Recent content by Ethereal

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    Performance difference between Raptor drives.

    Anyone know if there is any performance increase between the 74 GB, 150 GB and 150 GB raptor X? Just wanted to know if any one person has had working experience with either two of the drives or maybe all three. I checked the net and can't seem to find any direct comparisons. Any links...
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    Problem getting keyboard to work after POST

    It turned out to be the drive. I have a smaller capcity ATA drive and it loaded the OS fine. I went into dos and FDISK saw the drive. I deleted partition tried to recreate but it was pooched. Drive is most likely bad. Oh well, don't plan on running that drive for much longer since Im...
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    Problem getting keyboard to work after POST

    Meh. I think I narrowed it to my hdd. I am still using ide hdd and dvd drive until I upgrade to a raptor drive for my os. I updated the bios and it did not make much difference. I tried booting with only hdd connected and it was just sitting at the same screen. I plugged in only dvd drive an...
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    Problem getting keyboard to work after POST

    Meh. I think I narrowed it to my hdd. I am still using ide hdd and dvd drive until I upgrade to a raptor drive for my os. I updated the bios and it did not make much difference. I tried booting with only hdd connected and it was just sitting at the same screen. I plugged in only dvd drive an...
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    Problem getting keyboard to work after POST

    I don't know if it's the keyboard anymore. I set hdd as primary boot device and I did not get the prompt for y/n to boot off cd. I did however get stuck again at the same location. Somthing is hanging they system.
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    Problem getting keyboard to work after POST

    I don't know if it's the keyboard anymore. I set hdd as primary boot device and I did not get the prompt for y/n to boot off cd. I did however get stuck again at the same location. Somthing is hanging they system.
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    Problem getting keyboard to work after POST

    I checked a Google and couldn't find any known issues on this. Any suggestions? BTW tried ps2 keyboard and same thing.
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    Problem getting keyboard to work after POST

    I checked a Google and couldn't find any known issues on this. Any suggestions? BTW tried ps2 keyboard and same thing.
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    Problem getting keyboard to work after POST

    I have a gigabyte ds3 motherboard. The problem Im having is with the keybaord not working at startup. For example I can go into the BIOS and make modifications using the keyboard and go to the use boot menu only after enabling USB keyboard support in BIOS. The problem comes when I go to...
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    Problem getting keyboard to work after POST

    I have a gigabyte ds3 motherboard. The problem Im having is with the keybaord not working at startup. For example I can go into the BIOS and make modifications using the keyboard and go to the use boot menu only after enabling USB keyboard support in BIOS. The problem comes when I go to...
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    Please help

    Thanks I had to just elevate the board since the knobs were hitting the table underneath. doh.
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    Please help

    Forget it I got it.
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    Please help

    I installed the CPU but I'm having a tough time putting on the retails heatsink and fan. I watched the intel video on installation and it looks simple. It looks like you lightly press on the four corners and it just snaps in. It is not doing that for me. Anyone please help.. I'm doing...
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    If I use and HDTV for my computer monitor....

    What will be my maximum resolution in windows? 1360x728?. I am thinking of a DVI-I to HDMI cable from my 8800GTS to the set. Probably a stupid question but oh well I don't know. I know the HDTV does 1080i as well so maybe.
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    SATA optical drive or IDE?

    I'm getting the Gigabyde 965P DS3 board. It would support. I guess Im just going to go pata anyway.