put memory down to DDR266 settings and finally got some stability. What sucky RAM!!! Maybe I don't have the Bios settings correct, but when I change the settings to 125% (the only way I know to get it to DDR333), I get errors.
Lowered RAM to DDR266 settings. All is stable. What crappy RAM, though. It's supposed to be DDR333.
settings are on 6-3-3 with cas 2.5 - Hardly aggressive.
Oh well, at least I'm up and running.
CPU runs at 45C, is that too warm?
Getting blue screens of death in XP install to new machine. Also, certain files on disk fail copy a few times, but can bulldog my way through them by hitting enter key. Crash occurs each time between 20-90% of copy files process.
Any ideas?
Getting blue screens of death in XP install to new machine. Also, certain files on disk fail copy a few times, but can bulldog my way through them by hitting enter key. Crash occurs each time between 20-90% of copy files process.
Any ideas?
Plopped in a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus and fixed the problem. Not sure if it was just a bad WD drive, or if there is some inherent incapability. Either way, I'm a Maxtor fan now.
Now, if I could just get past the XP blue screens of death....:disgust:
cleared CMOS and starting from scratch (again). Floppy reads for fraction of second, but then goes to blank screen, with cursor blinking.
I'm really wondering if it's the Hard Drive. Everything seems to work when it's disconnected, and when it is deteced, it's only detected as an 8GB (which...
Can't get hard drive to recognize properly. I've heard about a 'IDE cable cut' fix. Can anyone elaborate how exaclty to do this and describe what problem it fixed for them?
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