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How can I tell if my memory is being recognized as DDR?

I have xp with usb 1 and 2 ports and am trying to connect a wd 3.5 internal drive as a removable media. I have tried all the jumper positions and I cannot get windows to recognize the drive. It shows up in the device manager under Universal Serial Bus Controllers as an unknown device. Anybody...

when I fdisk and choose option 4 it says "NO PARTIONS DEFINED". So I chose #1' create Dos partition or Logical Dos Drive and chose 1 again, create primary Dos partition. I get "current fixed disk 1(only drive at the moment), and it verifies the integrity of the drive. Asks me "do you wish to use...

I typed the format c: and I have run westerm digitals diagnostics which says there is nothing wrong with the drive. It show up in the bios but it wont partition, format because it doesn't exist. there is no c promt. I have set the jumpers every possible way and have it installed in an old...

Ok in Fdisk I am trying to set up a logical dos partition but after I run the program and I try to format the drive it formats to the end and then says unable to complete format. If I go back to Fdisk and check the partition it says none found. Also from the a: promt if I type c: it says invalid...

disk managment shows the drive but will not let me do anything. I have put it in another computer and it will not fdisk and has no partitions. any other ideas. thanks

I have a used hard drive and am trying to hook it up via a USB to IDE connection and windows doesnt recognize it. Shows up as unknown device. So I took it out and disconnected my other drives to format and partition it and setup says "path does not exist > c:\". The drive spins up but I am...

I have a computer for my kids with a motherboard that can use either sdram or ddr memory. I have the sdram. How much of a difference will the ddr make?

I have one 733 mhz and one 500 mhz cpu. (would the plural of cpu be cpeau?never mind.) I would like to do some games and some burning on it. don't nee any thing special. Can I make it work?

do the cpus have to be the same speed?

I have an Asus c-d PIII slot 1 dual processor motherboard. Is it absolutley necessary that the processors be a matched set? And the memory is to be rambus. Will anykind of RDRAM work. Also would like to know if winXP pro will work? Somebody gave me this board and I would like to set it up but...

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I have an Asus slot 1 PIII dual processor motherboard. Is this supported by XP Pro?

OK, I got it! I yanked it took it downstairs and put it in my old machine which has xp pro on it and the drive was recognized right away. So I changed the ribbon cable on the dimension and "voila" it worked. Apparently dell owes me a refund on a brand spankin new ribbon cable...

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