This makes me feel bad, it's the second time in what, two, three weeks that I've come crying for help... The last time was for a dead CPU or mobo (here), it looked like everything was under control. However, the machine was so unstable that I decided to just replace the processor and motherboard - I knew the motherboard was fried at least partially, and the CPU definitely had sustained some damage, although it may still be alright, but I decided if I was going to do one, might as well do the other, the processor cost next to nothing anyway. So, anyway, tonight (great Valentine's day, sat around, talked to a few old friends, watched TV, did some computer repairs 
) since the parts were here I figured I'd replace them, but that I'd also take advantage of this to switch things around a bit, and put all of the good components together in one computer (systems in my sig; the 933 used to have the better video card and CD burner). Anyway, I figured it wouldn't be too hard a process, since I would switch the hard drives as well and thus eliminate the need for all sorts of driver installations and such... Plus in the end I would end up with a better mix of machines - the one that does the heavier work would have the better components, the one that gets the lighter stuff would have the lesser components. So, I go about this, and eventually I've gotten everything put back together (took long enough, all sorts of silly bits there)... When I started the 933 up, I was having problems with it needing to install new PCI controllers and such... Probably due to a different South Bridge, although I'd thought the A7V133 (new) and 8K7A (old) both had the VIA 686B... But anyway, I got that sorted out eventually, then went to finish up with the 1333 (which I haven't tried overclocking yet, but I'm hoping for 9x166=1500, which should give some killer SETI times, at least in relation to the old 900 at 9x105=145, certainly not compared to all these new XPs or anything), and to my horror, when I started it up, it didn't detect the hard drive, then tried to boot from both CD-ROMs and couldn't... So, I powered off, went to investigate... I thought perhaps the problem was that the HD needed to be set to slave. Tried that, same thing. So I came up and checked the HD that used to be in that machine, it was set to master... So I thought maybe it was because it had the part of the cable labled Slave plugged into it, and it needed to be on the Master... So I went to great lengths to move the HD around in the bay (the case has an odd layout which made it hard to get it so it was on the Master), and still no dice. I tried putting the Windows CD in the drive and booting with it, and it gets me to there, but it still can't get the hard drive... So I started to think I'm having the same problem as before, something to do with the South Bridge or IDE controller or something... And I'm wondering what you guys think, whether this is the case (or if it's something else), and if so, what I can do about it. Could I plug the drive into the working machine (the 933, this one) as a slave, and put the correct drivers or whatever onto it there? Any help would be VERY much appreciated, as I'm at a loss.
) since the parts were here I figured I'd replace them, but that I'd also take advantage of this to switch things around a bit, and put all of the good components together in one computer (systems in my sig; the 933 used to have the better video card and CD burner). Anyway, I figured it wouldn't be too hard a process, since I would switch the hard drives as well and thus eliminate the need for all sorts of driver installations and such... Plus in the end I would end up with a better mix of machines - the one that does the heavier work would have the better components, the one that gets the lighter stuff would have the lesser components. So, I go about this, and eventually I've gotten everything put back together (took long enough, all sorts of silly bits there)... When I started the 933 up, I was having problems with it needing to install new PCI controllers and such... Probably due to a different South Bridge, although I'd thought the A7V133 (new) and 8K7A (old) both had the VIA 686B... But anyway, I got that sorted out eventually, then went to finish up with the 1333 (which I haven't tried overclocking yet, but I'm hoping for 9x166=1500, which should give some killer SETI times, at least in relation to the old 900 at 9x105=145, certainly not compared to all these new XPs or anything), and to my horror, when I started it up, it didn't detect the hard drive, then tried to boot from both CD-ROMs and couldn't... So, I powered off, went to investigate... I thought perhaps the problem was that the HD needed to be set to slave. Tried that, same thing. So I came up and checked the HD that used to be in that machine, it was set to master... So I thought maybe it was because it had the part of the cable labled Slave plugged into it, and it needed to be on the Master... So I went to great lengths to move the HD around in the bay (the case has an odd layout which made it hard to get it so it was on the Master), and still no dice. I tried putting the Windows CD in the drive and booting with it, and it gets me to there, but it still can't get the hard drive... So I started to think I'm having the same problem as before, something to do with the South Bridge or IDE controller or something... And I'm wondering what you guys think, whether this is the case (or if it's something else), and if so, what I can do about it. Could I plug the drive into the working machine (the 933, this one) as a slave, and put the correct drivers or whatever onto it there? Any help would be VERY much appreciated, as I'm at a loss.
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