On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 18:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, here's my dilemma: > I recently purchased a barebones system. The specs are: > > Motherboard: MS-6533 Micro ATX Mainboard > Hard Drives (HDs): 20Gb EIDE Maxtor & 30Gb EIDE AT Maxtor DiamondMax VL 40 5400rpm > (the 30gb Maxtor was the hard drive from my old system that I had bene using) > > Processor: 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 > Memory: 128Mb DDR PC2100 RAM & (extra purchase I added) 256Mb DDR PC2100 RAM > CDROM: (out of my old computer) ATAPI 44x CDROM (don't know manufacturer; > hand-me-down) > > > Problems: First, I thought I might try to set up the new 20Gb HD as slave and use > my old 30Gb HD as
> master. Also, I did not order a new CDROM with the new system (though I have a new > DVD/CDRW combo drive > on the way), so I thought I'd just transfer my 44x CDROM into the new system as > well. Well, after I > transferred the 30Gb HD and the CDROM over to the new system, the computer > recognized my hardware and > then tried to boot; however, linux wouldn't have that. So, linux tried to adjust to > the new hardware > and format the new HD, but it froze up. So, I tried to reboot and load WinXP > (sorry, just seeing if it > would work so I could dual boot) off of CDROM. Well, the windows set up recognized > the hard drive and > formatted the master (30Gb) HD, but then when it tried to start copying windows > files to the HD, it wouldn't do it. Well, then I tried to reboot again, and that's > when everything just went to hell. After the reboot, the BIOS would recognize the > HDs and the CDROM, but would not read from the CDROM. It gave me a "failure" > message when it got to the step to read from the CDROM drive. Then, because I could > not load from the cdrom and the system files had not been written to the HD yet, I > get the error message "NTLDR is missing. Check to see if a bootable disk is in the > drive or put a bootable disk in the drive and press enter." Well, when I put either > the Mandrake 9.1 disk in or the WinXP disk, I get the same error. Basically, the > BIOS has quit reading from the CDROM. I don't know how to get it to read. Did I > lose the driver? Did I somehow kill my CDROM? I don't know. That's problem one. > > Problem 2: Well, after the old HD and CDROM would not work in the new machine, I > tried putting them back into my old PC and loading Windows or Linux back onto the HD > that way. Now, when the old pc starts to boot up, it gives the message "Hard drive > failed". Did I kill my hard drive? > > Problem 3: The MS-6533 motherboard requires, inter alia, PC2100 DDR RAM, and,from > what I've seen in the > manual, there is no requirement of symmetry of chips (i.e., it doesn't seem to > require 2 128Mb chips, > but will work with a 128Mb and a 256Mb). However, the computer won't read my 256Mb > chip at all and it > IS PC2100 DDR RAM. I probably just got a bum stick, but, just in case, I had to ask > if maybe I should > be doing something more than just popping the memory into the motherboard. Any > ideas? Swap the positions of the 256 and the 128 chips. if the BIOS finds 128Meg in the first slot it wont look for the extra memory BTW please set your wraparound to 79 char or less.(scrolling sideways makes me dizzy;-) ) > > Thanks in advance > Jack > > __________________________________________________________________ > McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. > Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! > http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 > > Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! > http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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