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Good info Slim, thanks Now what about the 875P chipset, this document seems to only be about the 865xx chipset flavors. However, since I don't recall seeing any integrated gfx on the Conterwood, I may have to assume that it only runs in this linear memory mode

Quote: i don't know about that board but compared with the other manufacturers he listed i have had the best experiences with asus i wouldn't buy from any of those manufacturers i also wouldn't buy amd via sis nforce or any of that crap i would buy intel supermicro or tyan Well yes I can see buying the above mentioned parts for say a high-end workstation and/or server. Supermicro makes some very nice Dual Xeon boards and also they allow you to install one Xeon for expansion purposes However, I think making a blanket statement like you did for this particular topic is not on-point at all, just seems to be a point at bashing, AMD, SiS, nVidia et.al. Just my opinion of course I happen to like both AMD and Intel for CPU's, I run both types at home and at work, they both have performed very well indeed, at least for me. Also, I'm a bit biased on mobo manufacturers as we are a system builder/reseller and are mainly an Aopen shop So I'd recommend the AK79D series of boards. However I personally like Asus as well and have had no complaints about them

There you go, so indeed you want that port open at least Thanks agian for the info sapiens

But if you don't use VPN or any kind of SSL, do you really need that port to be open ;(

I'm sure there is but since I use WinRAR I don't really know what this is, sorry about that I'm sure that somebody has a way to do it when you're just using the built-in support

Ah, this is all good info, thanks I just entered these ports into my Linksys router as well

This could very well be the main issue, registry corruption I find the only two solutions to this is to do a repair install via the install media or a complete reinstall via the install media along with a reformat of the system/boot drive or partition

Oh, you have one of the hybrid chipsets, no, don't use the VIA 4in1 then Sorry about that, but you did make sure to d/l the latest drivers from AMD's website then ?!? This appears to be the latest ones for Win 2K

I would then go get the latest VIA 4in1 Drivers and install them. After the reboot see what happens BTW - these drivers are now optimized for both Win2K/XP

I've got that same router and have not blocked those ports. Seems to me that it's done automatically in that I've not seen anything to indicate that somebody on the WAN side of things can see any of my internal boxes. The fact that you're using, like I am, internal non-routable IP addresses would preclude any of this getting outbound or outside of the router

I've not come across any messages like this under Win 2k, but then again, when I build boxes I usually install any DVD-ROM or R/W drives in first before the install of the OS, not afterwards. Perhaps this is the issue, I'll have to try this on Monday and see what happens. BTW - like sapiens has suggested, have you made sure you have the latest IDE drivers installed, perhaps re-install them to see if this resolves anything. Perhaps a reg key was not created properly or something. Also you can try installing a 3rd party DVD decoder for the drive, such as WinDVD or PowerDVD and then see if it still asks for this.

You'll find that Phoenix Technoligies purchased Award Software a couple years ago and has been merging the two together for a while now. You'll still find mobo's with either or even the combined Award-Phoenix brand on them Mainly however, Phoenix does OEM boards, like those from Intel who basically supplies Dell and some of the other manufacturers with P4 boards.

One long beep generally indicates a memory issue. Try removing all memory module(s) and cleaning out any excess dust/dirt then reseat the module(s) again and see what happens. If it continues, then I suspect a memory module is not functioning properly.

You beat me to mentioning this very thing BladeRunner Do you know if Akamai uses something like squid for their caching servers or is this a pretty standard config for *nix caching servers ;(

I've not seen anything that would cause a stability problem running memory asynchonously, just gives you options you can work with however What you could look into however, is one of the newer Barton Core Athlon's that run at a FSB of 166 and then your memory would indeed run synchronously

I'm going to hazard a guess it's something to do with the ECS motherboard. I've not ever had good luck with them but this is just my opinion of course. This is the same kind of board that Fry's always uses for their Lost Leader/Bait-Switch ad's ;(

I agree with sapiens on this one, I like both that are listed Now of course this means that your CPU's FSB and the RAM's timing will be running asynchronously rather then synchronously. For optimum performance you want to run both synchronously However, the chipsets, motherboards and cpu's have gotten so fast that you may not see/notice the difference yourself, although you could probably measure this via a benchmark app

Disabling PnP may help but which OS are you running ?!? Seems strange to be having these issues as I've installed many expansion cards into machines without having to disable or troubleshoot like this. Could also be there is some system registry corruption, could be causing some of the PnP functions, and who knows what else, to mis-behave

Hope this works for you As for the DVD drive, I thought you said you have it setup as the Primary SLAve drive, sorry about that As for having two HD's, well as another possible test, you can always discconect the second SLAve HD as well. Also you can try the cards out in different PCI slots, I would however recommend not using the slot next to the AGP slot as these two share the same IRQ and this could be an issue in your configuration

Here are some things to try out: 1) Disconnect the DVD reader from the primary channel that it's sharing with the hard drive. Remember you are testing here, be sure to disconnect both the data ribbon cable and the power connector from the DVD drive. You may also need to rejumper the HD for proper MASter settings. If it's a WD drive, just remove the jumper totally, this is the factory default for MASter without any SLAve drive connected. 2) Remove both the NIC and the USB2 expansion cards. 3) Enter the sytem BIOS and under the integrated peripherals, disable both the COM1 and the COM2 ports, if set for AUTO, change this to DISABLED instead. Also, do you have a USB printer or is it connected to the LPT port ?!? If it's a USB printer then go ahead and disable the LPT port as well. If it's connected to the LPT port, check to see if it also has a USB connector on the printer, many newer printers have both and I say it's much nicer to use USB scanners/printers/keyboards, etc... 4) Now find the onboard USB settings, disable these too. Remember you're attempting to troubleshoot here so if you have say a USB mouse and/or keyboard, then see if the BIOS will allow you to enable only say the first two ports, many newer motherboards support this too If need be, you may need to find an older PS/2 mouse and/or keyboard for testing purposes here. 5) Now find the Reset ESCD, usually under the PNP/PCI configuration settings. 6) Reboot into your OS and check the device manager for any RED X's or YELLOW exclamation marks. Note which these are and then use Device Manager to Un-Install the offending devices and then reboot again. Recheck Device Manager and see if these devices are now properly detected. 7) Now if this all works, power down the machine and add one of the expansion cards, say the NIC first. Plug the machine back in and boot it up and check out device manager again. 8) If this works and the NIC is functioning fine and all, then shutdown the machine once more and install the USB2 card. Again power back up and recheck device manager and if need be install any device drivers for this card. Reboot even if it doesn't ask you too and once more check out device manager and verify all seems to be in working order. Do some testing with any USB1.0/1.1/2.0 devices. Be sure to let us know what happens

Yes as Vermyn stated. You'll get to a screen that asks if you want to do a fresh/new install, a repair of an existing install or quit the text setup function. Choose the fresh/new install. It should find the existing install, just use the delete partition option then you'll be able to reformat using NTFS by default. I would recommend however that you use the full format option rather then the (quick) option, if this is available. This will ensure a good clean format and will also let you know if there are any possible HD issues Once the format is complete then it will start copying files to the HD and then after this process it will reboot. Just follow the on-screen prompts to install the rest of XP. During this process at some point it should ask for your Windows 98 media, the CD, if you do indeed have the Upgrade edition of Windows XP

Ah, I missed that part Well then yes, you'd not want to upgrade at all then. A fresh install is most preferred. Of course one thing I didn't see being mentioned was if Sway has the upgrade version of XP. In this case you should still be able to install fresh but it should ask for the original Win 98 media to verify.

Possibly Sway wants to do a dual-boot ?!? If so, then you want to either have two separately formatted partitions or two separate hard drives to install the OS onto. Myself I do this on my gaming rig so I can play those troublesome games under Win 98 instead. So I formatted the first 20G partition to a FAT32 type and then installed a fresh copy of XP Pro onto the second partition as an NTFS type. Works well for me

I received this message a couple of times last night and then after a reboot it worked fine. This may have been coincidental however Microsoft has added some new info to their Windows Updates home page: Steps to Protect Yourself from the Blaster Worm To protect yourself from the Blaster Worm and its variants, users of the following products: Microsoft Windows® 2000 Service Pack 2 or greater, Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003, should install "MS03-026: Security Update for Windows XP (823980)". Microsoft Windows NT4 users are also vulnerable and should click here for more information. Users of Windows 2000 RTM or Windows 2000 SP1 should upgrade to the latest service pack and then install "MS03-026: Security Update for Windows XP (823980)". Your computer is not vulnerable to the Blaster Worm if either of these conditions apply to you: If you have already downloaded and installed the security update that was addressed by Security Bulletin MS03-026. The MS03-026 update will not be listed on Windows Update in this case. If you are using Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), or Windows Millennium (Windows Me). For more information click here.

The other security option is to password the system bios for booting without the correct pass. I know most desktop boards have this option but most likely most notebooks/laptops do as well. So when you rebooted the machine it would ask for this pass at the bios post screen Also note there are a number of hardware dongles that do this as well, boot off the USB ports and are keyed to the machine.