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Finally I have got WinXP Home installed. Looks like it boils down to a retarded IDE. If i make 2 partitions on the WS 120G drive, I could not even see the CD when Win98 startup floppy was done loading and created a RAM disk. I could see drives C, D and E but not the CD drive F. WinXP Home...

Yes, it is weird. I wanted to use XP if I can, as Win98 has no built in fax via modem. The drive is identified with the correct model #. I have to make it a master on IDE 1 and CD as slave on IDE 0 or something like that (the machine is at home). I started from 2 clean NTFS partitions create...

Yes, I forgot about the temp. among other major stuff. I just wanted to know what is the normal temp people experience. AMD has the max temp in the 80s. So, I should be OK. I have determined that the Seagate is a defective drive. I put a brand new WD 120GB drive and the MB was reporting it as...

Well this is a HD issue not a fan issue

Yes, it was protected by the clear tray packaging, but that is not airtight, if the tape was to insure exclusion of air. AMD docs refer to it as a phase change compound and indicate that once the tape is removed it is not good to wait too long. I did not try win98, I just created a FAT...

:confused::frown: Hello 1. I bought the SOYO K7VME as part of the barebones kit From TigerDirect. I have installed a AMD AXP 2800+ in it. I got it as a boxed processor and it did not have the tape on the bottom of the heatsink protecting the off-white thermal compound. Calld Fry's and was told...