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| 571116 | 2007-07-21 22:42:00 | PC General running Win98SE has two physical drives, C is still available but D does not appear in My Computer. FDD 5.25 also went AWOL but pulled that back in through Award 1.0 BIOS setting. Any help on resurrecting this drive would be appreciated. Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 571117 | 2007-07-21 22:46:00 | And whats D? A hdd or cd/dvd? The cable isn't on cable select is it. I take it the BIOS isnt picking D up? And there is power going to D? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 571118 | 2007-07-21 22:57:00 | Hi Speedy, yes it's a Hard Drive 2gig. Holds wifey's data. CD Rom drive has taken place of D in My Computer, which confused wife. How do we test power to this drive?. One other thing we have noticed, Daylight Saving window popped up a few times asking for setting to be made. PC is used almost every day for designing cards, birthdays, greetings etc. Thanks, Lurks. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 571119 | 2007-07-21 23:10:00 | If D is a hdd, you'll have to open the case and see if a molex connector is plugged into it. Whats the CD then?? E? Is the time the right time in 98?? If it isnt you'll have to go into the BIOS and set the date and time and save the settings. Is this 2 GB hdd getting detected n the BIOS then?? Put whatever IDE its on, on AUTO. Whats connected to what? The 2 hdd's are primary IDE, and the CD is on Secondary IDE?? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 571120 | 2007-07-22 01:38:00 | Thanks Speedy. We adjusted the time when the daylight saving screen came up. This PC has definately had it's day. Wifey has $1,300.00 tucked away and wants to buy something decent. DSE have an Acer Aspire T180 in the final day of sale $999.00 or $800.00 for just the box. Would this be a good buy and if not what would recommend?. Thanks again for all your efforts. Lurks. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 571121 | 2007-07-22 01:46:00 | I would build one, if u know how or have before. It'll most probably be better / faster / cheaper than that Acer. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 571122 | 2007-07-22 02:04:00 | Speedy, we can't even fix problems! build one would be a bit too much for me. Thanks, Lurks. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 571123 | 2007-07-22 02:10:00 | lol well in that case, dont build one. Which T180? There's like 10+ of them at DSE. Starting from 748 to 1800. Oh forget which one didnt read the 999 / 800 one. Do u REALLY want Vista? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 571124 | 2007-07-22 02:15:00 | Sounds like cmos battery is flat :nerd: | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 571125 | 2007-07-22 03:15:00 | Wifey has $1,300 . 00 tucked away and wants to buy something decent . DSE have an Acer Aspire T180 in the final day of sale $999 . 00 or $800 . 00 for just the box . Lurks . Oh god no . :horrified Especially not an Acer . You want this to last a longer than a few months presumably? And you mentioned decent . http://www . ascent . co . nz Cases - Cooler Master Centurion 5 ATX Mid Tower Case, 430W PSU, Black $170 . 16 Motherboards - Asus M2N Motherboard, 2000MHz FSB, 0xDIMM, DDR, 4xDIMM, DDR2, PCIe-16, 2xPCI, 1xPCIe-1, 10xUSB2, Audio, ATA, RAID, ATX $131 . 86 CPUs - AMD Athlon 64 3200+ CPU, 2 . 0GHz, Socket AM2, 32/64-Bit, Retail pack with fan $116 . 81 Hard Drives - Seagate Barracuda 7200 . 10 ST3160815AS Hard Disk Drive, 160GB, 7200rpm, 8192KB Cache, SATA-2 $96 . 46 DVD writers Asus DRW-1814BL DVD Writer, DVD 16R/8W/8RW, CD 48R/48W/32RW, Internal, IDE, Black, Retail, LightScribe $66 . 15 Memory - Kingston ValueRAM, 2x512MB, DDR2-533, PC2-4200, DIMM $101 . 25 Operating systems Microsoft Windows XP Home with SP2, for x86 (32-bit) systems, OEM $146 . 19 Total: $828 . 88 |
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