Recent content by Lorduss

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    new system build, not starting uggg

    that worked, awesome thanks, never seen that option in win xp before, love finding new screens.
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    new system build, not starting uggg

    in device manager under disk drives i see it actually, but i cant find a option to format, ther eis no disk management section this is xp sp3 byt he way. how else can i go about this?
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    new system build, not starting uggg

    ok, it was the cdrom drive, replaced it and now everything is working fine, posting from the new unit at the moment, my question now lies in getting my sata drive to show up, it shows up in bios but not in windows, Am i looking for a mobo driver or win driver? am i looking for a RAID driver...
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    new system build, not starting uggg

    and not to be so random about my questions, aside from my trouble installing windows, why is the system restarting during the windows boot up in the other case? i dont see how a bad file or hd failure can cause this, but i may be wrong. another instance i get is on my harddrive with a win...
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    new system build, not starting uggg

    should i try resetting the cmos?
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    new system build, not starting uggg

    ive played with that in the bios several times, when it pointed to the sata hd first, it would stop and say no operatimg system (if i rember) when it pointed to the dvd drive first, it would eventually hit a black screen and say insert a bootible media and press any key, both of my win xp disks...
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    new system build, not starting uggg

    i understand that, but windows wont even start to install, its more like a drive read failure. the other drive restarting during bootup realy puzzles me, but im pretty sure both problems are somehow related, i have tryed 1 stick at a time, both eventually in each of the 4 ram slots. i installed...
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    new system build, not starting uggg

    all of my voltages are set to auto, precessor did notcome with voltage specs, wonderin if setting everything to specifics might change this, not sure how to identify this problem being a faulty psu, mobo etc.
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    new system build, not starting uggg

    i got my shipment in from newegg, mobo, video card, psu, processor, ram. threw the tidbits into my old case andnow i cant get past bios i have a new sata hard drive and a older pata with a win xp install on it (win xp my only OS) if i have my new sata plugged in, when i threw in the winxp...
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    Advice on new build

    ended up upgrading to a 5770, and a m4a785td plus everything else listed recently and pushed the button, 579 with taxes but oh well. did the combo deal for the mobo and x3 processor and saved a bit. thanks guys
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    Advice on new build

    in other words i have tradein value with the gtx 460? i adds $100 to the total price to make the switch, little steep. i understand what your saying about reviewers, but a few people did mention the onboard sound having a loud pop at times, and reviewer for reviewer they tend to have a few more...
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    Advice on new build

    that mobo seems to get a decent chunk of bad reviews, i did like the combo deal price but i would like to stay on the reliable side. i did change to the pratriot memory to save a bit, still seems like great stuff for the price. i upgraded to that psu, that video card is a tad out of my...
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    Advice on new build

    Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136098 ASUS M4A77TD AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131603 GIGABYTE GV-R485OC-1GH Radeon HD...
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    Advice on new build

    ok i have made some changes Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136098 GIGABYTE GV-R485OC-1GH Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support...
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    Advice on new build

    As mentioned no.