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I jotted down my settings on my BIOS and if there something wrong pelase point it out...thanks

Hey are the settings: (They go in order, going down)

>Standrad CMOS Features >Frequency/Volage Control
>Advanced BIOS Features >Load Fail-Safe Defaults
>Advanced Chipset Features > Load Optizmied Defaults
>Integrated Peripherals >Set Supervisor PW
>Power Mangement Setup > Save & Exit Setup
>Pnp/PCI Configurations > Exit without saving
>PC Health Status

Under >Standrad CMOS Features

Date Thu, Aug 3, 2006
Time 2:52:51

>IDE Channel 0 Master [Maxtor 6Y120P0]
>Ide Channel 0 Slave [ None ]
>IDE Channel 1 Master [DVD-Rom BDV212B]
>IDE Channel 1 Slave [ SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-21]

Drive A [1.44m, 3.5in.]
Drive B [None]

Video [EGA/VGA]
Half On [All Errors]

Basic Memory 640k
Exteneded Memory 523264k
Total Memory 524288k

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Under >Advanced BIOS Features

ATA IDE Cable Msg. [Enabled]
Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]
Hyper-Threading Technology [Enabled]
Quick Power On Self Test [Eanbled]
First Boot Device [Hard Disk]
Second Boot Device [CDROM]
Third Boot Device [Floppy]
Boot Other Device [Enabled]
Boot Up MemLock Status [On]
Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled]
x Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6
x Typematic Delay (Msec) 250
Security Option [Setup]
x APIC Mode [Setup]
OS Select For DRAM >64MB [Non-OS2]
HDD SMART Capability [Disabled]
Vido BIOS Shadow [Enabled]

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Under >Advanced Chipset Features

>DRAM Clock/Drive Control [Press Enter]
>AGP & P2P Bridge Control [Press Enter]
>CPU & PCI Bus Control [Press Enter]
System BIOS Cacheable [Enabled]
Init Display First [PCI Slot]

Under >DRAM Clock/Drive Control [Press Enter]

Current CPU Frequency 200MHz
Current DRAM Frequency 166MHz
DRAM Clock [By SPD]
DRAM Timing [Auto by SPD]
x SDRAM CAS LAtency 2.5
x Bank Interleave 4 Bank
x Precharge to Active(Trp) 4T
DRAM Commands Rate [2T Command]

Under >AGP & P2P Bridge Control [Press Enter]

AGP Aperture Size [128M]
AGP 2.0 Mode [4X]
AGP Driving Control [Auto]
x AGP Driving Value DA
AGP Fast Write [Disabled]

Under >CPU & PCI Bus Control [Press Enter]


PCI Delay Transaction [Disabled]

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Under >Integrated Peripherals

OnChip SATA [Enabled]
SATA Mode [RAID]
IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled]
OnChip IDE Channel0 [Enabled]
OnChip IDE Channel1 [Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled]
Primary Master P10 [Auto]
Primary Slave P10 [Auto]
Secondary Master P10 [Auto]
Secondary Slave P10 [Auto]
Primary Master UDMA [Auto]
Primary Slave UDMA [Auto]
Secondary Master UDMA [Auto]
Secondary Slave UDMA [Auto]
IDE HDD BLock Mode [Enabled]

And I forgot where these were under:

AC97 Audio [Auto]
MC97 Modem [Auto]
Onboard LAN [Enabled]
OnChip USB Controller [All Enabled]
USB Legacy Support [Eanbled]
USB Mouse Support [Enabled]

Onboard FDC Controller [Enabled]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3FA/IRQ4]
Onboard Serial Port 2 [2FA/IRQ3]
Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [ECP]
ECP Mode Use DMA [3]

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Under >Power Mangement Setup

HDD Power Down [Disable]
Suspend Mode [Disable]
Video Off Option [Suspend -> Off]
Video Off Method [DPMS Support]
MODEM Use IRQ [3]
Sort-off by PWBTN [Instant-Off]
Ac Loss Auto Restarft [Off]
>IRQ/Event Activity Detect [Press Enter]
^^^^^^^
Under >IRQ/Event Activity Detect [Press Enter]

VGA [Off]
LPT&COM [LPT/COM]
HDD &FDD [ON]
PCI Master [OFF]
PowerOn by PCI Card [Enabled]
Modem ring Resume [Disabled]
RTC Alarm Resume [Disabled]
DATE (of month)
Resume TIME
IRQS ACtivity Monitoring [Press Enter]
^^^^^^^^^
Under IRQS ACtivity Monitoring [Press Enter]

Primary INTR
IRQ3 (COME 2)
IRQ4 (COME 1)
IRQ5 (LPT 2)
IRQ6 (FLOPPY DISK0
IRQ7 (RTC ALARM)
IRQ9 ( IRQ2 REDIR)
IRQ10 (RESERVED)
IRQ11 (RESERVED)
IRQ12 (PS/2 MOUSE)
IRQ13 (COPROCESSOR)
IRQ14 (HARD DISK)
IRQ15 (RESERVED)

Under >Pnp/PCI Configurations (i think, I dont really rmemeber)

Reset Configuation Data (Disabled)
Resoruces Controlled By [Auto(ESCD)]
x IRQ REsources Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
Assign IRQ For USB [Enabled]

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Under >PC Health Status

Shutdown temp [disabled]
CPU Vcore 1.45V
2.50v 2.52v
3.30v 2.52v
5.00v 3.24v
12.00v 11.71v
Voltage Battery 3.18V
Current System TEMP 34C
Current CPU TEMP 35C
CPU Fan Speed 2481RPM
CASE Fan Speed 0 RPM

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Under >Frequency/Volage Control

Auto Detect PCI Clk [Enabled]
Spread Spectrum [+/-0.50%]
CPU Clock [200MHz]
CPU Voltage Regulator [Default]
DDR Volage Regulator [Default]

So what is wrong? May you please point it out so I can change it! These settings were exactly the same as in the manuel except for the First Boot, Second Boot, and Third Boot is a little different!


Thank you for your time. Thanks

To disable a service, don't use msconfig. You should run services.msc.

Timezone,

Here are a few settings in your BIOS you should change (these changes will not correct the problem you are experiencing but they are better settings)

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Under >Advanced BIOS Features

ATA IDE Cable Msg. [Enabled]
Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]
Hyper-Threading Technology [Enabled]
Quick Power On Self Test [Eanbled] <---------- Disabled
First Boot Device [Hard Disk] <---------- CD ROM
Second Boot Device [CDROM] <---------- Floppy
Third Boot Device [Floppy] <---------- Hard Drive
Boot Other Device [Enabled]
Boot Up MemLock Status [On]
Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled] <---------- Enabled
x Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6 <---------- 30
x Typematic Delay (Msec) 250
Security Option [Setup]
x APIC Mode [Setup]
OS Select For DRAM >64MB [Non-OS2]
HDD SMART Capability [Disabled] <---------- Enabled
Vido BIOS Shadow [Enabled] <---------- Disabled

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Under >Advanced Chipset Features

>DRAM Clock/Drive Control [Press Enter]
>AGP & P2P Bridge Control [Press Enter]
>CPU & PCI Bus Control [Press Enter]
System BIOS Cacheable [Enabled] <-------------- Disabled
Init Display First [PCI Slot] <-------------- AGP (if available)

The boot device priority (CD ROM, Floppy, Hard Drive, Other) is what I recommend. The rest of the settings are more than just a recommendation, those are the values they should be set at.

Questions for you,

1. You said you originally had Win 2000 and experienced the problem. Then you installed Win XP.

Did you install Win XP from scratch (meaning, you wiped out the partition where Win 2000 was installed before installing Win XP) or did you upgrade from Win 2000 to Win XP ?

2. Have you tried a different video card yet ?

After you answer those two questions, I may have some constructive input to give you.

You're welcome.

I recommend that order because diagnostics are normally located on a CD-ROM or floppy. If you have your hard drive as the first bootable device then the system does not boot from your diagnostic disk until you change the settings in the BIOS.

Having the hard drive as the last device to boot from adds less than 1/2 second of time to boot in most modern motherboards. That way your system is always ready to be diagnosed.

HTH.

Oh...I see why you told me to change in those orders. Thank you very much. Yes, I'm also glad that my computer is fixed! Happy me...lol


Thanks once again.