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ChrisTJohn JamesonJoined: 16 Mar 2005
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:47 pm Post subject: Comp parts are here |
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alright, so everything is here, and now I get to go piece all the intricate parts together. But what i was planning on doing was scrapping the hd's from this one and hooking em up to that one.
Should I just unplug and re-plug, or should I reformat them first? Will the different drivers clash?
Also there are several intricate things on teh motherboard that you can change: **DF means default
PS/2 Power Select: 5v(df) vs 5VSB
USB Power Select: 5v(df) vs 5VSB
S/PDIF-Out Settings: S/PDIF-out via ALC850 vs S/PDIF-out via nForce4
DRAM 4V Select: DF vs Expand DRAM's Voltage up to 4V (what is the advantage of this)
Also WTF does S/PDIF stand for?
And finally for the ram, which slots 1-4, (1 &3) I believe it's 1 and 3 but I want to be positive. usually you leave a 1 gap space correct? _________________ Submit to Milky Way
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firefox_71Old Fart Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Location: D/FW
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, slot 1 and 3
if you don't know what SPDIF is then don't worry about it.....leave it alone
Why not just leave the old machine together for emergency use/just surfing the net
if you just have to use them, i would format them
I would suggest you also get the CPU and RAM in there and the PSU and do any overclocking you are gonna do on the CPU and/or RAM right then before you even think about putting windows on it
like right now, you are using your old machine to ask about this stuff......if you take it apart how are you going to ask if you hit a snag? _________________
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Wang ChungElite Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: Virginia Tech
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Comp parts are here |
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Slaughter wrote: | alright, so everything is here, and now I get to go piece all the intricate parts together. But what i was planning on doing was scrapping the hd's from this one and hooking em up to that one. |
Leave that shit be until you're up and running on the other machine.
Quote: | Should I just unplug and re-plug, or should I reformat them first? Will the different drivers clash? |
See above, but eventually I would reformat if I were you
Quote: | PS/2 Power Select: 5v(df) vs 5VSB
USB Power Select: 5v(df) vs 5VSB
S/PDIF-Out Settings: S/PDIF-out via ALC850 vs S/PDIF-out via nForce4
DRAM 4V Select: DF vs Expand DRAM's Voltage up to 4V (what is the advantage of this) |
Leave all that shit as default. DRAM voltage expansion is for memory overclocking.
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Also WTF does S/PDIF stand for? |
Sony/Philips Digital Interface Format
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spdif GG
Quote: | And finally for the ram, which slots 1-4, (1 &3) I believe it's 1 and 3 but I want to be positive. usually you leave a 1 gap space correct? |
Uhh gee it depends on how many sticks you have and what you're asking? Whatever, yeah, run it in 1 and 3 OR 2 and 4 if you want to take advantage of dual channel features. _________________ is now -=|CT|=- Frothy Mixture
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ChrisTJohn JamesonJoined: 16 Mar 2005
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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well What I plan on doing is taking m raid array drives out of this one and putting them in the new 1. then take my extrnal and hook it into the old 1 for use at home.
As far as overclocking, I don'y plan on doing it, because I don't know how and don't feel like messing anything up.
as far as goofing up and not beig able to post, I can always use my laptop. But I will go ahead and leave everything be for the time being. Seeing as I don't have my reformat disk, and I need to back everything up before I reformat. _________________ Submit to Milky Way
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SupaFlyGunner Fan Club President Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: sunnydale mental institution (for the mentally unstable) ((like me)) (((supa)))
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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you can leave the hd's be if you want, but youve got about a 25% chance that windows will even boot after a hardware swap like that, if it works, cool, if not, join the club
even if it does boot, youll want to format anyway, itll be buggy as hell if you dont _________________
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theboomboomElite Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: Denver
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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I built the machine using my old HDs and installed the OS on the first bootup (second actually, I had to configure the bios the first time). The things you are going to want to be careful of are a. plugging in the front panel stuff to the motherboard and b. jumper configurations. Those were basically the only problems I have ever encountered. _________________ You do not say that the wheel is fatigued, yet the body is as material as the wheel
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ChrisTJohn JamesonJoined: 16 Mar 2005
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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jumper configs, and what do i have to set up in BIOS? everything is all hooked up and running aside from harddrives. _________________ Submit to Milky Way
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theboomboomElite Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: Denver
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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I had to disable my onboard audio since I was going to be using another soundcard. That was about it, other than checking temps for normal readings and getting familiar with the interface incase I ever had to use it again. _________________ You do not say that the wheel is fatigued, yet the body is as material as the wheel
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ChrisTJohn JamesonJoined: 16 Mar 2005
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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Problem:
I cannot refprmat these disk to just windows XP, since it only came with a Compaq reformat disk, which will go ahead and install all the old drivers from the old machine.
does anyone know a way to get aroud it on the disk and just run windows? Also if I'm using a raid 0 array, do I need to have any kind of driver set up for that, or application. Or can I just hook up 2blank hdd's and the mobo regulates all that?
Also If there is no way around it, does anyone know where I can get a cracked version of XP professional? _________________ Submit to Milky Way
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Wang ChungElite Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: Virginia Tech
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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Ummm ask some "nerds" for a copy of WinXP pro corporate edition. _________________ is now -=|CT|=- Frothy Mixture
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SupaFlyGunner Fan Club President Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: sunnydale mental institution (for the mentally unstable) ((like me)) (((supa)))
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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and your mobo shouldve come with a floppy that has the raid drivers you need to install windows (if you watch the bottom during install itll say press f6? to install 3rd party raid drivers _________________
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firefox_71Old Fart Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Location: D/FW
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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IMHO
fahq raid 0, is it really worth the hassle? _________________
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theboomboomElite Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Location: Denver
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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The other way they are distributing the RAID 0 driver is on a CD that you have to use to format the floppy. Supa has the rest of the process right, I do believe it is F6 during the install And, it looks like you are going to have to buy/dl yourself a new copy of Win XP since those compaq disks are designed to only work on compaqs. You may get lucky, but your system will probably be buggy as hell. _________________ You do not say that the wheel is fatigued, yet the body is as material as the wheel
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ChrisTJohn JamesonJoined: 16 Mar 2005
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:17 am Post subject: |
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SupaFly wrote: | and your mobo shouldve come with a floppy that has the raid drivers you need to install windows (if you watch the bottom during install itll say press f6? to install 3rd party raid drivers |
Oh so that's why I got a floppy disk labeled "SATA RAID Driver Disk"
So I insert this into my non existant floppy drive while I am installing windows after I hit f6?
firefox_71 wrote: | IMHO
fahq raid 0, is it really worth the hassle? |
and yes it loads things from the hard drive quick as a mother fucker, I guess that's why compatible hard drives can be around 100$ more _________________ Submit to Milky Way
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