Recent content by gerryf

An update guys ... well, I downloaded the latest 4in1s and installed them prior to switching the mobos. After the switch my system booted up with no problems whatsoever. So far it is running stable with no glitches (touch wood). We'll see how it fares over the coming days................

Thanks Emjem and no offence intended Punisher ... after your initial post my intention was always to try the straight switch first and go from there. I'm going to fly at it tomorrow and see what happens.

Thanks guys ..... Oak, you are right man. Most times taking the easy way out will eventually lead to problems.

Thanks man, I'll give it a try. It sure would make life easier for me if it works. Another question - - if I do run into some problems, would you suggest I try just reinstalling the Windows XP before I wipe the HD clean?

I am upgrading my system switching from an Epox 8KTA3 mobo with 1.0 G Athlon to an MSI KT3Ultra2 board with an Athlon 2000+ CPU. I am currently running Windows XP Home Edition. My question is - - do I have to reformat the HD and do a clean install of XP and all applications, or can I just...

SUCCESS!!! I reconfigured my drives (put CD as primary slave and the Burner as secondary master) and everything seems to be working OK. Thanks for the help guys.

Eddie...what do you mean by a "single drive" .. I thought the only options were Cable Select, Master or Slave??

I have been having some problems with my CDROM locking up my system when it is accessing info. I have my 30 Gig HD as the primary master, a 50X Asus CDROM drive as the secondary master and an Acer 6206 burner as the secondary slave. I think this config might be a problem and was wondering how...

Thanks DJ ... I spoke to a computer tech we have at work here and he suggested I try the cable select setting on both drives.... apparently the newer drives prefer CS. I am at work now but will give it a try when I get home. In my old system I had two hard drives, one as primary master and the...

I have been having CDROM problems ever since I built my new computer system. I have my one and only hard drive set as the primary master. I have a 50X Asus CDROM as the secondary master and an Acer 6206A burner as the secondary slave. The problem I am having is the 50X CDROM will freeze up...

Epox 8KTA3 ... I give five out of five stars to this mobo. I have had one now for a month and it is rock solid. I liked the 6 PCI slots and the ISA slot for a legacy 56K modem (I use cable for the internet). There are lots of reviews on this board out there and most are very good... price is...

coming close ...

Joe, another thing. Could it be that the older hard drive doesn't like the high speed cable I am using for the newer HD?

Actually Joe, the slave hard disk I installed is already formatted... I took it from another system and it has some data on it that I would like to keep. Will I indeed have to reformat and fdisk it... I don't want to do that if I can avoid it but if there is no other choice, I will bite the...

Actually I didn't format and fdisk it warlord ... I have some data on it that I want to retain. I assumed the system would bump everything up??