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  1. MrGreenleaf

    Size to enter for partition....?

    Well it really depends on how many applications you plan to install, and the size of those applications. I would at least use 20 gb on a 60gb drive for xp, as it is much better to have too much space, than too experience virtual memory errors due to low space. How many applications do you plan...
  2. MrGreenleaf

    WIN XP Font Folder Locked Up

    Hey, Thanks in advance, This one has got me. My win xp font folder has locked up. Photoshop takes forever to load hanging on the fonts folder, as well as just about any application that refers to the font folder. In the control panel the fonts locks up and ends up not responding. And the...
  3. MrGreenleaf

    Asus A7N8X Motherboard?

    I use those western digital drives all the time. I have installed several wd160jd or jb whatever. The 120, 160, and 200 gigabyte 7200rpm drives with the 8mb cache, and never have I had to install and third party software with xp, other than for a serial ata drive which is normal. You should be...
  4. MrGreenleaf

    PC Not booting

    Rather then spend all the time with screwdrivers and all replacing stuff why dont you just pull a power connector and test with a dmm the yellow pin for +12volts dc, and the red pin for +5v dc, as the remove and rebuild tactic doesnt always work with psu problems, and ill tell you why. At the...
  5. MrGreenleaf

    PC... a victim of Foul Play? Whats this world coming to!

    What kind of mobo is it? Most of them have a default pci vga snoop function to detect if a pci video card is installed. My first attack would be to install the pci card with the onboard still enabled and see if the snoop function will detect the video. Second as said above, I would pull the...
  6. MrGreenleaf

    Swish 2.0 disaster

    Swish is a Flash animation Software to create Flash For Web or Small Game development. I have never experienced any issues using it. I am aware that there are several different versions of swish. Which Version are you running? Have you checked the event viewer for the source of the Lock-Up...
  7. MrGreenleaf

    Asus A7N8X Motherboard?

    I have the a7n8x-e duluxe board and it is a very stable board, although there have been some chipset issues. I am running it with 1gb of kingston pc3200 (DDR 400mhz) in dual channel mode. The two connectors you are referring to I believe are the SPDIF Audio Connector panel and the Extra usb...
  8. MrGreenleaf

    Nothing on screen when PCI card installed

    How are your memory modules installed? Are they installed for dual channell configuration? if so what size and speed memory modules are you using? Try one single dimm in single memory mode. And ensure that the pci bus frequency is set correctly. Hope I can Help. Good Luck
  9. MrGreenleaf

    Computer locks up during intial boot, does not make it to post

    Have you checked the motherboard battery? Have you attempted to flash the firmware? sounds to me like the bios is locking up. Could have fried the firmware chip. you said you swapped memory? with a known good module? my attack at this would be to replace and/or check the cmos battery, then...

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