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    need help installing Serial ATA II HD

    in General Discussion about non gaming things....

    Posted

    hrmm, well if that's so i may return my SATA harddrive and just use IDE...my benchmark 05 scores were the same with both drives...around 4000, i thought having a SATA hd would make a big difference. well i repaired my XP install and added a few drivers during bootup (pressing f6). only diff now is that there are diff channel names under ata/atapi devices in device manager.

     

    well i guess the next step is to add RAM :/

     

    i have an ati x800gt 256ram & 1 gig of system ram

     

    what's frustrting though is that hitahci sent no info/instructions with the SATA drive, just drive

     

    thx for the help Bob

     

    kev

    need help installing Serial ATA II HD

    in General Discussion about non gaming things....

    Posted

    I just installed a brand new HD...hitachi 80gb serial-ata II 300Gb/sec. I need to know what I have to do in order to get it working correctly as I think win XP is reading it as an IDE drive. In the BIOS it is installed/config'd correctly but not in the OS, the driver is from 2001 that it is currently using as S-ATA II drives wern't around then.

     

    Do I have to install it from the Win XP setup CD, after I boot from CD to install the OS, when it asks for you to press F6 if you have any 3rd party drivers to be installed?

     

    I hope it doesn't mean I have to reconfig/reinstall the OS itself and any other software I added.

     

    i'm gonna try manually adding it right now through Add/remove hw and see if XP SP2 has the drivers added, or any other updates.

     

    thx,

     

    kev

    Plz help me build my next PC

    in New Hardware Releases/Announcements

    Posted

    Well, I'm not sure what all U need, so here are my suggestions...

     

    Video Card: Sapphire ATi Radeon x800GT 128mb ddr3 PCIe Retail @ $ 138

     

    CPU: AMD64 3200+ Venice 2.0 GHz Socket 939 Retail @ $ 148

     

    Mobo: Asus A8N-SLI Socket 939 Retail @ $ 122

     

    RAM: Corsair pc3200 400MHz 512mb ddr CAS 2.5 ( x2 ) @ $ 82.98

     

    PowerSupply: MGE 500w @ $ 27.99

     

    TOTAL = $ 519

     

    This should help to hold U over for quite a while my friend.

     

    Sorry, I know it's $19 over what U were looking to spend, but I figured that wouldn't hurt U all that much.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    -- Nem

    what about this one, seems like a steal for the price....

     

    http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/m...pricewatch&NR=1

    worth the extra $$$??

    in System Config

    Posted

    yea, the more i thought about it, I figured I won't get the x2, maybe just a little better cpu than jay listed in the other forum. i'll spend more on ram and a better video card, as they are almost, if not equally, important. the cpu will be socket 939 so it's easily upgradeable.

     

    thx for the input bob,

    kevin

    worth the extra $$$??

    in System Config

    Posted

    I have more money that I expected to have to spend on my next system (too bad, eh?).

    anyway, what's ppl's opinions on maybe dropping the extra $$$ to go with a amd64 x2 chip vs. amd64? both are socket 939 so I could upgrade down the line, or just drop the cash now. There are some pretty nice deals on pricewatch for mobo/cpu/ram combos. I just don't know if the price difference is worth it.

     

    I'll def. be picking up a nice pci-e video card, like I said, dunno if I should splurge on a chip, specifically an amd64 x2 3800.

     

    kevin

    does this sound about right? pricing

    in General Discussion about non gaming things....

    Posted

    I MAY (hopefully) sell my old PC to friend of mine and my father's...our auto mechanic, heh. He's been good to me over the years, alot of times not charging me for labor, though that is often because he barters with my father who is his attorney. Point being I will give him a good price on my old PC. Here are the rough specs and pricing I did off of pricewatch. does this look about right?

     

    mini-atx case=$27

     

    mini-atx board biostar m7vig 400 rev 7.1

    sempron 2200

    (2)256MB pc2700 DDR RAM

    onboard video

    =$155, because of extra memory, based this on pricewatch combos

     

    CD-ROM/DVD-ROM 16x/CD-RW combo drive, approx $30

    40gb HD maxtor 5200 rpm= $40

    floppy=$7

    ethernet nic=$5

    power supply=$20

     

    total=approx. $284

    Plz help me build my next PC

    in New Hardware Releases/Announcements

    Posted

    I haven't kept up much with the newer hardware, so I need some help. I need ideas and suggestions for building a good gaming machine within the $400-$500 range. Of course I use it for surfing, downloading music, video, mild application use, but these are negligable as I could just pickup a p3 for $100 if I didn't game. I have a sweet 19-inch LCD with DVI-I support, so a sweet video card of course :/

     

    pricewatch, tigerdirect, and others for the parts...what'd you guys think about ebay? Nemesis reminded me to make sure there are warranties if I do the ebay thing.

     

    thanks for any help you guys can give,

    kevin

    CRT monitor

    in For Sale

    Posted

    hey guys, some of you know me (kevin bond), so i'm not a complete stranger, lots of ya would know the name with the face. anyways, i have a 19" crt that i'm looking to get rid of as I now have a 19" LCD.

     

    $45, pm if interested

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