The following RAM is (by default) incompatable with Gigabyte Motherboard GA-7DPXDW-P; "Kingston KVR266X72RC25/512" 'Infineon HYB25D256400AT-7' The memory will cause "STOP: c000021a" system error on initial installation reboot of system, or cause installation to hang at initial "Starting Windows"...

Have a GA-8IPE1000-Pro MB (BIOS F2) with WINXP Pro and am trying to get it to boot from a USB external HDD without success so far. Firstly has anyone got this board to boot from a USB HDD? At least that will tell me it works. The drive is healthy, that is I can read and write to it from WINXP and...

I've been happily computing along using the on board RAID controller for over a year. I have a DVD and CDR set up as master/slave on the primary IDE channel. I needed some extra storage and installed a internal harddrive, set as master on the secondary IDE channel. Now when I boot, after the...

you need to disconnect all the hard drives and pull the video card see if you get beep codes do the same for memory. If those work and the beep codes are correct then you will know where the problem lies also check for shorts on the mobo to the case. Did you change anything recently? Wayne

what's the latest/fastest still available CPU this motherboard supports?

I have been seaching around for a good motherboard and came down to the GA-K8S760M. I am going to build a system for a church office. They would like to be able run 3 or more programs at the same time. I will install windows xp. I like to have some input from you on this board. Thanks

I used @Bios to update the BIOS on my friend's machine (well, he's currently a friend), hoping to fix power-down problems - I'd tried everything else. I was careful to choose the right version F3 (avoiding the Beta) at: http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_GA-6BXC.htm assuming...

After having rebooted the PC following the installation of a new PCI card, the mother board is buzzing constantly and the RAM led is on I have unplugged the PCI card and rebooted again. Still this buzzer and Led on. I suspect an electric shock having caused the problem. However, the BIOS starts...

Hi, I've just put a Maxtor SATA 80Gb drive unto a GA-8IK1100 motherboard since my IDE drive just died on me. Not having any previous SCSI or SATA experience I've struggled a bit getting it all to work. The BIOS had no problems identifying the drive but Windows setup simply said there was no drive...

wrote in message ... My 160Gb drive is showing as only 137Gb. I have a 7DXR motherboard and when I flash the bios to F10, in the bios settings the drive is recognised as 160Gb. I am using Win2k and I know that you need...

wrote: Hello, I have used the 7dxr with a 1GHz Athlon which I have now upgraded to an Athlon 2600 (266 fsb), which is the faster cpu this mobo will take. To use the 2600, you need to have the F10 bios. I have flashed this, but when I boot, I sometimes see that it is...

I have a GA-7N400 Pro motherboard, XP3200 CPU, FX5200 AGP graphics and two IDE Hard drives (40gb and 80gb). Windows XP Home I have just purchased the Zalman Silent Flower Cooler CNPS6000-CU (see either http://www.quietpc.com/uk/amdcooling.php#6000 or http://www.zalmantech.com/ ) Firstly after...

why won't my UDMA (ATA) IDE hard drive post as 133 when i belive the specs say for both the mobo and the drive that they are UDMA 133 compatable?? thank you

"Anthropy" wrote in message ... Mines running about 60c. While I'm here what's the ideal power supply? Right now its hooked up to 300w PSU. Thanks for any help. that is very hot, where are you death valley?

Guys, i hace the above mb with two hd's as master & slave on IDE 1, and a cdrw & cd rom as master & slave od IDE2. I have just been given a dvd drive - can I use this on IDE3? I plugged it in, but no joy. TIA for any advice Mark

Sorry for the cross post but i need help. I'm trying to help out my neighbor with their pc. Since i'm used to dealing with dells and other pc manufacturers, i've never had to identify specifics related to motherboards, etc. They have a pc that was built by a friend and i need to identify the...

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Hi, I've just bought one of these boards as 'refurbished' at a very good price but it's missing everything except the board itself. I've got cables etc. and can download manuals, drivers etc from the Gigabyte website. The main thing that concerns me is the missing VRM card. Will this board work...

Hi, does anyone of you know if the GA-7VT880 motherboard has the PCI / AGP lock option ? Thanks

Okay Now I have a question. I crashed my Webserver last week (software crash) and everytime I try to reload the raid settings keep going away. I save them as per the destructions that I used when I set it up originally but no-go. it does the software load cycle including loading the raid drivers...