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    SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH CLEAN INSTALL OF WINDOWS 2000 PRO

    I have a second Rig with 3 partitions part 1 w98se part 2 win 2k pro part 3 wxp pro and in all of them, I've Partition Magic already installed, what if I hook up the 80 gb drive to this Rig and format part 1 with 30 gb and install w2k pro, and a 50 gb partition and in it install wxp pro...
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    SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH CLEAN INSTALL OF WINDOWS 2000 PRO

    I have two questions in this post. first I don't know how to install it with a fat 32 format, the second is my 80 GB drive show (when using w98 boot disk in fdisk) as a 10 GB maximum capacity drive........ I don't know what's wrong fdisk won't let me to increase the size of the primary...
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    how to copy game cd's with ECDC or Nero....

    the other day I bought mech warrior game and it has 2 cd's , one for installing the game and the other for playing it. I wanted to make a copy of both cd's , with ECD creator 6 , and all went well with the cd 1 ( the install cd) I was able to burn it , but the cd 2 ( the playing cd) is a...
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    A7N8X de luxe VOICE SET UP (HOW)

    My USB harman\kardon sound speakers are connected, but I've " heard 4 rumors, #1 that this board have on board tiny special speaker just for boot on voice, #2 that voice won't work with USB speakers, #3 that I have to connect only a a non USB speaker to the analog sound jack for it to work, #4...
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    A7N8X de luxe VOICE SET UP (HOW)

    How does one enable voice on boot for the A7N8X DE LUXE ( bios rev 1003), when the rig boot up, you know the computer tells the state of the boot via speech, it is enabled in BIOS but voice won't kick in at boot up still, what do I have to do to get this feature going .. AND !! yes the voice...
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    NEED IDEAS FOR UPGRADE....

    I have a good old ATX Matsonic MS7112s Pentium III 500 MHz, rig running like a tuned clock( a bit slow tho ) with a 256 MB ram, (I'll upgrade later) 250 PSU (later I'll apgrade it to a 350) a 60 GB wd 7200 hdd, +a 9 GB 5400 Maxtor, a 32 megs ATI graphic, (I'll upgrade to 64 mb later) Sony CD...
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    SONY CRX 220-1\ 52 24 52\ NERO - ROXIO ECD CREATOR 5X PLATINUM

    bacilus this is a off topic question , why? Why not, it's 'cause I like Roxio guy! Beside ECD platinum have a feature that Nero doesn't have, and that is: the Utility to" format " a CD-R to be used in a drag and drop mode, and CD-R cost almost 0\free, where CD-RW cost a lot, and that is what...
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    SONY CRX 220-1\ 52 24 52\ NERO - ROXIO ECD CREATOR 5X PLATINUM

    I bought the Sony 220e-1 52-24-52 writer from newegg.com and it came with the Nero software, now here is my problem\story: before buying this cd-rom I double checked with Roxio for supported drives for the Roxio ecd creator Platinum 5x, (which I own with all the already downloaded updates for...
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    MY NEW RIG WITH A : A7N8X DELUXE WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW

    Selfbuilt thanks for the info (your comments lowered my heart rate a bit), and rest assured that I won't OC this board until I'm informed on how to do it correctly, (and if possible !) this is a whole new field of knowing I've been surfing the web for hours on end , downloading\copying...
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    MY NEW RIG WITH A : A7N8X DELUXE WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW

    just to let you know more about this MB The board cpu pins are set to 1-2 default, the mb version is 2.0, the bios is : revision 1003 dated 3\19\03 I have it reset the external frequency multiplier from (100mhz which was set to default) to 166mhz now, and At boot is showing at 166mhz, instead...
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    MY NEW RIG WITH A : A7N8X DELUXE WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW

    Here are some BIOS issue that I'm not sure of what to do. I've "explored" the BIOS thoroughly and I've found this might need attention.... In Advanced Chipset Feature CPU external freq.(mhz) [100mhz] FSB Spread Sprctrum [0.50%] AGP. Spread spectrum [disabled] CPU VCore Setting[auto] Graphics...
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    MY NEW RIG WITH A : A7N8X DELUXE WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW

    The hdd activity light connection cable issue, is not resolved still, I've tried reversing and re- reversing the cable polarity, but still the light doesn't came on, but beside this issue, there is the cd r-rw, and dvd rom, that started not reading my installations disks , (both were ok in the...
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    MY NEW RIG WITH A : A7N8X DELUXE WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW

    URGENT help needed, I've got everything mounted and connected, but I'm a bit confuse, by the power panel ( the bottom left of the MB,) as you know the power panel connect the case front panel on and off switches and status lights, What I need to know, is the white or color\blue\orange\green...
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    MY NEW RIG WITH A : A7N8X DELUXE WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW

    Beautiful, thanks squidman
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    MY NEW RIG WITH A : A7N8X DELUXE WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW

    In this issue I need to know this : The MB came with a packet of screws intended for mounting the board, the packet contain 3 individual items, the brass fitting that screws into the case, then the screws that screw the MB to the case, and into the brass fittings, and plastic washers, the...