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    Problems installing Windows :(

    This computer is actually my mothers and she had very little to spend on it when the motherboard went out. I know the quality components are definitely worth the costs, and can save on headache medicine too. But that wasn't an option for her. After getting errors while trying to install WinXP...
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    Problems installing Windows :(

    Oh man. now it's gotten even more complicated. I put in a different stick of ram and it worked! windows installed but when I went to put in my CD key I realized I had installed winxp home instead of my pro version :( so I started over but when I started over the problem was back with the new...
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    Problems installing Windows :(

    Alright I ran the memtest86 program and it showed 10 errors.
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    Problems installing Windows :(

    ok I'll try the memtest86 the new hard drive is a western digital 250gb. I also tried an older seagate and maxtor.
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    Problems installing Windows :(

    OK here's whats in it. AMD Athlon 1.2ghz PC Chips M848A v5.0 1GB PC3200 DDR (K-Byte brand from Staples) 350W PSU I really appreciate any help as I'm stumped... Im only a novice when it comes to computers.
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    Problems installing Windows :(

    I got a new motherboard, ram, and a new hard drive for my comp because the old motherboard went bad. When I try to install windows I keep getting errors. sometimes I get a blue screen when trying to format the drive, sometimes the formatting works and then it starts copying windows files. The...
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    Where can I buy a NON 64 bit socket 754 cpu??

    yeah, here's the e-mail pc chips support sent me: "In order the to support on the E4 or E6 stepping of the CPU such as sempron 64. the bios need to be update. The only to update the bios willl be using a non sempron 64 or Non E4 or E6 setting of the CPU. Please contact your vendor for more...
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    Where can I buy a NON 64 bit socket 754 cpu??

    im definitely interested in that option, but I couldn't find anything on how to do that on these forums
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    Where can I buy a NON 64 bit socket 754 cpu??

    I purchased a MB PCCHIPS K8T800 M860 V1.0 754 motherboard and a AMD Sempron 3000+ cpu from Newegg. On the MB manufacturers website the cpu is listed as supported but when I started the comp up for the first time I got a message saying the cpu wasn't recognized by the MB. I contacted teck support...
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    Need Help! New PC problem.

    Hmm, I just noticed something. On the biostar website it says that the K8T80-A7 mobo supports AMD Sempron 3100+ and the K8T80-A7A supports AMD Sempron 3400+ I ordered my cpu and MB as a bundle from tiger direct that was supposed to come with an AMD Sempron 64 3000+ 1.80GHz / 128KB Cache /...
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    Need Help! New PC problem.

    What part is most likely to be the problem. Im low on money and dont want to go out and get a new motherboard only to find that it was the CPU or the PSU.
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    Need Help! New PC problem.

    any ideas? my next step is to just order a new motherboard, but if anyone has any ideas let me know :)
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    Need Help! New PC problem.

    The cd drive works when the psu isn't connected to the mobo. I tried it the way you suggested. When I tried only ram, vid, and cpu on cardboard it still didn't work. Also tried with different ram that I know is good, and a different video card. I dont have any other processors or mobos that...
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    Need Help! New PC problem.

    I just put it together yesterday when the mobo finally arrived. After installing all the hardware I turned it on for the first time and there is nothing on the monitor. I tried a different monitor to make sure the monitor wasn't the problem (since I hadn't used it in a long time) but it was the...