Recent content by affan181

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    is 2x1GB ram better then 4x521MB ram

    I would assume not but just wondering :)
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    Need to run 2 hard drives independently.

    They both have windows xp on them. I just didnt want any of them to do anything with the other. It would be nice if i cant have it that way. is it possible to have setting in such a way that my new hard drive stays off and only my old hard drive is running.
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    Need to run 2 hard drives independently.

    I recently build a new computer with a new hard drvie. I would also like to access my old hard drive from my older computer once in a while and would like to boot from it only. My new hard drive is a SATA drive and old is a IDE. when i boot up they become slave/master and i can see both their...
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    Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI wont let me boot with SATA drive!

    Hi, i have installed the hard drive and SATA controller (Sil 3114 RAID) drivers and windows even formats my hard drive, but i cant boot to it. According to Gigabyte MB manual I need to go to: Advanced BIOS feautures->(SATA)/RAID/SCSO boot order:*SATA* But under Advanced features there is no...
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    Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI wont let me boot with SATA drive!

    Hi, i have installed the hard drive and SATA controller (Sil 3114 RAID) drivers and windows even formats my hard drive, but i cant boot to it. According to Gigabyte MB manual I need to go to: Advanced BIOS feautures->(SATA)/RAID/SCSO boot order:*SATA* But under Advanced features there is no...
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    Windows is not recognizing WD SATA hard drive for GA-K8NXP-SLI MB!!

    yeppie i got it to work, problem was i was installing sil3114 driver instead of sil3114 RAID driver! how could i have missed that! thanks!
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    Windows is not recognizing WD SATA hard drive for GA-K8NXP-SLI MB!!

    i also tried NV controller and it was strange that the moment i tried it my video card fan started making weired noises! so i got a RMA for video card! oh and to top this off i have noticed cpu fan not starting on severral ocassions, i then turned the cpu alarm on in the bios and it went off...
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    Windows is not recognizing WD SATA hard drive for GA-K8NXP-SLI MB!!

    i have an old version of xp, so i dont think it has SP1,SP2. yes i am putting them on a floppy, the dirver is SIL3114. There were also other drivers SIL3114 RAID, SIL3114 RAID5, but i would imagine i dont need them. i hope my windows xp is not causing problems. dont feel like spending more...
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    Windows is not recognizing WD SATA hard drive for GA-K8NXP-SLI MB!!

    Yes it is on the SIL and not NV :)
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    Windows is not recognizing WD SATA hard drive for GA-K8NXP-SLI MB!!

    Hi! This is my first ever build :) I have a GIGABYTE "GA-K8NXP-SLI" MB and am trying to install a Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive. The BIOS recognizes the hard drive, I can see hte name on startup. I have also installed the drivers for it doing so when windows asks if you...