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  1. sfendi

    Reformat hard drive to boost speed

    Thank you to everyone for your good tips. Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.
  2. sfendi

    Reformat hard drive to boost speed

    Hello everyone! I recently built a system with the motherboard P4X400 Dragon Lite SOYO, 256 MB RAM, 2.6GHZ Celeron. I used an old hard disk from my old HP system running originally Windows ME which I also upgraded to Win2000. The HP system (766 MHZ Celeron, 198MB RAM, 30GB HD) was running very...
  3. sfendi

    CPU Clock ratio not present in CMOS

    OK! I'm still confused. Let me try to report the problems as they first showed at startup. The diagnostics screen at startup say the right data: Main Processor : Intel Celeron(R) 2.7 GHZ (100x27.0) Memory testing: 262144K ... CMOS checksum error - Defaults loaded Warning! CPU has been changed...
  4. sfendi

    Optical Mouse light stays on

    Thanks everyone.
  5. sfendi

    Optical Mouse light stays on

    Hi, I just built a new computer with a motherboard SOYO P4X400 Dragon Lite. After turning off the whole system, my optical mouse light stays on. Is that an indication of a connection problem or is it normal? What could be wrong? Please help. Thanks
  6. sfendi

    CPU Clock ratio not present in CMOS

    I did clear the CMOS and it still doesn't solve the problem. The options "CPU Frequency Select" and "CPU ratio" are still not shown contrarily to the indications of the manual. Here is the screen I got to change CPU's clock and voltage: System Performance ---> Normal [Fast/Turbo] Frequency 1MHZ...
  7. sfendi

    CPU Clock ratio not present in CMOS

    Yes, I followed the procedures from the manual and it did not work. If I clear the CMOS, will I have the right data back? By the way, to clear CMOS, they mentioned from the manual to unplug the ATX power cable. You also proposed to unplug battery, does that refer to something else? or which...
  8. sfendi

    CPU Clock ratio not present in CMOS

    Yes, the manual says exactly where to find it. It is called "Soyo Combo Feature" and the option is not there. The illustrations from the manual even show that feature. Thanks
  9. sfendi

    CPU Clock ratio not present in CMOS

    I have a new motherboard "P4X400 Dragon Lite" that I'm trying to use with my old hard drive. When accessing the CMOS, the option to modify the CPU clock ratio as referred by the documentation is not present. What do you think I should do? Is clearing the CMOS a possible solution? Please help! Thanks
  10. sfendi

    Dual Boot with Windows XP Pro and Linux

    Thank You, That is clear and good advice! I will try it later. Fen
  11. sfendi

    Dual Boot with Windows XP Pro and Linux

    Questions about dual boot have been asked several times. For a beginner like myself, it's sometimes confusing to consider the best way to proceed from the different answers. So, in my situation, is reformatting the disk the easiest way to go? And should I do it myself? I don't know if Windows...
  12. sfendi

    Dual Boot with Windows XP Pro and Linux

    I'm seeking for some advice on how to properly install both Windows XP with RedHat 9. I previously installed Windows XP on my computer with a few programs and Windows is already activated. My 80GB Hard drive is NTFS formatted and only 1 partition is present. I don't have tools to repartition on...
  13. sfendi

    Using Serial ATA hard disk

    Thank you all so much! I finally figured out that my problem was not with the SATA but with the F8 key of my new Logitech Elite Keyboard. For some reason, the F8 key doesn't work. I'm returning the keyboard. Very weird! I should have figured this out from the very beginning but I obviously had...
  14. sfendi

    Western Digital SATA Problem

    Xyorkie, Did you fix your SATA issue? I have a similar problem as yours. Just wondering what procedure you followed. Thanks
  15. sfendi

    Using Serial ATA hard disk

    Isn't it a good practice to supply the recommended drivers that come with the motherboard with F6 option when installing Windows XP? I'm a little bit confused. Thanks.
  16. sfendi

    Using Serial ATA hard disk

    OK, the <none> mentioned before is not the problem. I have a motherboard ASUS P4C800-E rev 2.0. People are saying it is very good. What could be wrong with my installation?
  17. sfendi

    Using Serial ATA hard disk

    That's true, the message for pressing F6 was present at the beginning of the installation. This time, I did press F6 and could have Windows install the additional drivers for SATA from my floppy disk. However, I was puzzled by the Windows Setup message stating: &quot;Currently, Setup will load...
  18. sfendi

    Using Serial ATA hard disk

    Thanks Wolluf, I'll give it a try. The drivers are on the CD-ROM that comes with the motherboard. I don't recall getting the prompt for pressing F6 for additional drivers. Does that suppose I have to press F6 even without being prompted at the beginning of the installation? Just thinking...
  19. sfendi

    Using Serial ATA hard disk

    Well, I installed my SATA hard drive as &quot;Third IDE Master&quot;, Ultra DMA-5,... The bios setup utility shows everything seems to be OK. Now, I need to install Windows XP Professional. My SATA hard disk is brand new (80 Gb). From what I understand, Windows XP will take care of the...
  20. sfendi

    Using Serial ATA hard disk

    If you are using a SATA disk, is it fine to install your DVD-CD-ROM combo drive on the first IDE channel, (IDE1 instead of IDE2) since the hard disk itself is not using the IDE1? I haven't seen yet any configuration using SATA. Could anyone share some info on this? Thanks for any reply.

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