Problems with New Build

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We are sounding like a broken record lately...PSU could be going or
not up to par.
IDE cable bad
Don't use CS (cable select) with any drives.
Clear the CMOS set defaults.

HTH
<mikednospam-groups@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1106847574.784649.97410@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Having a few problems with my latest build. On first boot the
system
> powered up properly but hung in detecting the IDE drives. I can
boot
> with either the hard drives or the DVD drives connected to the
> mainboard but not both. I am pretty sure I have the jumpers set
> correctly for Master and Slave. Any thoughts on what could be
causing
> this? Also when I first powered on the computer the CPU and Memory
> were reported correctly (Athlon 2700, memory at 200MHz) on POST but
> after working on the IDE drives they are now reporting as Athlon
1500
> with memory speed of 100MHz. Any suggestions on what caused it and
how
> to fix it? I have listed my specs below:
>
> MSI K7N2-Delta 2-LSR
> Athlon XP 2700+
> Crucial 512MB 3200
> Geforce FX5200
> Seagate 20GB IDE
> Maxtor 80GB IDE
> NEC DVD-RW
> Creative PC-DVD1240
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -Mike
>

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Sorry if asking the same thing that has been asked. I searched the
newsgroups and didn't see anything exactly like my problem.

I hope it isn't PSU because I just bought a new Antec case and 350W PSU
at the recommendation of this group. Was going to get generic but
decided against it. I am going to assume this isn't problem until I
can rule out all else.

I will buy a new IDE cable tonight and see if that helps.

Not using CS on any drives...all jumpered to be master or slave.
I will use clear CMOS jumper to reset tonight.

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MATT ..... S T F U ........... and quit reading my posts.. go tell
someone else what to do.....

"Matt" <matt@themattfella.zzzz.com> wrote in message
news:ShgKd.2342$dT1.1277@news02.roc.ny...
> A: Because it ruins the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
>
> JAD wrote:
> > We are sounding like a broken record lately...PSU could be going
or
> > not up to par.
> > IDE cable bad
> > Don't use CS (cable select) with any drives.
> > Clear the CMOS set defaults.
> >
> > HTH
> > <mikednospam-groupso @yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:1106847574.784649.97410@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >
> >>Having a few problems with my latest build. On first boot the
> >
> > system
> >
> >>powered up properly but hung in detecting the IDE drives. I can
> >
> > boot
> >
> >>with either the hard drives or the DVD drives connected to the
> >>mainboard but not both. I am pretty sure I have the jumpers set
> >>correctly for Master and Slave. Any thoughts on what could be
> >
> > causing
> >
> >>this? Also when I first powered on the computer the CPU and
Memory
> >>were reported correctly (Athlon 2700, memory at 200MHz) on POST
but
> >>after working on the IDE drives they are now reporting as Athlon
> >
> > 1500
> >
> >>with memory speed of 100MHz. Any suggestions on what caused it
and
> >
> > how
> >
> >>to fix it? I have listed my specs below:
> >>
> >>MSI K7N2-Delta 2-LSR
> >>Athlon XP 2700+
> >>Crucial 512MB 3200
> >>Geforce FX5200
> >>Seagate 20GB IDE
> >>Maxtor 80GB IDE
> >>NEC DVD-RW
> >>Creative PC-DVD1240
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance!
> >>
> >>-Mike
> >>
> >
> >
> >

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no your annoying....was looking at the crosspost for an alt.penmanship
group. but you cant be from there..alt.weenie?


">
> ooh ... touchy

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OK, changed the cable on IDE Channel 2 and now boots just fine.
Thanks for all the help.

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I am still trying to solve another issue. I can't get the MB to
recognize the CPU properly. It is running as an XP1500 instead of an
XP2700. I also had to do a repair install on Windows XP and then
reinstall all the drivers so I haven't had much chance to try it out.
Hope to get to it this weekend!

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There are no jumpers on the board for FSB and I tried to force in BIOS
with no luck. I set the voltage to the spec from AMD and still no
luck. I will continue to fiddle.

I am not quite ready for RAID yet but hope to get there soon. Do you
have SATA or IDE drives? I have built in IDE RAID capability but
probably should updgrade my 20GB to another 80GB drive before I RAID.
The drives are IDE though, not sure if I will get the same performance
boost?

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Matt wrote:
> JAD wrote:
>
>> MATT ..... S T F U ........... and quit reading my posts.. go tell
>> someone else what to do.....
>>
>> "Matt" <matt@themattfella.zzzz.com> wrote in message
>> news:ShgKd.2342$dT1.1277@news02.roc.ny...
>>
>>> A: Because it ruins the order in which people normally read text.
>>> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
>>> A: Top-posting.
>>> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
>>>
>>> JAD wrote:
>>>
>>>> We are sounding like a broken record lately...PSU could be going
>
>
> ooh ... touchy

Naw, top poasting makes you bitchy!!!

S

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Akron Mike wrote:
> OK, changed the cable on IDE Channel 2 and now boots just fine.
> Thanks for all the help.
>

Now that it is running, how do you like it? I have one running and it
seems rather quick for the cheap cpu on it (2200xp 266). It does run
the kids games rather well, so it will do for now.

S

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Akron Mike wrote:
> I am still trying to solve another issue. I can't get the MB to
> recognize the CPU properly. It is running as an XP1500 instead of an
> XP2700. I also had to do a repair install on Windows XP and then
> reinstall all the drivers so I haven't had much chance to try it out.
> Hope to get to it this weekend!
>

How do you have the jumpers set on the board? What about in the
frequency and voltage control? This board is known to fall back to a
100mhz bus if it thinks it has a bad overclock (I have seen mine do that).

Good luck with the fixes.

I just stuck a cheap RAID card in this one too, I forgot to get the
version with it when I bought the board <slaps forehead - DOH!>. :-O
So now it is running with 2-120s striped and is rather quick for the
fooling around we do on this box.

S

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Akron Mike wrote:
> There are no jumpers on the board for FSB and I tried to force in BIOS
> with no luck. I set the voltage to the spec from AMD and still no
> luck. I will continue to fiddle.
>
> I am not quite ready for RAID yet but hope to get there soon. Do you
> have SATA or IDE drives? I have built in IDE RAID capability but
> probably should updgrade my 20GB to another 80GB drive before I RAID.
> The drives are IDE though, not sure if I will get the same performance
> boost?
>

In the cell menu, there are settings for FSB, etc. Have you set them
there? It would appear that you can adjust the multiplier and FSB, so I
would check there for correct settings.

My RAID is IDE. I have another system with SATA on it and both seem
really quick. If you are going to raid them, be sure they match to
achieve the best possible performance.

S