Hi I am building a new computer and have got to the stage where Xp Pro is starting to install on my system, however, i keep getting the following message which then stops Xp from going any further!! Can anyone tell me what's wrong?? Thanks in advance for any help Stop:c0000221 unknown Hard...

I turned on my new machine, to install Windows XP in a new Raptor (with no other drives). I loaded the SATA driver, went as far as beginning to partition the drive, made the first partition ok, then while I was making the next partition, I _think_ that I pushed some wrong key, stuff happend very...

A7N8XE-Deluxe, Rev 2 Barton XP2600-M at 1.65V and 1666MHz (for now ;-) Speeze Whisper Rock II, .55C/W Kingmax MPXC22D-38LT3R 2x512MB PC-3200 CAS 2.5 MBM 5.3.7.0 WinXP-SP1 Both the Asus Hardware Monitor and MBM indicate a CPU socket temp of 38 deg idle and 41 deg at 100%, with case temp of 18 deg...

Hi All I'm trying to build my first home-build computer.(Asus A7N8X-E) And now I have a question about how I do installing my MoBo in the case.I have fit those copper things to keep the distants between the case and the MoBo.On the MoBo side I have to fit these little ring for the...

Hello all, I'm about to upgrade a couple of boxes (CPU & mobo). I'm currently using Geil RAM but have also considered Corsair. I'd like to know if anyone can shed some light on the best combination for placement of my RAM, and what, if any real-world difference there is between the Corsair...

i am need of some crimp pins for 0.100 big goof i just made i need to find some male pins to make a few extion cables to go from headers on my MB to some custom modes but i mesured the wires wrong. These are what i am looking for but i need to buy about a lot of them and they just coust to much....

NewEgg only sells boxed Sempron 754 processors meaning they come with an AMD stock fan and heatsink and AMD warranty. Does anyone know if the REFURBISHED Sempron 754 processors come with the AMD heatsink & fan? Was the quality OK? Thanks!

Logon vs Posting It is IE vs 7 or Bellsouth DSL causing the problem? Using XP home, HP, 1024 RAM, DSL, with all updates and McAfee virus, I can post on www.nola.com forums for 2 weeks then it knocks me off. At this same time I can post here OK, Cnet, on AARP and also Genealogy.com This PC will...

Hello, Using the diagram below, which two connections are jumped to start a PSU, without a MB ? http://www.pcpower.com/products/assets/S75QB/S75E-QD2.jpg ZAN ----

Hello, I running XP Pro with SP1. Must I install SP2 to use SATA hard drives ? ZAN ----

No its the hard drive. I unplugged the hard drive while I was in the bios and the computer so super quiet. The only sound is from the power supply and it is VERY quiet. Its an anctec true power 430. The sides of the case aren't very heavy so they might vibrate too. I've tried to tighten the hard...

hi i recently purchased a DFI Ultra Infinity motherboard but i can't get my AMD XP 2500 to post. My AMD XP1500 will post on it but not my 2500. Could it be that i have a bad cpu? This was a cpu given to me so im not 100% sure that it isn't dead. When i turn on the system i just get a blank screen....

Hi, I read this in today's philadelphia inquirer, and was wondering if it really works. Comments appreciated. Allen Question: I'm giong to download Windows XP's Service Pack 2, but I established a Restore Point first. If I do need to roll back to that date, how do I do so?

I have a 3200 xp cpu and windows system info reports it is running at 1.8 Gigs. It's in an elitegroup L7VMM3 mainboard. A google search on the cpu said in a review that the 3200 runs at 2.25 Gigs. If the review is correct, is it possible to make it go faster in my system, and if so, how is it...

Hi, The system had Word and Excel 2002 installed, and SP3. Then, a couple of weeks later, tried to install Outlook 2002, and it hangs during the install, giving the following error message: Error 1328 applying patch to c:\config.msi\pt473.tmp This is probably because it was modified by an...

Hi, My friend's wife's computer started acting funny a couple of weeks ago, and it gradually got worse. From talking on the phone it sounded like a virus in a restore point, but by the time he got around to looking at it, it would no longer boot at all. Somehow she had managed to get it to boot...

Hi, I"m gonna try and help a friend's son set up an old printer, scanner, and zip drive from his win98 system on his new xp system. It's a daisy chained arrangement via the parallel port. If I find the drivers, will the daisy chaine work in xp like it does in win98. it was the orginal win98, not...

I have a win ME box and was wondering if I put an XP formated NTFS slave in it, if ME could read the data on the NTFS drive. Thanks, Allen

Hi, I've been trying to access a "dead" drive to get some pictures off it before it goes back to HP. I got a 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 converter at the suggestion of one the NG readers, and have been unsuccessful in accessing it in an XP box as a slave or as a master or as a cable select drive. I checked...

Hi, Is there a recommended way to build a box? Here's what I think you should do: 1. Load OS 2. Load mobo drivers from mobo CD 3. Update OS 4. Load software Is the above correct?