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I'm thinking perhaps some flaky memory, since you have (2)Two sticks of ram installed, try removing one of the sticks and see if the problem goes away or not. If it does, then the stick you removed is most likely the bad stick of ram. Try removing the second stick of ram and replace it with the stick you had previously removed and see if the problem comes back, if so you've verified that it is indeed that stick of memory. The other possibility could be a bad HD, or one that's going bad. Of course the only real way of testing this is to use the HD manufacturers diagnostic tools which usually will reformat and kill any data on the HD itself, so I only recommend this if you've already backed up your important data

I've installed Win 2K on a few Socket T motherboards and had no problems what so ever, if there was an issue with Win 2K, it would have to be in the device driver area, i.e., if Intel didn't produce INF/VGA drivers for the motherboard for any OS other then XP. Since all the motherboards I've used, including those made by Intel, have come with Win 2K drivers, then you really have nothing to worry about. Now one thing you would want to consider is if you were havint to purchase the OS with the system, then consider XP Pro over Win 2K pro, it's now actually cheaper for us system builders then Win 2K Pro

The latest 4-in-1 service pack does support the newer K8 chipsets including yours. As for thinking you're running older drivers that do not properly support PCIe, well, I don't really have an answer for you there, I think perhaps that it's a misunderstanding of how PCIe works over AGP, as pertiaining to how the chipset/inf drivers work that is. I bet that the AGP driver is a dual-function driver now, when the inf drivers get installed and the correct reg entries to ID the chipset and such are there then the AGP driver works as the bridge to either the AGP or the PCIe x16 graphics ports. I could be wrond about this so if anybody has any technical info on this I would also like to know

and to follow-up some more, if your ISP is only giving you one IP address then you'll need to connect the xDSL modem to a gateway/router box that can NAT to multiple internal machines from that single WAN IP address

Hmm, well just to put you mind at ease, it does make a difference running in dual-channel mode rather then single-channel mode Also note that running in single/dual-channel modes does not effect the total physical memory allocation at all. It just has the added beneifit of allowing the MMU to map memory with either 64-bit(single) or 128-bit(dual) addressing. Basically it means that now the memory can be accessed with a 128 lanes of traffic vs. only 64 lanes of traffic

The unfortunate thing here is that you need to install from the CD that came with the card initially to use the WEB updates Creative Labs will sell you another driver CD for a modest fee of course. Also note I think that the CD is pretty darn full, i.e., lots of extra apps and demos and such. Have you tried a GOOGLE search yet ?!?

So what is the make/model of the old motherboard ?!? Have you tried locating a used/refurb motherboard to replace the one that just died ?!? It's also possible that you maybe able to find a suitable sub, in that it may not have to be the same make/model, but rather one that has the same chipset and supports your CPU and memory, etc....

Nope, I have no idea without really trying it out. My thinking is that NT4 will not properly support the extra features and functionality of both the motherboard chipset and the cpu. I however would not see any reason why it wouldn't at least attempt to install, but I could see that NT4 would not see 4 cpu's, i.e., two physical and two virtual cpu's but only see the two physical cpu's

My only other suggestion is to try it out on another Windows 2000 machine or even an XP box just to make sure the device actually is working

Yes, this is certainly the case, since I work for a system builder we had at one time these same BIOS locked OS installs as well. Sorry to say that there is no way to transfer this at all, in reality Microsoft does not allow you to transfer this OS and it's EULA to any other machine. You will need to either purchase the Retail version or if you purchased a complete system from a system builder then they should be able to sell you an OEM-DSP version of the OS

I've noticed that pretty much every USB 2 pci card and device I've installed onto machines in the past couple of years comes with a device drives disc/cd. To my surprise they almost always include Windows 2000 drivers for some reason. Have you tried these yet ?!?

Good tip there HyperBlade and you almost got the name correct too, it's called Thermal Paste FYI on stock P4 coolers, well actually any stock and boxed CPU from Intel, there is a spec on how many times they suggest reusing the same thermal pad/paste that comes with their stock Boxed CPU's, I think it's like 20 times removing and reseating the heatsink. I however believe it to be prudent and just clean up the old paste with a rag/paper towel and clean any excess with Denatured Alcohol, not rubbing alcohol, and apply a thin layer of thermal paste. This stuff is pretty darn cheap from most places, even Radio Shack

Thanks for the link there american zombie It's been awhile since I used the term: Terminate and Stay Resident myself... And isn't TSR, the Advanced D & D company part of Wizards of the Coast now ?!?

My Audigy 2-ZS still sounds better then the onboard AC97 codec found on most motherboard today, IMHO that is Now that being said, the latest codecs are finally giving Creative Labs a run for their money, of course you can only experience the latest HD Audio codec if you have a 915/925 chipset board. This codec is named Azalia and it's an 7.1 HD Audio codec and it does indeed sound very good to me using the same DTT Cambridge Soundworks 5.1 speakers I have connected to my Audigy. My next upgrade may indeed decide not to go with an Audigy however I've not had the chance yet to purchase the Audigy 4 Pro yet

OK, then the other possiblity is that the Samsung DVD reader does not like to be jumpered as the SLAve drive. Try swapping the jumpers around and make the DVD-RW drive the SLAve drive and the Samsung DVD reader as the MASter drive.

I gathered that this user did connect the optical drives to the secondary controller port however it's possible that the boot order in the BIOS is incorrect. So double check that the boot order is set to boot from the HD first now that the OS is installed. This means if you ever need to boot from a CD then you need to adjust this once more

Just bypass the inline speed control module and connect the 3-pin fan connector to the CPU power connector on the motherboard. If the fan still runs at only 2800RPM then perhaps a BIOS update may fix this or for some reason that fan only runs up to 2800RPM

PC Cooler is an OEM version of the Zalman coolers. Not sure if Zalman is the OEM/ODM or what on this one however Now to why it's running hotter then the stock heatsink/fan, well most likely because you're using the smart fan inline speed controller. If you ran the fan at full speed instead, I bet it would run cooler, but of course you sacrifice the noise level by doing this. Also note that it appears you purchased the Al-Cu version, basically like the stock cooler, is a copper core-aluminum heatsink. The better ones, and more costly of course are the all copper coolers, much better at displacing heat then even the copper core coolers.

You should be able to disconnect the DATA drive from the system and then boot from your Windows install media disc and use the repair console feature to run the fixmbr command. This should then repair the master boot record and make that partition active. Once finished, then you should be able to boot from that drive, just press the reset button or use the CTRL + ALT + DEL keys.

My guess is neither, it's most likely the blank media itself. I bet you're using some generic blank media, besides, I find it best not to use speeds above about 16x anyways as I tend to burn too many coasters, even when using name brand media. I have many drives, Aopen, Plextor and TDK among others. This being said, you can check the manufacturer of that drive and see if there is a later firmware rev. Many times the firmware updates will recognize more blank media and also it can sometimes fix the speed issue and properly allow for faster burns.

Originally posted by cybergenx: Quote: Assuming they are all identical it should work though, correct? Correct Also, check the motherboard BIOS rev, if there are any updates consider flashing before installing memory into all four slots, this is because some motherboard manufacturers didn't do all the proper testing with 4 sticks of memory. Also the later BIOS revs tend to include fixes for different memory modules and correct timing errors too.

Originally posted by krisis: Quote: No, no problem is listed under any of the other dxdiag tabs and all other dxdiag tests work. Also, the performance tab you mention has the slider all the way to right. Then I'm at a loss unless the registry and/or the OS has gotten corrupted somehow. This could be due to many issues including hardware like the ram, ps, cpu and motherboard....

Yes and no, let me explain. You really will not know for sure until you try it out on that motherboard. If the replacement uses different memory cells then the original then there is a very good chance of failure and/or just random crashes and lock-ups. The reason is simple, even if the stated timings and speed rating are the same, there can be minor timing issues between mis-matched memory cell manufacturers. Be sure that when you get your replacement that it can be replaced with the same manufacturer memory cells. If it can't then perhaps the place of purchase can replace both sticks for you with a matched pair

Try running DXdiag again and see if anything in there lists a possible problem. Also if you check the Performance tab of the Display properties, you should see a slider that normally is all the way to the right of that screen. Perhaps it has been adjusted to the left which starts to turn off various graphics options.

I'm going to assume you have a socket A/462 motherboard since you describe your CPU as a 2000+. That being said, which make/model of motherboard is it ?!? Have you looked at the manufacturers website for a BIOS update ?!? The reason I say this is because you have the latest generation nVidia GPU and I'm also going to suspect you have an AGP model which could be an issue if your motherboard is only an AGP 4x model instead of the latest 8x chipset. Normally the 8x AGP cards can go backwards to 4x and operate normally but perhaps there is a signalling issue with this motherboard and/or the VIA chipset. The other thing to note here is that you have the same error with other graphics cards so I'm really thinking a corrupted OS and/or device drivers, this includes DX9 too, or the motherboard maybe on it's last legs perhaps. But one other thing you may want to test out, the Power Supply. Do you have a spare and what is the make/model of the current PS ?!?