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    CD drives not recognized

    The boot drive is SATA. The mobo has 6 sata ports and 4 drives are connected, two ports are not connected to anything. Those 4 drives are recognized and working. I have removed all PCIx and PCIe cards. The mobo has 2 PCI slots, 2 PCIx slots, and 2 PCIe slots. The graphics card is in a PCI...
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    CD drives not recognized

    Actually one CD/DVD burner is connected to IDE to the mobo. The other drive is an SATA dvd/cd burner connected to an SATA PCIx card. I just realized that I am also having trouble also with the PCIx SATA card because I have several hard drives connected to it that are not recognized either...
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    CD drives not recognized

    I gave this a try, but that did not help. When I look in Device Manager, there is not even a section for CD/DVD drives with the (+) sign, yet I checked again and they are seen in the bios.
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    CD drives not recognized

    Hello, Win XP Pro SP2 Recently built a new PC. Ran fine for a few days but then I started to get unexpected shutdowns. After research it appears the processor heated up. I installed a Zalman fan and the temp looks good now. However, during the shutdowns, I had to clear the CMOS to boot...
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    CMOS reset won't hold

    Hello, Just built a PC with a Asus p5k Deluxe mobo and an intel core dual 6600, 4 GB of ram. I was in set-up today to change the boot sequence and may have screwed something up. When I power up, the power starts up for about 5 seconds, the fans start including the processor fan, the LEDs...
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    Reading a Backup Disc

    Hello, I pulled out about 25 DVDs from an old backup I did about 8 years ago. I beleive there are some files and folders that I have been searching for many months now. Unfortunately, when I insert the DVD there is only a README.txt file and all that files shows is: This disc...
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    Can not reclaim hard drive free space

    Hello, I have an external USB - FIrewire 800 Lacie Big Disk 320 GB drive that shows most of it as used space of which I can not get back even through I have formatted the drive over and over, both quick and low level. Everytime I do a quick format, I right mouse click and it shows 73 GB USED...
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    Existing drive no longer seen by XP but seen in BIOS

    Things have gone from bad to worse. First, the drive is nowhere, device manger, disk managemnet, even the Western Digital boot CD utility does not recognize it. It does the recognize the other drives I have that are the exact same model EIDE 250GB 7200 Caviar drives. I also tried it on...
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    Existing drive no longer seen by XP but seen in BIOS

    No it is not. When I look in Disk Drives in Device Manager it is not there. I only see loading during the bott process and I also see it when I go into the bios,
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    Existing drive no longer seen by XP but seen in BIOS

    After booting today my PC was running very sluggish. SOmething appeared wrong. So I shut down however, it got hung in a "Windows is Shutting Down" screen for 30 minutes before I was forced to use the power button. Ultimately I did a system retore to the prior day. One of my drives full of...
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    PC Locking with pulsing faster and slowr??

    Just trying to get pointed in the right direction. My kid has a PC about 8 months old that started to speed up, slow down, speed up slow down... and mixed in with thi, the PC would lock, mouse would not move, could not power down, could not shut down with task manager, could only pull the plug...
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    Maximum Memory Clarification

    Although not my profession, I live in Photoshop almost daily, and it is not unusual to have 400 to 500MB files. Each layer adds mucho MBs, as layers is the power of Photoshop. Scanning is even more MB hungry, as I typically scan in 1200 DPI which creates a file that takes 20 seconds to save...
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    Maximum Memory Clarification

    So, if I didn't want to "play" with switches and the OS for the 3 GB split, is it fair, or logical, to simply sit tight until Windows 64 bit OS is common place (whenever that will be), and..... that my specific application (in this case Adobe Photoshop CS) is updated to utilize the 64-bit OS...
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    Maximum Memory Clarification

    Greetings, I have read various explanations regarding the maximum installed memory on Windows XP, but some appear to be conflicting each other. There are many motherboards that accept 4GB of ram now, but at the same time I have read that applications will only use 2GB of the 4GB. So... does...
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    Giga GA-8KNXP mobo - stable for anyone?

    Greetings, I recently completed my new PC build and started with the Gigabyte GA-8KNXP mobo based on reviews from many sites such as this site and Tomshardware.com. My system is extremely unstable. I am using XP SP1, P4 3.0, and 2 gig of corsair twinx DDR400 memory. On my older PC, XP ran...
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    Firewire not showing in "My Computer"

    Recently built a new computer. Thought I was all done until I plugged in some external firewire drives. They do not show up in "My Computer". I have several Firewire PCI cards and one that came with the MOBO for the integrated firewire: a 3-Port PCI card from Firewire.com 1-port on the...
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    Sloooow XP Shutdown

    I have been reading through endless pages on the MS website. One of them suggested booting in Safe Mode, and then shutdown to see how long it takes. So I tried it, and it shutdown in less than 10 seconds. I then did another boot in safe mode, except this time, I selected "Safe Mode with...
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    Sloooow XP Shutdown

    Thanks for the reply. I am using a logitech mouse and keyboard, both wireless, but I did not install any of the drivers or software from the Logitech CD. I simply plugged the recievers into the new PC. Also, this slow shutdown occurs immediately after a fresh install of XP Pro with SP1...
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    Sloooow XP Shutdown

    I recently purchased a new PC and installed Windows XP SP1. SP1 was integrated. It was not a separate install. Anyway, it takes between 2 and 4 minutes to shutdown. Has anyone else experienced such a srediculous shut down time and been able to correct it? It sits on the "Windows is...
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    Firewire fries mobo - help needed

    Hi, I recently purchased a new config from MWave.com; Intel P4 3.0c 800FSB, Gigabyte GA-8KNXP mobo, 2 gig of Corsair DDR400 PC3200LL memory, Thermaltake Xazer III V2000A case, and a bunch of serial ATA raid. Anyway, I have actually fried 2 motherboards!!! I am learning the hard way. The 3rd...
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    recommend hardware site that can burn in mobo

    Thanks Dave. I was initially going to build the P4 from scratch myself, but as concerned attaching a MOBO to case, drilling holes, etc would become an issue. Perhaps it is not a problem.
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    recommend hardware site that can burn in mobo

    I've been reading these threads and reviews on this site for a few months now and am about to buy components to build a new PC. I would rather have the mobo, the case, and the processor assembled and tested/burned in and I would just install the rest myself. Can anyone recommend a site that...
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    Are there 1 gig modules of PC3500 DDR?

    Hi, Getting close to pulling the trigger and building my new PC to be used for digital graphics and video. I really would like to go with 4 gig of the fastest DDR ram available, but need 1 gig modules to do that. I am no expert by any means. I see PC3200 (400 MHz) amd PC3500 modules (434 MHz)...