Recent content by Matt2685

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    Setting up a old hard drive

    what if i only want certain things on the other hard drive, like just certain programs and the OS?
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    Setting up a old hard drive

    Friend has a crappy old old computer with a less then a gig hard drive, i found a old one from a friend that is a 10gig.. figured the computer wouldnt like anything bigger then that. so can i plug it into my existing extra IDE cables and copy stuff from my hard drive i have now onto that? is...
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    Not Detecing HD

    heres the cpu specs... the ram settings r defualted to 366Mhz DDR and on auto. FSB is set to auto too 200Mhz CPU: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...active.asp?EdpNo=1123359&Tab=0&NoMapp= Mobo: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...tails.asp?EdpNo=1197962&Tab=0&NoMapp=0
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    Not Detecing HD

    got my new mobo and cpu setup in, plug everything in. the hard drive is on IDE1 and the cdrom is in IDE2. i install windows xp, creating a new partition and formatting it. when it says remove anything from the a: drive and reboot in 15seconds i pull out the cd and let it boot, and it gets all...
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    NF7-S2 problems

    I SWEAR!!!! well i removed everything boxed it all up ready to go back...wasnt satisfied that i did everything i could so i took it back out and benched it again... Plugged everything in, made sure the cpu and HS was seated properly, benched it on the box before installing it in the case. turn...
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    NF7-S2 problems

    yes the speaker is connected and no beeps... ive removed and installed the video card a few times making sure its seated... i even went out and bought a new ATI Radeon 9550 AGP video card and it still wont work. i was told on another forum that no beeps means the motherboard is bad so its going...
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    NF7-S2 problems

    Video Card: Nvidia geforce2 mx400 s64m CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2000+ PSU: Antec 350w RAM: Kingston 256MB PC2700 When i did the bench test i only had the video card, ram, cpu+heatsink & fan, and keyboard connected. but now the screen is showing no signal when on but there is no beeping and the...
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    NF7-S2 problems

    well it ended up being bad memory... i put in the old sticks and it stays on. now the problem is nothing shows on the screen, ive plugged the monitor into another computer and it worked fine. plug it into the video card and nothing happens. ive used the jumper to reset the cmos, but still...
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    NF7-S2 problems

    well i put a new power supply in, i have disconnected everything and re connected it numourus times and still no luck.... i even did the bench test with the mobo outside of the case and it still only stayed on for a couple of seconds....it will turn on, then shut off... ive read thru the manual...
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    NF7-S2 problems

    i just installed my abit NF7-S2, and i have everything connected...turned it on, the fans come on and then it just shuts off. LED1 (5vSB) stays red but the LED2 (VCC) comes on green but then goes off.... is my power supply bad? Im using a AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor and a new stick of 256...
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    Computer Issues

    Trying to install windows XP pro on my newly partitioned and formatted WD 40GB hard drive. everytime i try to install it, i get a error codes.... 0x0000008e, 0x00000050, 0x0000007e...etc. all are RAM based errors, but i have gone thru 4 different sticks of ram new and old. ive ran them all thru...