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    can't boot to windows

    I was trying to clone the HD in my wife's Dell to an external HD. She has WinXP and I'm using Ghost 2003. I'm stuck at the DOS start up screen after initiating Ghost. If I select option 1 to run Ghost, nothing happens. Likewise, if I select option 2 to return to windows nothing happens. I...
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    Windows XP Home 2nd ed will not boot

    OK, I put another HD in my system and made a mirror image of the origional. If something went wrong, I'd still have my data. I then disconnected the 2nd drive and ran fixboot and fixmbr from the recovery console, set boot order back to hard drive 1st and it's as if I never had a problem...
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    Windows XP Home 2nd ed will not boot

    In my case, I'm up and running on either of my 2 WIN XP installations with the bootable floppy. Everything seems to be working, so I'm a little aprehensive about running fixboot / fixmbr. At this point, it seems very unlikely I have to do a fresh install (you have no idea how much stuff my...
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    Windows XP Home 2nd ed will not boot

    I had this same issue. I tried the bootable flopppy idea and got up and running. I have 2 partitions, each with a WIN XP Home installation. At 1st only one showed up, but when I grabbed my boot.ini off the C drive and utilized that on the floppy I now can select either WIN instalation on...
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    start hangs on Verifying DMI Pool Data

    I was attempting to run a Ghost back up. Not sure what happened, but I suspect boot files became corrupted? I can boot using a WinXP disc and go to Recovery Console. I have 2 Windows installations and see them both. I can get to C:\WINDOWS, not sure where to go from here? If I reinstall...
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    Nero

    I'd like to create a slipstream CD for my WIN XP Home with SP2. I read an excellent article at winsupersite. Everything was going great until I got to the end using Nero Burning ROM. I discovered they've taken their demo down and any older version I found on the net showed as expired on my...
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    SATA drive + WIN XP Home

    Thanks for the help.....
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    SATA drive + WIN XP Home

    OK, I borrowed a SP2 upgrade CD. When it asked for the origional CD, I inserted my WIN XP Home CD. It now shows: "238473 MB Disk 0 at Id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]" "Unpartitioned space 238473 MB" I'm concerned about the "0" 's above. Does this look right?
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    SATA drive + WIN XP Home

    OK, I found the floppy and loaded drivers after F6 on install from both connection locations on the mobo. Two drivers loaded (only 2 showing); "NVidia NForce Storage Controller (required)" and a Raid driver. Windows still isn't seeing the drive. Also tried directly without loading the...
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    SATA drive + WIN XP Home

    Thanks fir the tips. Yes, I'm doing a fresh install on the SATA drive. My thought was to get this up and running, and only then connect my old drive to recover data. I have the SATA drive on the #1 position. The ones near the AGP slot are the #'s 3 & 4. I have to go out for a few...
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    SATA drive + WIN XP Home

    I undestand that I need to F6 and load the SATA drivers during the WIN install. I'm having trouble finding the drivers. There's nothing on the mobo CD that says SATA. Is there a way to know which drivers on the CD I need? BTW, my drive is on the #1 positionn not sure if that's the NVidia one.
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    SATA drive + WIN XP Home

    From what I've read, it seems I have to either load SATA drivers at WIN installation or use SP2. Looking at the mobo CD, there isn's a folder labeled SATA drivers. There is one labeled system drivers, is that it? As I don't have SP2 on the instllation CD, the other option seems to be to...
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    SATA drive + WIN XP Home

    I just put together a rebuild using a DFI lan party UT nF3, AMD 3400+, WD SATA 250 GB drive, ect. The board sees the SATA HD, I can see it in BIOS and it's reporting the correct size. When I reboot with my WIN XP Home CD, Windows doesn't seem to be seeing the drive. I've read the other...
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    DFI LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb + AMD3400+

    Can someone please direct me to a guide for setting up this combo? Just defaults, no o/c at this point. My searches are coming up empty. or If I just assemble this setup, will this board autodetect enough to get me up and running? Thanks
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    Help with dead machine

    Is it possible it's the power supply if all the fans are running?
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    Help with dead machine

    All fans are running. This is a 300W power supply, should be adequate?
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    Help with dead machine

    I was playing GTR, a racing sim that's pretty hardware intensive when my machine died. I've had this sim for a few months now and it's been OK before. In the middle of a race, the game shut down, I briefly saw my desktop, then the mahine shut down. I noticed a smell like something burning...
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    driver install

    Mem, you're a genius. The link you supplied delt with exactly my problem. I have the new video card as well as the AV-710 sound card working. Thanks friend!
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    driver install

    I downloaded 66.93 drivers from NVIDEA and installed them into a folder on my C drive. I then execute the new hardware wizard and point it to the folder with the drivers I just downloaded. When it runs, I still end up with a message saying the hardware couldn't be installed because "the data...
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    driver install

    I'm trying to install my new Leadtek 6600GT. I removed the old drivers using add/remove programs, restarted and installed new drivers by running the install off the CD as recomemnded in the manual. I then restarted again and this time let WINXP go through the found new hardware wizard. It...
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    AV-710 driver install

    I built this one myself. I'm planning on building a new machine late summer, early fall. I guess I may wait until then. I use this machine for gaming, but it's a family machine too, so there's a ton of software on it. There's a lot to install if I start fresh. I'm starting to think you're...
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    AV-710 driver install

    I uninstalled using the uninstaller in the driver package, rebooted, disabled on board sound, and installed 143d drivers from safe mode. Still get the same driver may not install correct message. Upon windows detecting the card on boot up, I get the same data is invalid message when trying to...
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    AV-710 driver install

    I did run setup from within the driver folder. When I do so, at the end of the install I get the message "Envy 24F driver may not install correct!" After this and after reboot, windows recognizes the card, but when I use the windows installer and point to the 143d drivers, after that install I...
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    AV-710 driver install

    I recieved some good suggestions the other day, but to no avail. I'm trying to install a chaintech sound card. Windows sees and recognizes the card. I click on the new hardware wizard to load drivers. I've tried several drivers including letting windows go to the update site. I got the...
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    Chaintech AV-710 sound card drivers

    OK this is starting to get me PO's. I got the 1.43 drivers, but still get the message "'data is invalid" , even after installing in safe mode. I used the windows installer, but pointed it to the driver I wanted. I pointed it to the Envy 24HF.sys file. I guess that's the right one? My Envy...
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    Chaintech AV-710 sound card drivers

    I disabled the onboard sound in BIOS, but I'm still getting the message "data is invalid" after attempting to install the drivers. I can see the driver file "Envy24HF.sys" in C:\windows\drivers.
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    Chaintech AV-710 sound card drivers

    I cannot get any of these drivers to install. I deleted previous trys, then ran set up from the viaarena site download. This seemed to go OK. After restart, Windows detects new hardware. I run the set up utility and point it to the files from viaarena. When files are done copying, I get a...
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    Chaintech AV-710 sound card drivers

    You're right about chaintech being slow. I have broadband and it's still going. I'll try yours
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    Chaintech AV-710 sound card drivers

    I'm having trouble installing drivers for this card. They won't isntall off the CD, so I let Windows update drivers from MS and these won't install either. Message says data is invalid. I'm in the process of downloading drivers from Chaintech. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
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    Moderate Upgrade

    It's OK to mix the 2 types of RAM on my board?
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    Moderate Upgrade

    ~$300
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    Moderate Upgrade

    I built my system (with help from these boards) 2 years ago, but it's starting to show it's age. I can't afford a new system now, so I'm considering a small upgrade. My system's in my sig., nothing overclocked. I think this board will accept an Athlon XP3000+ Barton with a BIOS upgrade, but I...
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    Norton Ghost

    I'm shoping for a copy of Ghost 2003 and have found that I can get SystemWorks 2003 for less that a standalone copy of Ghost. If I get SystemWorks 2003, can I only use Ghost? I already have firewall and virus protection that I'm happy with. This is to backup my home drives. Thanks, Steve
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    GA-7VAXP Sound

    Hey all: I've included my sytem specs in my profile. Ever since I put this system together, I've been experienced sound issues. I'm using the built in sound chip on the board. I hear static when playing music and also when gaming. It's not very loud, but it's definately annoying. Any ideas...
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    GA-7VAXP sound

    I'm experiencing static, but only when in a game (NASCAR 2002). CD's, MP3's. ect. sound great. I'm using the onboard sound, with my game controllers plugged into the mobo game port. I' guess maybe there's some conflict with the controller? Don't see any conflicts in device manager, but maybe...
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    Does this look right?

    Did a little research and came up with the following for a new system: Gigabyet GA-7VAXP Athlon XP2000 512 Mushkin PC2700 L2 Antec SX83511 (350 watt) Will reuse my Alpha PAL 6035 cooler currently on Duron GeForce4 TI4200 128MB No immediate plan to OC, primarily a gaming system. Is the L2...
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    KT7

    FYI, my Duron 1300's been going strong for a couple days now. I was gaming for several hours yesterday with no problems, but I haven't run any stability tests. I did notice that when I flashed the A9 BIOS, there's now an option for 133/33 CPU FSB/PCI Clock for Thunderbird I guess, so this is...
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    KT7

    FYI, I now have the Duron 1300 running on this board. I flashed the latest BIOS, and it booted 1st time up. Tried to verify version # of this board, but I can't see the sticker and I dont want to take to board out just for that. I thought I remembered it as a version 1, but it's been ahile...
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    KT7

    I do have version 1 of this board. Will it supprot the 266 FSB for the Thunderbird?
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    KT7

    1) Will the Athlon XP 1600+ be much better for gaming? 2) If so can someone eithner help me with BIOS settings or direct me to a source where I can find out? 2) I flashed the new BIOS. Under CPU multiplier, the highest setting is now "over 12.5" How does one go past x12.5? I'm going to...