Recent content by storminnorm80

Samsung 192N 19 inch LCD. Very Nice. Not the most expensive, or the cheapest. The wife absolutely loves it. Floored her. Best Regards, Norm

I am trying to figure out if the 32 bit data processing should be enabled or not in BIOS. Right now it is set as disabled (default setting). The system is up and running fine. Just wondering if I should enable this. I am using the PC mainly for gaming, and surfing the web. Best Regards...

I am using an Asus benchmarking utility that came with the mobo. It lets me run a benchmark test on the system, memory etc. When I select one of them, it runs the test and gives me a score. Where do I find out where my score rates, whether it is a good or bad score? I will post the scores...

Well when it was all said and done I had three problem components. 1. The mobo was crap. 2. The power supply was crap. 3. The Plextor DVD/CD-R/RW was crap. I bought all three of these items from zipzoomfly.com. I'm thinking that their stuff is returned crap that didn't work for...

I had the same problem with my Plextor 712A, DVD/CD burner/ROM. Whenever it was connected to the mobo it, and the Asus CD-ROM would not work. I had the Plextor in the Master IDE and the Asus in the Secondary IDE. Both set as Master. BIOS showed both as connected and working. The lights on...

Ok, its been 3-4 years since I've built a PC. I finally saved enough pennies to get a new system. I bought the AMD Athlon 64 3700+ and chose the MOBO from the AMD recommended mobo for this CPU. I did not realize that this mobo's big feature was the RAID stuff. I have never dealt with it...

My apologies to all. :o After reading the manuals again, I believe that I do not need a RAID configuration for my system. I may buy another HD in the future, and try this out. Is there anyone using the same MOBO with one HD?

I've read the mobo manual, and the manual for NVIDIA RAID, and Sil3114 RAID. NVIDIA RAID manual says that with RAID0 there is a 1 HD minimum. The Sil3114 RAID manual says 2 HD's or more for RAID0. My mobo has SATA1 & SATA2 (black) connections, and then 4 RAID (red color) connections...

I am setting up an Asus K8N-E Deluxe MOBO with a single SATA Western Digital Raptor 74 GB HD in RAID0, and trying to decide if I should make it non-bootable, and use a Maxtor 60 GB ATA in the Primary IDE for the OS (Windows XP). I am not familiar with this kind of set up, and would like an...

Well, I did as you suggested, and I still get the same black screen message about Rebooting with proper device. However, I noticed something odd. When I turned the power on, the system fans sounded more like they started and stayed at the same rpm. Before, they sounded like they had a surge...

My power supply has a switch above the power cable that you plug into the wall. It has to be turned on before your PC power button is active. I believe this is for 12 volt power? Any how the switch on the power supply has to be turned on first. Then your PC power switch on the case should work.

OK, thanks. I'll try that tomorrow. Just connect the optical and see if it works, or the whole mess, HD, CD-ROM, & FLOPPY? The case I have is made of clear plexi-glass with brass inserts to off-set the mobo. I was wondering about grounding, or the lack thereof.

I am not familiar with that procedure. Testing outside the case on cardboard? Please enlighten me. I'm close to sacrificing the dog at midnight and chanting...:laugh:

Yes, same black screen message, "Reboot and select proper Boot Device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key." :frown:

I disabled the floppy drive and the hard drive from the boot list, and made sure the CD-ROM is the only boot device selected and set to 1st. F10 and get the same message at black screen "Reboot and select proper Boot Device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key." I shut...