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    Which MB for C2D E6600 INVERTED in case?

    I'm going to build a new gaming rig and wonder which board is best for my case which mounts the MB inverted with the power supply on the bottom. I currently have two BFG 6800GT OC graphics cards for SLI, and should I upgrade those as well?
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    A8N-SLI Deluxe wont Power on!! Help!!

    All of a sudden my rig won't power up. The power to the MB seems to be OK because the green LED is on, but the rig wont power up. Any ideas? Bad switch? Thanks, Scott
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    Power on Problem

    We had a power outage, and my UPS took over. I powered down the PC via the XP menu. When we got power back, the UPS is working, there seems to be power to the motherboard (green light on) but the PC will NOT turn on. Could it be the power button? Any ideas? Thanks, Scott
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    SATA HD boot problem

    I bought a SATA WD Raptor to add to my current system that was booting from a Maxtor SATA. I tried to image my system to it and it did not work. I then tried to do a fresh install to it (with just it hooked up) and the Bios recognized it and wrote to it, but on reboot i get a "OS failed to load...
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    SATA HD boot problem

    I bought a SATA WD Raptor to add to my current system that was booting from a Maxtor SATA. I tried to image my system to it and it did not work. I then tried to do a fresh install to it (with just it hooked up) and the Bios recognized it and wrote to it, but on reboot i get a "OS failed to...
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    XP Pro Install Problem

    I'm trying to get XP Pro installed on a new Raptor 74. First I used Ghost to "copy drive" (old HD to Raptor) so I wouldn't need to reinstall windows but it wouldn't boot. I then tried to format and install XP which goes fine until I try to boot it and get a H AL.dll error and am...
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    hard drive boot problem

    I just bought a new WD Raptor and used drive image to copy my C: to it. The raptor was drive E:. Even though the copy drive process went through, I cant boot from it. How do I get it to boot? Any ideas? Thanks, Scott
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    ghost image hard drive problem

    I recently bought a WD Raptor Drive to add to my system. Win XP was installed on a 300GB DiamondMax10 and I used norton ghost to copy the Maxtor (C:) to the WD (E:). The operation seemed to go fine, but on reboot I cant get the computer to boot. No matter which drive I have hooked up I get...
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    Win XP home upgrade now looks dual boot?

    I upgraded (clean install with format of HD) my laptop from XP home to XP pro using an Retail XP upgrade. Now when i boot i have to choose from XP pro (which works) or XP home (which doesnt work even if selected). Any ideas of changing that? Scott
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    Lian Li front connectors and Audiology 2zs

    Can the front connectors on a Lian Li 1100 be connected to an Audiology2ZS card? Thanks Scott
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    A8N-SLI issues with bios and nv firewall

    I just reinstalled my os on new drive (maxtor dimondmax 10) without raid and am setting up my system again. I have a couple of questions... 1. In a previous setup I had issues with the NV firewall - could not autoupdate norton av and windows update. I always had to turn off the firewall to...
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    Is RAID driver needed for single Maxtor SATA?

    Is the f6 driver area needed for a single Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300G? I have tried to install windows but it failed to load. Now I'm reformatting with the mapblast program and wondering if f6 drivers are needed? Any ideas? Thanks, Scott
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    A8N-SLI NVIDIA firewall and NAV autoupdate problem

    Is anyone having trouble using the motherboard firewall (NVIDIA firewall) and autoupdate for Norton Antivirus? I have the firewall set to LOW but have to turn it off to get a good connection with NAV site. Any ideas? Thanks
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    ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe and DimaondMax RAID

    Has anyone been able to make a RAID 1 array using Maxtor Diamond Max 10 SATA's using this board? I realize the NCQ problems, and mean with NCQ disabled. Also, I hear bios 1002 is much better for Diamond Max issues. Thanks for the info. Scott