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    Can't Get PQ5 Deluxe To Boot - One long beep :(

    Hi, does anyone have any tips to help me here.... I just got the following: Antec 900 Case Core2 Quad Asus PQ5 Deluxe ASUS EAH3850 PCI Express 2.0 Video 4GB OCZ DDR2 I connected everything and tried to boot. I just get one long (never ending) beep. I don't really know where to begin...
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    MSI Neo2 Bios LOOPS on Checking NVRam. Stuck!

    I just got a brand new MSI board, was working fine for a few days. Today I just rebooted windows XP and now it won't boot. It shows the "Checking NVRam" and then just restarts and loops forever. I have no clue. I reset the CMOS, but it just shows their logo and loops. There's no way for me to...
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    Help Removing P4 Heat Sink/Fan

    whew, got it. Pryed a screwdriver to help get them levers off. Came off in one piece, thankfully :)
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    Help Removing P4 Heat Sink/Fan

    I didn't take the levers off, just recessed them. So I guess I have to use my elbow grease and pull those levers off?
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    Help Removing P4 Heat Sink/Fan

    twist what?:confused:
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    Help Removing P4 Heat Sink/Fan

    OK, what's the secret :) I'm struggling to get the heat sink/fan off my P4. I moved the levers to unlock it, but can't get it up?
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    Help Me Overclock my Intel Pentium 4/ 2.4C GHz 800MHz FSB w/ MSI Neo2 865PE Board

    Hi, I am new to overclocking. From what I hear, my setup can get up to 3 Ghz or over. All I've done is the MSI overclocking software. it makes it to about 2.7Ghz and reboots. Are there any guides or can someone give me some pointers? My hardware: MSI Neo2 865PE P4 2.4Ghz 800 Mhz FSB 1GB 400...
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    MSI Neo2 Boot Hangs

    If I pull all hard drives I get the same problem too... Not sure what to try next. Does it sound like a mobo problem?
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    MSI Neo2 Boot Hangs

    Yeah, I actually have 4 hard drives in the machine. Pulled all out but one, still just hangs.. Hmm.... Pulled out all cards but my video too... Any other suggestions? What's really frustrating is I have to wait about 10 min before I can even get into the BIOS. It just sits there doing nothing
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    MSI Neo2 Boot Hangs

    Hi, I have a Neo2/P4 combo that has been working fine for about 3 weeks. This morning Windows XP crashed and now it won't boot back up. The bios hangs for like 5 minutes after checking the hard drives. I've gone into the bios and reloaded the setup defaults. Same problem. Does this sound...
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    Windows Installer Doesn't See my Raid?

    yeah, i swear, i did that like 5 times, it doesn't recognize my f6, it's really weird. it recognizes my other key strokes, so it's not the keyboard.
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    Windows Installer Doesn't See my Raid?

    Yeah, what should happen when I hit F6 when I am prompted? It doesn't do anything different. I thought it would ask me to load in my floppy w/ the drivers? But nothing..... What if I un-raid it and install on one drive, then raid it after the install, woudl that work?
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    Windows Installer Doesn't See my Raid?

    Hi Xperts, I have a MSI mobo w/ an onboard RAID. I have 2 drives in the raid slots. When i start up, FastTrack can see both the drives and the raid is functional. I boot off the Windows CD to install XP and when i hit Enter to start the installation, it tells me that Windows doesn't see any...
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    Does anyone here use MSI Neo2-PFISR w/ both IDE and S-ATA?

    Thanks. Do you recall what you have for your onboard IDE settings? Native mode? PATA + SATA? PS I have the Intel version: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-447&depa=0
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    Does anyone here use MSI Neo2-PFISR w/ both IDE and S-ATA?

    Did you get it from NewEgg? My IDE3 is actually missing. Like it was snapped off. Do you have the link to the model you got?
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    Does anyone here use MSI Neo2-PFISR w/ both IDE and S-ATA?

    I'm running into some configuration issues - if anyone else is using this setup, let me know. I can't seem to get the SATA and IDE working at the sasme time.
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    P-ATA, S-ATA, w/ Neo2-PFISR. Help?!

    Here's my configuration: Brand new Neo2-PFISR mobo. It has 2 IDE channels and 2 Serial ATA channels. I have 5 hard drives and 1 CDROM. I have 2 IDE 200GB drives w/ Serial ATA->IDE adapters connected to SATA1 and SATA2 I have 2 hard drives configured as master/slave on IDE1 I have 1 hard drive...
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    Lost My Partition?

    *bump* I really am lost. How can I get the partition back?
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    Lost My Partition?

    Thanks. Well I think i might be screwed either way. I've got my drives back in my old computer, and the raid is detected and the status is OK, but at the point it should start booting into XP, it just hangs with a blinking cursor. What does that mean?
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    Lost My Partition?

    Hi, I have nto formatted it or repartitioned it. I was just going to try Partition Magic (going out to get it now) and hoping that could do it. But from what you are saying, it probably won't? I didn't realize moving from one RAID to another RAID would be such a production :( Would this...
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    Lost My Partition?

    I have 2 IDE drives (raid mirror) and updated my mobo/cpu. I didn't realize that I couldn't just move my drives and the new raid seems to have deleted both of my partitions. I can boot in XP recovery mode and diskpart shows both drives as unpartitioned. Am i screwed? How can I get that data back?
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    Uh Oh! Upgraded Mobo and Lost Boot record? Help?

    If I boot to my XP cd and run the diskpart it shows my IDE (former raid disks) as unpartitioned. How can I recover my partition info?
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    Uh Oh! Upgraded Mobo and Lost Boot record? Help?

    I am still stuck. Here's my config: Two IDE drives w/ S-ATA connectors. These used to be a RAID mirror One IDE drive (not bootable, data drive) I have tried booting all together, each one alone, and both with and without the S-ATA. I got the IDE data drive to be recognized, but I can't seem...
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    Uh Oh! Upgraded Mobo and Lost Boot record? Help?

    I managed to get the boot off of the XP cd. And am in the repair recovery. I don't see any fixboot.exe though? Where would I find it?
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    Uh Oh! Upgraded Mobo and Lost Boot record? Help?

    OK, didn't know that. Yeah, it is mirrored, raid0 i beleive. So just so i understand, putting it on the new mobo did something to the raid info, and now it wont' work on either unless i repair it. Are there any parameters to fixboot? I've never done it before. Thanks Adul.
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    Uh Oh! Upgraded Mobo and Lost Boot record? Help?

    I just updated my mobo and cpu. I had an IDE raid and my new mobo has S-ATA raid (i have the converters). I couldn't get it to work, kept saying no boot record on the RAID. Struggled for a few hours, decided to try and put everything back in my original computer. Same error! It detects the...
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    Serial ATA RAID?

    Sortof a newbie here ;) I am building a new box and just got this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-130-447&depa=0&section=1 MSI 865PE Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU, Model "Neo2-PFISR " -RETAIL I thought I could just plug in my IDE...
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    Series 2 TiVos available at www.tivo.com for $399 (plus membership)

    Drool. What can you do w/ the HDTV though? I mean, you still need a HDTV decoder, right? Or is that built in?
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    Series 2 TiVos available at www.tivo.com for $399 (plus membership)

    I think the best bet right now is the AT&T Broadband Tivo offered on www.tivo.com for $100 off. It's series 2 hardware ready, just 20 GB less. Has the faster CPU, USB, etc. And you don't need AT&T Broadband either.
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    Series 2 TiVos available at www.tivo.com for $399 (plus membership)

    It seems that you can only get the Replay's direct from them, and they are doing limited runs. I wonder why. I still would love to find one of the $99 TiVos and hack it to have a huge drive. No such luck though :-(
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    Series 2 TiVos available at www.tivo.com for $399 (plus membership)

    The new series 2 TiVos came out yesterday. Faster processor, bigger disk, and USB ports for future expansion are some of the new features. You might want to save $100 and go for the AT&T Broadband one, because that one is Series 2 ready. Just 20 GB smaller, but most of us here would probably...
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    Looking for TiVo. $299 for 40 Hr. Hot?

    For all those on the up and up, today Tivo is selling Series 2, with 60 Hrs for $399.99.
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    Looking for TiVo. $299 for 40 Hr. Hot?

    DO you think it is worth it to get this one due to the faster CPU and USB ports? Or would it be best to pick up an older 14 hr one for for around $150 on ebay? I want to stick a larger hard drive in it regardless. Maybe that would be a better route. Any of you lucky guys that got one for $100...
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    Looking for TiVo. $299 for 40 Hr. Hot?

    http://attbroadband.tivo.com/home_flash.asp I I hear you don't actually have to have AT&T Broadband (I do though) to qualify. This is supposed to be an updated one, faster CPU, and it has USB ports, I'm not sure what they can be used for. I don't mind paying the monthly subscription, but I...
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    Why is my 1800 XP Unstable when not overclocked?

    The MSI manual says there FSB is bios only, no jumper. No chips on the CPU either. Hopefully my fan will help out. I have a 340W PSU. How would getting a better PSU help? I don't know much about that area.
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    Why is my 1800 XP Unstable when not overclocked?

    I ordered an SK6 , so I'll see if that fixes it. Idle, I'm about 49 C idle. I have plenty of DDR Ram, fast CPU, etc. I get up to about 55 C and lock up. I tried that SETI program as you suggested, and I locked up after just a few seconds :-) Thanks for all your help. If the heatsink doesn't...
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    Why is my 1800 XP Unstable when not overclocked?

    Thanks. I am running XP Pro. I am sorry , I confused the case, it's an Enlight 340 Watt. So I guess I'll start w/ trying a better CPU fan. Hopefully that will do it. Thanks guys.
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    Why is my 1800 XP Unstable when not overclocked?

    I'm at a loss. I have a newly built 1800 XP w/ MSI K7T266 motherboard, 512 DDR. I am not trying to overclock or anything. I have a Volcano II fan (w/ thermal grease) and an extra case fan (blowing air out of the case). All in a 315W Antec AMD approved case. My BIOS settings are: Spread...
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    Buying Rack Mount Servers

    I am looking to buy 1U or 2U Linux boxes, Pref 1.5 Ghz/512 MB/40 GB Raid AND DUAL 1.5 Ghz/1GB Ram/100 GB Raid. ANy suggestions on where to buy?