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| Thread ID: 96704 | 2009-01-19 23:17:00 | New setup finetuning | Nomad (952) | Press F1 |
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| 740304 | 2009-01-19 23:17:00 | Hi, a new system was put together. Motherboard: ASUS P5Q. 1) RAM, it says the 2 of the 4 slots are yellow therefore better for overclocking. If I have 2 modules of DDR. Should I use these or just the pair, so for a pair, should I use a yellow and a black one? I am not gonna overclock, and I was thinking DDR goes in pairs for double burst? 2) It has 2 colored SATA connectors. Should I connect to these or the other ones? These 2 supports RAID which I won't be using and it supports Drive Xpert. What is this? :thanks |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 740305 | 2009-01-19 23:23:00 | You probably have to stick 2 sticks in the yellow or the black slots, if you want dual channel as well The manual, will tell you what slots you should put the ram in The manual will tell you what Drive Xpert is |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 740306 | 2009-01-20 05:34:00 | Thanks Now I need to suss out the booting . CD does not boot . 2x SATA attached . 1x ATAPI DVDRW . Bios priorities for boot is changed . It just says no boot disk, please press a key etc etc . . . . Do I need to alter a jumper? I am begnning to create 3x floppy bootdisk for windows off another PC, then drag the floppy drive to the new pc and install it that way . . . . . . . . . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 740307 | 2009-01-20 05:37:00 | The windows cd is bootable, if its 2000 / XP + You dont need disks You have to change the bootdisk to the cd in the BIOS, save the settings. Put the windows cd in, then (remember to press a key, when it says to on the screen). Then it'll install |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 740308 | 2009-01-20 05:54:00 | Thanks the CD cable was loose. Someone else prepared it earlier. Installing XP, and it says, 131GB is the size of the HDD. The SATA I have is 500GB. How do I get 2x 250GB, can I do this after windows is installed or ..... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 740309 | 2009-01-20 06:11:00 | Yes, you can do it within windows, using disk management(Run>diskmgmt.msc) Or, using gparted BTW you need at least SP1 to see more than 137gb..that may be your prob |
Blam (54) | ||
| 740310 | 2009-01-20 06:14:00 | Or you may have to install a service pack after windows has been installed The cd may not have a service pack on / in it Or slipstream a / the service pack/s before you install XP. Then install XP |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 740311 | 2009-01-20 06:15:00 | Sure will install SP afterwards. Just to clarify, I can go to disk mgmt after 131GB is installed and this will puff up to 250gb? This is gonna be the boot drive with the window software on it. I rather not, install windows, create slipstream with service pack (just read) and wipe and reinstall windows. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 740312 | 2009-01-20 06:17:00 | Cos we only have 2 PCs incl this new one, one DVDRW drive only. So it meant I rather not dettach and rettach onto other pc to slip it. If I can I rather do it after installation via disk mgmt or if not ... install xp, slip it, wipe and reinstall. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 740313 | 2009-01-20 06:18:00 | If there are no service packs on the XP cd, when you install it, I'm pretty sure thats why XP is only seeing 131 GB You need SP1 + so XP can see all of it So, you can either slipstream SP1 and the other service packs, on another PC before you install it. (Well you may have to). Or partition it before the install. If the install recognises all of the hdd. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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