Recent content by Kasch

Ok here we go. Switched the jumper to master on the CD ROM, oops didn't think of that before but that's not the worst of it. The IDE connector was loose on the motherboard. Go ahead call me a big dummy, i can take it. :P

I have the speeds right now but for some reason my XP CD doesn't load up at reboot to start installing. So far it doesn't look like my drives are recognized. There's only mention of my floppy in the BIOS. I know about hitting f6 during XP install for SATA and all of that but the BIOS is showing...

I cleared CMOS and the Unworkable message went away. Now it says CMOS checksum error- defaults loaded. I need to know what exactly to put in the setup areas for the CPU. It's a 1.83GHz processor but how do i spell that out in the BIOS? Just 1.83GHz or 1800MHz?

Ok, just put together my first self build. Here's the specs: Athlon XP Mobile 2500 Seagate 120 gig SATA HDD Abit NF7-S mobo MSI RX 9800 Pro Antec 430w PSU I thought I could handle this but I'm lost. Everything is together, powers up and POSTs fine. The first screen tells me I have an...

It's always better to build your own, more bang for your buck. If I had to buy prebuilt I'd go Dell though. The 9800 Pro is a great card, again, most bang for your buck. Sure it would be nice to get a new generation card but the difference is a couple hundred dollars. If money is no object than...