Trying to get XP to boot on a WD3200 SATA drive on the A8N5X Mobo. I Keep getting "Error Loading OS" I ran the WD disk and set up the drive I can see the drive in BIOS I can run XP on an IDE drive and see the SATA drive in My computer I can ghost XP from the IDE to the SATA If I do a repair...

I need a COM port for a machine using the above MB (Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe) and even though their manual says there is an Asus part for the purpose (puchased separately!), I can't find anywhere to buy it. Does anyone know of a device to connect to the serial port on this board or an alternative to...

Hello all, just a quick question please.......... I have a HP a720n with an A7V8X-LA (Kelut) MB. (Latest BIOS update) Western 120gig drive (master) Seagate 200gig drive (slave) As far as hardware, all Harddrives, cables (80pin) meet requirements for UDMA5. For some odd ball reason the BIOS...

does any one know of a good linux compatible mother board?

I am installing the Adaptec 39320 SCSI adapter using PCI-X on the P5E motherboard, and use of this slot renders IDE inactive, so I'm installing a SATA DV-R for the boot drive. Will the OS install recognize the drive and boot from it? I'm hoping it does with the need to install sata drivers for...

Hi! I'm buildinga new computer (from mostly second hand parts from my brother). Now I've finished and I'm trying to install a OS but it refuses to install anything. Win XP just hans when it says "Loading System" and Fedora waits a while and then reports a drive fail (error 10 or something) on...

OK, this is driving me nuts now and I realy hope someonme have a solution out there. I have a A8N32-SLI Deluxe and I'm trying to install Win XP. If I succeed going as far as the first reboot I get a Bluescreen saying my mobo isn't ACPI compatible and that I need a newer BIOS (I have the lastest...

Hello, I just followed Cub's tips: 1. Load bios with default settings, which made the apm configuration return ! 2. Swap memory chip with another memory chip. So far the other memory chip seems to be working fine. More testing needs to

Ok, The last theory concerning my computer is: iComputers.nl delivered bad parts. That bussiness went out of bussiness. I don't know why....

Hello, I have a new theory how the power supply got damaged: AMD's X2 3800+ dual core processor has CPU Throttling. I downloaded a special AMD Software tool called AMD Power Monitor or something like that. Which throttles back the CPU when it's idling... then when it needs to do

First off I have my internet connection (from the cable modem) plugged into the RJ45 on the MB. I'm running Vista Ultimate 64. Problem - After setting up ( a few times) the wireless in AP mode, clients can't connect and / or they are disconnected. I chose WEP and "shared network" and made the...

Hello, Well since my Dream PC is dead for the moment and I have nothing better to do and I am not 100% happy with the antec case I will write a review about it... for you, for me, for them, for further improvements. Let's see what I find good about this case and then less good ;) :) The...

Hello, I have an Asus M3A with a Phenom 9750 CPU. I have been told I need to set the NB voltage up in BIOS by +0.5v. I'm not sure which setting it is, but I think it may be "CPU-NB" voltage". If so, It is set to AUTO, and I have no idea what value the default is, so I can't figure the new...

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Hello, I have Creative Gigaworks Surround Sound Set. I noticed how when I turn it on the lights flicker a bit. (PC is already on). This indicates power fluctuations which might damage the power supply ? In the future I plug the surround sound set on another wall socket hoping

I have an Asus K8N here with a Sempron processor that I can't get the sound to work. I have tried installing all the drivers I can find, but it still says no sound device in Sounds and Audio Devices. Hardware device manager shows no yellow marks. It does the same whether I run XP SP2 or 2000...

I have a P4P800-e Deluxe running XP Pro. I had 2 sticks of 512k ram installed for years, and bought 2 more sticks of 1gb each and installed those in the remaining two slots. The original sticks were in the blue slots. Everything ran fine for several months, but seemed a little slower. This...

I have a friend whose not too familiar with PC's and around two years ago bought a 3.6GHz P4 PC from fujitsu Siemens and unfortunately since then I have been inundated with its presence. I'm not entirely sure what they're doing but they seem to have the Hard drives refusing to boot or run...

Hi, I bought a hitachi 320 gb 3.0. It has no jumper that I can see. I assume it won't work without the 1.5 jumper setting or is there a way? thanks req p4p800

Ok, I was playing Call of Duty 4... and then I decided to bring down the noise of the fans a bit... I make them spin slower... the temperature rises a few degrees... And then a few seconds later... bzbzbzbzbzbzbzbzbzb.. strange sound on speakers... And the system freezes.