Recent content by soonerfan1

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    Ram upgrade changes cpu from 2 to 1.25 ghz

    Thanks for the replies, I shut down the computer to check the bios settings and it showed the xp 2800 cpu at 2083 MHz, FSB @ 166MHz so I rebooted and now system shows the AMD XP 2800+ @2083 MHz, so everything appears to be alright now. I don't know if just rebooting allowed the BIOS to reset the...
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    Ram upgrade changes cpu from 2 to 1.25 ghz

    I have an MSI K7n2 Delta2 MOBO AMD Athlon XP 2800 cpu I just upgraded ram from 1 gig to 3 gig and instead of system displaying cpu as AMD xp 2800 2.05 ghz(if I remember right) it shows it just as 1.25 ghz Athlon The ram I installed is crucial ddr pc2700 Could someone explain...
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    SATA Woes

    That's a good idea Zepper but I have already done all windoze updates, as well as all updates from MSI for the mobo.
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    SATA Woes

    Yea thanks stoma. I had enabled sata in the bios, in fact I've pretty much concluded that it must be something with windows since the sata drive works fine when I boot into ubuntu. Motherboard is MSI K7N2 Delta-2
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    SATA Woes

    Thanks for the replies guys, I don't have a sata controller card stoma, it's onboard. I haven't had any problems intalling any of the other hardware, even changed the video and sound cards, but when it comes to these 3 items I'm having this issue. Windows will not even recognize the sata...
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    SATA Woes

    Recently had to reinstall windows, reformatted C partition on SATA drive(where windows XP was installed), added an 80 gig IDE, installed windows on it and ubuntu, both installations went ok but I'm having trouble getting SATA drivers and modem installed on XP. I ran the driver disk from mobo...
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    XP installation problems with SATA hdd

    Thanks for the replies all, I did try F6 and load SATA drivers from floppy as noted in original post (I guess I wasn't very clear) and, BadThad, I had enabled SATA in the bios I'm not sure how to set SATA to auto, the only options I saw were enable/disable(under peripherals I believe). My...
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    XP installation problems with SATA hdd

    MSI k7n2 Delta2 mobo Athlon 2.15 ghz 512 mb ram I just bought a new seagate 7200.8 barracuda hdd and I'm having trouble installing win XP home. First off, there was no drive detected when plugged into SATA 1 on mobo, so I tried plugging into SATA 2 and it detected the drive. I then used...
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    Your Best Jokes

    What do you get when you drop a piano down a mineshaft? A flat minor.
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    CD-Rom problem

    I have a dual boot of win98se and win2k. I have 2 cd roms one is a cdrw, the other just cd. Both seem to work fine in win2k, but when I booted into 98 one of the cd roms showed up as removable disk(its the slave). I tried removing it and reinstalling as cd but when I removed it I got warnig...
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    Installed new K7N2 Delta2-LSR, no beep, no post

    Also, even though the manual that came with my motherboard is pretty vague for a first timer, it helps to read it!
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    Installed new K7N2 Delta2-LSR, no beep, no post

    Thanks, I'll get it ordered & post back.
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    Installed new K7N2 Delta2-LSR, no beep, no post

    OK, please help me out here I have just discovered the new board has 20 pin and a 4 pin 12v dc connector which the manual says powers the cpu My old PS just has 20 pins. Does this mean I have no power to the cpu?And I'll have to get a new PS anyway? What do you think of this PS...
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    Installed new K7N2 Delta2-LSR, no beep, no post

    Second thought, as you see by my first post, I tried running w/ just vid card, ram and cpu/fan, should that eliminate possibility of too little wattage from psu? or should I consider upgrading my power supply? If so what do you recommend?
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    Installed new K7N2 Delta2-LSR, no beep, no post

    No LED bracket, guess I'll buy a new psu. Any recommendations anyone?