Recent content by Deepmist

I think the new Raidmax Samurai series looks pretty cool if you are into showing off your computer. I hear the cooling works well too. I'd get it if they offered a cheaper version without the crappy psu. http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=11-156-156&depa=0

Specs: Asus a7n8x 2.0 bios rev1008 athlon xp 2800+ (set at 2700+ in bios) 9800pro AIW 74gig raptor 2x1gig pdp ram sound blaster something platinum I think XP Home My power supply burnt out a few weeks ago, since then i've replace my ps, os hard drive, and got another gig of ram for the...

Does ram really get hot? I would think case fans are enough. I like my Patriot ram, I got alot of it for cheap. I think the amount of ram is much more important than speed. haven't seen any banchmarks that show high-speed ram performing much better than the low-priced stuff. Maybe i'm...

Heh, I figured out this was the problem just a couple hours ago. I ended up changing the boot order to floppy->cd-rom->SCSI. After I got it to boot from the sata drive it was still giving me errors. I ended up learning how to flash the new bios, 1008, reformatted everything and it worked...

Thanks alot for all your responses so far Navid. I did check the jumper and it is enabled. Page 73 only has information about installing sata drivers inside windows, which I am trying to install. I'll try to clarify on how far i've gotten now that i'm at a work with a decent keyboard. I...

a7n8x deluxe 2.0 rev 1005 athlon xp 2800+ wd 74gig raptor

I'm not sure how to turn off raid if it is on. There is 2 sata plugs, sec_sata1 and pri_sata1. I have it in the pri one.

Yah, I wasn't sure how to be more clear, if I don't press a key to boot from cd after the restart it just sits idle after it asks to press a key to boot from cd.

It boots from the cdrom, I couldn't start xp instillation if it didn't. I get through the part where it installs files on the hd then it says it is going to restart and to remove floppy, I do it and I start all over when the computer restarts.

I formatted it 3 times now. I tried letting it just go and it just stops, I tried booting from cd and it didn't continue. What do I do?

So bought a raptor to replace a burnt out drive. The problem is that the mobo detects the drive but when I go to install xp it says there is no hd. So I think I need to install an updated bios. I've never done anything like that before and it is really difficult just to figure out how to do...

Alright so here's where I am at now. Me and my friends figured out that the 60gig hd wasn't even spooling at all when the computer was turned on, go figure. It looks like my last ps took that hd with it. So I found out the 40gig hd actually didn't have windows installed on it, so I installed...

Alright, so the fan on my old power supply crapped out and I ordered a new power supply. I retained all the plugs and settings for everything accept power. Today I got the new ps and hooked everything up. Everything spooled up and it got to "Detecting IDE drives..." and stopped. After...

Judging from your tone, i'd say I have done just that. Maybe you like calling and complaining about any lil thing that comes out, I prefer to find out wether my complaint is justified ahead of time. If it is because of the christmas rush I hardly think it would be convenient to spam newegg...

My power supply burnt out last sunday night, ordered a new one that same night. It is now wednesday and the new ps hasn't been shipped yet... Anyone else ordering from newegg and seeing this problem? I'm used to getting newegg items the day after I order them since I live near the California...