them. I have the daughter board that allows more SATA connections for this board and the cables. My question is this. If I put them in and format them, can I add them to the striped...

Pun Krocker wrote: Hi, Has anyone had any problems with the built in Network connector? I recently upgraded my mobo to the 7N400-L, all works very well but the networks drops out a lot and after many days of re-installing drivers etc I find that the connection socket seems to be to...

Gents: In short, the Ga-7VT600-L / Barton2600 system zips along just fine. Recently I reported a failed build using this combo with components: Antec400, Samsung DDR333 256Mb, ChainTech GF2 mx400_64_2x/4x. The combo supplier reported the RMAed CPU/MOBO in working order ... so : In the rebuild,...

Why are we hanging these humongous Zalmans on our CPUs when laptops at the same speed are only an inch and a half thick? How'd dey do dat?

I am plugging in a MSI TV@nywhere Master into my AUX/IN socket on the motherboard. I keep getting a loud hiss from my speakers when I boot up. If I unplug the cord, the hissing stops. When I go into the volume control properties I don't have a AUX/IN in the volume controls. I can't use the LINE/IN...

Hi I am considering upgrading my PC next month but would first like to get a better GFX card in. My current M/Board is: Motherboard .......................................... Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Model: 6VXC7-4X / 6VXC7-4X-P Version: ...