Recent content by luka18

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    endless cycle of posting?

    so i had all the settings right, but things still weren't working. However, when I nuked the partition and started over (I could swear that I did it before, but whatever), it worked! So my drive is (FINALLY) up and running. Thanks a lot for your help guys! I can't believe that after all the time...
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    endless cycle of posting?

    ok i'll check on that stuff now and report back
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    endless cycle of posting?

    Just tried again w/o f6 - no dice.
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    endless cycle of posting?

    do you know where in my bios (phoenix award 6.0pg) I do this? I've looked around forever and haven't found it. I won't claim to be above blindness and stupidity though :)
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    endless cycle of posting?

    I recently got a sata drive from seagate that i've been trying to install XP on for what seems like forever. At the point I'm at now, here's what happens when I try to install: 1)Windows setup comes up 2)press f6 to install sata drivers 3)install drivers from floppy 4)go through the rest...
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    computer running but no output

    bump. anyone got any advice?
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    computer running but no output

    So I got married, went on my honeymoon, and moved, so I didn't deal with this for a month. In the meantime, it magically fixed itself for about a week on its own (turned it on one day and it booted up fine). As of today, however, the same problem has happened again. I tried resetting the CMOS...
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    computer running but no output

    relevant (i think) specs: amd 939 3000+ 6800gt WD 160gb epox 9nda3 earlier this week i tried to download some pictures from my canon powershot a70. i plugged the camera in, and it wasn't recognized as a newly installed hardware device. about 5 seconds later, i got BSOD type thing...
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    usb devices not recognized

    yeah i tried my camera and it didnt work either. guess there's not much else for me to do?
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    usb devices not recognized

    yes and that didn't work either
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    usb devices not recognized

    I redid all my connections for the front usb ports - I think they were fine the first time, but they are in the right way for sure now. Still nothing. What's the next diagnostic step?
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    usb devices not recognized

    Thanks for that page - I'll check that out for the front ports. However, the problem is occuring for both the front and rear ports. Any idea what could be preventing the rear ports from working properly after all the driver updates and reinstallations I did?
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    usb devices not recognized

    First, some specs: epox 9nda3j a64 3000+ (939) 6800gt 1gb mushkin pc3200 160gb wd hdd (taken from old computer) enermax 460W whisper II After I built the new computer I reinstalled XP pro from a CD and got SP2, AV, anti-spyware, mobo and video card drivers. I reinstalled itunes and...
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    Best 500watt PSU for around $50

    This might be another viable PSU: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-103-456&depa=0