Recent content by anerfoc

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. obobski makes a good point. I don't have a sound card right now, I'm just using the motherboard's (good) built-in sound and audio ports. I'm not sure whether any particular sound card I might pick out would be compatible with my old build, but it would...

I'll probably buy this for now and maybe upgrade to a more expensive one later. That one good for my purposes?

Hi again guys. This time I have a bit of an audio problem. Situation: Some time back, I was for some reason or other using a male-to-female audio plug adapter that went between my headphones into my computer's audio port. Unfortunately this adapter had the quirk that the metal part of the male...

Never mind, I don't think it matters now. I bit the bullet and went ahead with the BIOS upgrade. No change. Neither SATA controller will recognize either new hard drive, whether the jumpers are set or not: SSC, OPT1 (1.5 Gb/s transfer speed), nothing makes any difference. About the SiL...

Thanks again for the response, and yeah, I'm back! Sorry for the delay. This time I just have some pretty straightforward BIOS upgrade questions. What happened: I went to ASUS's download center and downloaded aflash (ASUS's BIOS flashing program) and the latest BIOS and spend a while...

Thanks, but I already tried setting the jumpers, as outlined here. I tried setting SSC, OPT1, and both, with the same result that's specified in the first post of this topic -- the comp hangs after printing the HD model number. You could be right about the BIOS, which is Award BIOS. According...

Thanks for replying. Do you know the brand names or model numbers of these cards, or how to identify them? I can't seem to find any info on this and I really don't want to waste another $20 and wait a week for nothing. I've got about 5 GB left on this hard drive and it's really starting to cramp...

Hi, me again with an update. Quick question for anyone who just stopped by but is unfamiliar with this topic: Does anyone know for sure whether a PCI-E SATA controller will work in a PCI slot, and be compatible with both SATA1 and SATA2, allowing me to hook up a new HD to an old system? Or...

ryan_975: Very good call on the CPU Speed. I think it was set to 1250 (or possibly 1667), don't know how that happened. I changed it up to 2083 in the BIOS. (Question 4 is about that.) Already things are playing quite a bit smoother, so thanks very much for noticing that. I have a few last...

So this isn't a concern? I'm not sure how to tell this. I'm using EVEREST for system info, and under Motherboard->Motherboard->Memory Bus it lists the Real Clock at 167 MHz (DDR) and the Effective Clock at 333 MHz. But under Computer->Overclock->CPU Speed, CPU FSB is 99.99 MHz and Memory Bus...

Hi again everybody. Long story short, I recently installed a 2006-era video card into a 2004-era PC which I'm giving to somebody this Christmas, and I loaded some 2006-ish games to test it out. It definitely performs better with games like Oblivion and Anno 1701, which were near-unplayable...

I'm using PCI. Yeah, old. Which SATACard one do you mean? The PCI-SA-112E on the front page? It doesn't say it's SATA 2 compatible though.

Sorry about the delay in replying. I want to fix this thing but I have a few questions first. 1. Where's a good place to buy HD/DVD drive jumpers online, does anyone know? I can't find them at Best Buy or Radio Shack. A few places online offer them but I'm not sure if they're hard drive...

Someone remind me to give up on this computer and build a boat instead... oh well, yes my current (old) HD uses XP SP3. My XP install CD is for SP2. I don't see any options in the BIOS to use the HD as IDE. I can list some of the options I do have if it'll help. If it is a SATA1/SATA2...

Sorry, I didn't specify, I'm not making any changes to an already working HD. I'm upgrading to a larger one, and trying to install Windows on it. Neither the Windows install CD, nor any self-booting DVD Ghost images (which could be used to install Windows a different way) will boot, although...