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This problem will stump the best
Sempron 2400
5 different sticks of 256 ram Asrock K7S41GX/E/M/ASR motherboard PCCHIPS M825G Motherboard Western Digital WD400 40 gig hard drive Maxtor 80 gig hard drive Those are all the combinations Using all of the Western digital software, the hard drive was low level formatted three times. Partitioned to only c drive several times. partitioned to c drive 50% and d drive 50%. Drive low level formatted with no problem, partitioned with no problem, formatted with no problem. Using all of the MAXTOR software to low level, test, partition, and format the 80 gig hard drive, everything tested and loaded fine. Put Windows 98 CD in the cdrom and booted to install and it comes up with a problem with the hard drive. Change motherboards, change memory, change hard drives. Usuing the 40 gig and using fdisk and format, the hard drive will format with system installed and will not boot. Boot with floppy and copy files to C drive with no problem, BUT, when I try to run any dos program on the C drive, it comes up NOT READING DRIVE C. The only part of this whole thing is that the same AMD Sempron 2400. The first problem I had to begin with was that the computer wouldn't read any CD-rom drive. It showed the CDROM in the bios, Loaded it as Drive D, but, when I put in any cd and type DIR, they flashed a couple of times and then nothing. That was with the Asrock motherboard. So I bought the pchcips motherboard and the CDROMS started to work. But, then the hard drive problems started. From that point it has been downhill all the way. |
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On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 07:05:01 -0500, Sillysam wrote:
The only part of this whole thing is that the same AMD Sempron 2400. And the PSU, cables, etc. I assume? The first problem I had to begin with was that the computer wouldn't read any CD-rom drive. It showed the CDROM in the bios, Loaded it as Drive D, but, when I put in any cd and type DIR, they flashed a couple of times and then nothing. That was with the Asrock motherboard. So I bought the pchcips motherboard and the CDROMS started to work. But, then the hard drive problems started. From that point it has been downhill all the way. Best wag, bad/weak PSU or bad/wrong (40wire) HD cables. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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Suddenly, without warning, Wes Newell exclaimed (04-Jun-05 4:02 PM):
On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 07:05:01 -0500, Sillysam wrote: The only part of this whole thing is that the same AMD Sempron 2400. And the PSU, cables, etc. I assume? That was my thought. Try a new HD cable. Keep in mind, the other part that is the same is *you* - could be doing something wrong and you don't even realize it. Is your mobo grounded properly, for instance? But, my first thought would be to try a new IDE cable - if you're using 40 pin cables on a newer drive, there's your problem right there. AFAIK, it's been a good long time since hard drives used the old 40-pin ribbons - I know I tossed mine long ago. jmc |
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A friend has a problem with 2 CD drives and I think he might have put them
both in as master, so I suggested he take them out and check the jumpers to be sure one is the slave. -- Ed Light Smiley :-/ MS Smiley :-\ Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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While a ribbon may be the problem, It could very well be the motherboards.
They are definately on the cheap end, and may not support your sempron well without a BIOS update. Does it detect as a sempron? Athlon? "Sillysam" wrote in message ... Sempron 2400 5 different sticks of 256 ram Asrock K7S41GX/E/M/ASR motherboard PCCHIPS M825G Motherboard Western Digital WD400 40 gig hard drive Maxtor 80 gig hard drive Those are all the combinations Using all of the Western digital software, the hard drive was low level formatted three times. Partitioned to only c drive several times. partitioned to c drive 50% and d drive 50%. Drive low level formatted with no problem, partitioned with no problem, formatted with no problem. Using all of the MAXTOR software to low level, test, partition, and format the 80 gig hard drive, everything tested and loaded fine. Put Windows 98 CD in the cdrom and booted to install and it comes up with a problem with the hard drive. Change motherboards, change memory, change hard drives. Usuing the 40 gig and using fdisk and format, the hard drive will format with system installed and will not boot. Boot with floppy and copy files to C drive with no problem, BUT, when I try to run any dos program on the C drive, it comes up NOT READING DRIVE C. The only part of this whole thing is that the same AMD Sempron 2400. The first problem I had to begin with was that the computer wouldn't read any CD-rom drive. It showed the CDROM in the bios, Loaded it as Drive D, but, when I put in any cd and type DIR, they flashed a couple of times and then nothing. That was with the Asrock motherboard. So I bought the pchcips motherboard and the CDROMS started to work. But, then the hard drive problems started. From that point it has been downhill all the way. |
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On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 07:05:01 -0500, "Sillysam"
wrote: Sempron 2400 5 different sticks of 256 ram Wot RAM ?, needs to be a minimum of 333MHz Asrock K7S41GX/E/M/ASR motherboard http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/K7S41GX.htm PCCHIPS M825G Motherboard Needs : Revision 050516s BIOS on a v9.2a MOBO for Sempron's - see : http://www.pcchips.com.tw/PCCWeb/Pro...etailName=BIOS Western Digital WD400 40 gig hard drive Put a delay of 10/20 secs in the BIOS, any help ? Maxtor 80 gig hard drive Put a delay of 10/20 secs in the BIOS, any help ? Those are all the combinations Using all of the Western digital software, the hard drive was low level formatted three times. Partitioned to only c drive several times. partitioned to c drive 50% and d drive 50%. Drive low level formatted with no problem, partitioned with no problem, formatted with no problem. Using all of the MAXTOR software to low level, test, partition, and format the 80 gig hard drive, everything tested and loaded fine. Put Windows 98 CD in the cdrom and booted to install and it comes up with a problem with the hard drive. Change motherboards, change memory, change hard drives. Usuing the 40 gig and using fdisk and format, the hard drive will format with system installed and will not boot. Boot with floppy and copy files to C drive with no problem, BUT, when I try to run any dos program on the C drive, it comes up NOT READING DRIVE C. The only part of this whole thing is that the same AMD Sempron 2400. - and the use of manufacturers formatting software. The first problem I had to begin with was that the computer wouldn't read any CD-rom drive. It showed the CDROM in the bios, Loaded it as Drive D, a ' half ' done [ aborted ] install will treat will always [ O/S ] see the CDROM as D: but, when I put in any cd and type DIR, they flashed a couple of times and then nothing. That was with the Asrock motherboard. So I bought the pchcips motherboard and the CDROMS started to work. But, then the hard drive problems started. From that point it has been downhill all the way. - use bootdisk.com, Fdisk & Format and stay away from Manufacturers stuff for the moment. - take note of others comment [s] on 40/80 cables & PSU's - I've known inappropriate VID cards cause [ bad pool caller ] errors with cabling - very hard to trace type of issue ! ΈτΆσ |
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On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 07:05:01 -0500, Sillysam wrote:
Sempron 2400 5 different sticks of 256 ram Asrock K7S41GX/E/M/ASR motherboard PCCHIPS M825G Motherboard ^^^^^^^ That says a lot right there. PCChips has *always* been the bottom of the barrel. ...though some did actually work. -- Keith |
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Why all the low level formatting? It's not good for hard drives to do that.
"Wes Newell" wrote in message newsan.2005.06.04.15.04.06.209136@TAKEOUTverizon .net... On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 07:05:01 -0500, Sillysam wrote: The only part of this whole thing is that the same AMD Sempron 2400. And the PSU, cables, etc. I assume? The first problem I had to begin with was that the computer wouldn't read any CD-rom drive. It showed the CDROM in the bios, Loaded it as Drive D, but, when I put in any cd and type DIR, they flashed a couple of times and then nothing. That was with the Asrock motherboard. So I bought the pchcips motherboard and the CDROMS started to work. But, then the hard drive problems started. From that point it has been downhill all the way. Best wag, bad/weak PSU or bad/wrong (40wire) HD cables. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) My server http://wesnewell.no-ip.com/cpu.php Verizon server http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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