Summary: Thx, Tubes... There was not a setting in my BIOS to specifically set the drive to IDE. In the IDE Configuration menu there were selections for S-ATA...
Summary: it boots up normally. first bios screen is for the vid card. next, bios of the pc. everything boots as it should. under Settings, it reads (default mo...
Summary: I'm having a problem with a computer I just built for my father's company. I have built the computer, and it tuns on with no problems. In POST, the SA...
Summary: This machine has an 80GB SATA drive which I have successfully formatted to FAT32. But it doesn't show up in BIOS' "Standard CMOS Features" but does sh...
Summary: I see this same problem yet I'm using the original XP CD from Dell that has SP3 on it already. I have OSX and Ubuntu booting fine, but the Windows boo...
Summary: I just put a computer together. The motherboard has onboard sound (Avance ac'97). I put it together, installed Win XP, and loaded the drivers that c...
Summary: Hi! My computer doesn't boot. During start-up after BIOS screen I get message "Boot failure. System halted". I entered BIOS setup and found that there...
Summary: I do have the latest bios. The bios seesm to recognize only the original Samsung CD-ROM. After I Install XP using the Samsung CD-ROM I can replace the...
Summary: I have a Win XP Home disc and a Win XP Pro. I want to install the XP Pro. It doesn't have SP1. Both install disks are 'upgrades' (I have a win 98 se d...
Summary: I just read through the PDF manual, and I still don't see why it doesn't work. Anyone? Help? Please? I'm busy right now and can't run memtest (since I...
Summary: So I got a SATA HDD, but I can't install windows XP on it because it doesn't recognize the harddrive. I have tried pressing F6 DUring installation an...
Summary: First thought: the F1 key => probably a whire somewhere that isn't welplugged. Open the case, check the IDE-cable, powercable and powercable for the m...
Summary: First signs: smell of something burning and the fan of the power supply doesn't work, then i shut down the computer. Later i tried to turn it on, not...
Summary: But that still doesn't explain why the bios doesn't see the disk and also the recovery programs running under DOS can see the new disk which is format...
Summary: Check to see if the bios detects the drive. To enter the bios setup routine watch the screen during the boot. If the bios doesn't see the drive, your...
Summary: Thanks for the link. I've followed the tips on it but still no change. However - there has been a new development: I (for the nth time) uninstalled a...
Summary: Thanks for the fast reply. I can't get to the drive to fdisk it. I used a boot disk and the slave still doesn't show. It's an old drive but was woking...
Summary: Well, I managed to get a copy of PowerMax - both my drives are completly free of errors, so I can -finaly- rule that possiblity out. If onlY I had th...
Summary: i tried to instal second hd on the second ide channel. on the first ide channel i have hd as master and cdrom as slave. when i tried to boot it, it di...
Summary: I just bought a new syntax motherboard (s635mp) as well as a new 40 gb western digital hard drive. I'm tryin to install the drive as a single and I ha...
Summary: I tried to fix it for 2 days GRRRRRRR... but it still doesn't work. If it's not cable prolem, master and slave problem. Could it be the motherboard? I...
Summary: I'm using HP Deskjet 850c. It stopped printing my document and RESUME led goes blinking. I have paper, i already tried refilling my ink cartridge, i...
Summary: Following up: Still doesn't work, does same thing as described above even after removing hibernate check, and the other changes. Any more thoughts or ...
Summary: I am adding a 300GB HD to a Compaq D300v and BIOS only recognizes 137438MB of it. I've updated the BIOS, tried setting "Transfer Mode" and "Translatio...
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