Recent content by 1stTimeBuilder

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    bizarre hard drive behavior

    Yes, the drive is a Western Digital. I had the jumper removed when the drive was by itself, and in the appropriate slave/master position when the other drive was attached. I even tried it in the wrong position a couple times just to see if the system would behave differently and it didn't, so...
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    bizarre hard drive behavior

    I did have all the jumpers set correctly in every configuration. I double-checked them each time I made change (from master to slave, etc.), so I think the problem lies elsewhere. I just don't know where....
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    bizarre hard drive behavior

    Hello all, I recently purchased a new hard drive, and have been trying to install it. I want to set it up as a boot device, completely copying everything from my existing hard drive, and use the new drive as my primary drive with the existing drive as a backup drive. I installed the new...
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    Bizarre computer problems

    Hello All, I'm having some bizarre computer problems that I'm hoping someone can help me with. First of all, my configuration (the system is about 2 1/2 years old): Epox 8KHA+ motherboard 2 256 MB DDR PC2100 sticks (Samsung I believe) Athlon 1.4 GHz IBM 40 GB Hard drive GeForce MX2-200 video...
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    Bizarre problems with K7s5a

    Hello All, I recently built my first system using a k7s5a motherboard, and have been having some unusual problems. They are: 1. Memory problems when running in debug mode with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 (the same code works fine in other OS'es and on other machines 2. The bottom inch or so of...