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More likely that there are two 256 mb sticks in the system. This is DDR RAM and the reported RAM is minus that shared by the onboard video, if that is being used, as jmmijo suggested. There should only be two slots for RAM on this board, if it is the one that I think it is. What exact revision motherboard is this? There are a couple. Are you sure that the RAM is certified to work on the mobo? Relic is correct about the RAM possibly being the problem. Are both pieces the same make and model? If not take one out and try it with one stick. If this fails, try the other stick. These motherboards can be fussy about RAM.

Reference your previous thread here. SuSE 10.2 was not available in March, so I assume that you either did a clean installation of 10.2 or an upgrade? If this is the case, you need to reinstall ndiswrapper for the new kernel in 10.2. What browser are you using and did you try to configure the card in Yast, making sure to check the PCMCIA check box when configuring the card?

Quote: ...after I took it home and plugged everything in...pressed the power button...first nothing happened on the monitor. It's apparently not getting any signal. I also noticed my power light won't turn on? My motherboard light turns on, my fans are on, my LED's are on...my eVGA has a fan and that's running so my graphics card is getting power too. Do you mean that the power light on the monitor does not come on, or on the box? if the box, try checking the power supply voltage switch to make sure that it did not get moved to the wrong voltage when you moved the box. If this is not the case, do you get any bios beep codes on the boot try? Also try checking the power supply cable to the motherboard to make sure it is firmly in place. If the monitor LED does not come on, did you re-plug in the power connector to the monitor itself. Sometimes it takes a little more pressure to make the connection. Are you using a surge protector to plug in both the monitor and box?

Did you try the methods suggested at the HP support page for your system?

I don't have a lot of time this am, as I am preparing for a job interview, but let me ask some basic questions. As you provide more information, unfortunately, more questions arise about the setup on your system. Bear with me. Quote: Windows 98 was installed first on (hd0,0) "C:". Boot.ini is here. Then installed Windows 2000 to 7th partition (hd0,9) "G:". Both use same boot.ini. The actual location of partition 7 is based on what combination of primary and logical partitions that you have on the drive. You probably already know this, but in grub, the partitions start at zero and move up the line. So technically partition 7 would be hd0,8, but that is dependent on the partiton setup on your system (after hd0,0, which is usually always a primary partiton). You should be able to read the actual geometry of Grub, by typing the letter "c" at the Grub menu list to get the grub command line, then type; geometry (hd0) (hit the enter key) which shows you the geometry, as grub sees it for the primary master drive (hd0). I assume that this might be a typo? default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(13)\WINNT Should be default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(7)\WINNT Also, what are all the hide/unhide options? What is on (hd0,4) that you are unhiding? Also, you have a primary slave drive in the system? hide (hd1,0) hide (hd1,1) Quote: So booting from the hard drive I get the GRUB menu first, then the boot.ini menu. No problems! ...and both Win 98 and 2000 boot normally?

Yep, I got the documentation. Figured that one out! Ahh...you have Windows 2000 and Win 98 on the system! I should have guessed that Knoppix is the boot image being used, by the initrd entry. Let me ask, was Windows 98 installed first, then Win 2000? What I am getting at, is when you boot from Grub, does The Windows boot.ini come up with both options to boot Win 98 and 2000? In other words, Win 98 installed first, then Windows 2000, so that you have one boot.ini file handling both operating systems? Also, what is the grub entry for Windows on the Grub menu? I assume that both OS' are installed on different hard drives?

Do you mean the exact same issue as Yankee, on the first post, with the exact same system and operating systems, or that sound does not work with either the headphones or through the speakers? Please be specific, so someone can help. Did you try looking at the sound settings to see if the volume is turned up for all sound devices?

Take a look at this article. as well as this one, which should give you the information that you need.

You may want to post the model number of the motherboard, as well as the make and model number of the USB card (if it is not one of thoes "generic" models) to help folks answer your question better.

Are you plugging this device into a USB 2.0 port? Take a look at this thread, which should help.

Have you been connecting and disconnecting the drive correctly in Windows XP? Quote: How do I connect and disconnect a WD external hard drive from my PC or Macintosh? Answer IMPORTANT: Failure to connect the drive using the procedure below may result in your system not recognizing the drive. Also, not disconnecting the drive correctly could result in data corruption or data loss. To connect your external hard drive to your PC computer: Turn on your computer and allow Windows to load. Plug in the power to the external hard drive and let it spin up. Connect the data cable to the drive first and then to the computer. You should see a new icon appear in the system tray and the drive should appear in the Device Manager. To disconnect your external hard drive from your PC computer: Use the Stop and Eject Hardware icon in the system tray. Your computer should tell you that you can safely remove the drive from the computer now. You may then unplug the drive's power cord from the wall if you wish to turn it off. Reference

You did not mention that fact in your first post. What make and exact model number is the motherboard that you are having the issue with? Often, motherboards can have two sets (or more) of USB ports, one set USB 1 and the other USB 2.0. What does the motherboard manual say about the USB ports and the power supplied to them? Also, look at the Passport faq page here and see if there are some other clues on what might be the issue.

Well, if you have an Athlon 64 system and downloaded the iso images for X_64, then you have a 64 bit installation. If you downloaded the regular i386 images (eg; SUSE-10.0-CD-i386-GM-CD1.iso....) then you do not. If you are using the ndiswrapper package that came with SuSE (you installed it through Yast), often the drivers that came with the disk do not work as expected, or if your driver disk has drivers for multiple versions of your card, make sure that you picked the correct drivers for ndiswrapper. But either you use ndiswrapper or the (hopefully) native Prism drivers via Yast. When you attempted to use Yast to configure the card, at the Network installation interface, did you choose "wireless" from the dropdown box and check off the box for pcmcia? What card did you tell SuSE that you had? Just to make sure as you go along, you are sure that the router has no ESSID name or passphrase?

From the Linksys web page. This should help.

Did you see this Microsoft article?

The problem is whre is the EBCD documentation? Can you post a link? I can't seem to find any. I assume the code is not modified at all by you and EBCD is using it's own Linux subsystem to boot the operating systems. What distro of Linux do you currently have on the system? The clunking of the hard drive is not good and seems to indicate that grub is not looking (or not configured) for the proper partition/sectors on the hard drive to boot Windows 98. I also notice that you are running Windows 98? Do you think that this system has enough RAM to run both the EBCD in RAM and initiate the Grub floppy in RAM, since you are attempting to load everything into RAM? In other words, how much RAM is in the system? I also found this link. It is not EBCD specific, but may give you some clues.

Read the quote again. It is not necessarily related to the power supply, but to how much power is available to the USB ports by the motherboard's design to run external devices without the need for an external power source. This is a function of the motherboard and it's USB ports. If the first computer is USB 2.0 compliant and provides sufficient power to the USB ports to run the device, then that's fine. If the second system does not provide enough power to the ports and/or is not USB 2.0 compliant (which the passport drive is made for) then this may be why you are having the issue.

Assuming that both computers have Windows XP installed, both have USB 2.0 compliant USB ports and are desktop systems... From the Western Digital FAQ page (in case the link does not work); Quote: Why does a WD Passport drive click or not spin up when connected to a USB port? Answer Problem: The WD Passport drive either does not spin up or tries to spin but clicks when it is connected to a USB port. Cause: There may not be enough power currently supplied to the machine's USB port. Most computer systems only supply 500mA of power through USB ports. The WD Passport hard drive requires a little over 1000mA of power at spin up. Solution: Try the Passport drive on another USB port or another computer. If the Passport drive is connected to a USB hub, try connecting it directly to the computer's USB port. If the drive is connected to a PCMCIA (PC Card) on a notebook computer, the drive may only function properly if you power it with the optional power adapter. If you decide to use a third-party USB cable to connect the drive to the computer, the cable may not be able to transfer enough power to the drive (This includes USB "reel" cables and extension cables). Western Digital offers an optional power adaptor and an optional USB 2.0 Power Booster cable (the USB 2.0 Power Booster cable has two USB connectors that plug into the computer instead of one). Could this be the problem?

It looks like your question is being addressed on the PC Guide forums, where you also posted this question. Since I never use this utility, I can't be of much help. Did you ask this question at the Forum for EBCD? The author of the utility would hopefully respond.

According to the SuSE wiki page this card should work. If it is really a version 3 card, it has a Prism chipset. It's been a while since I worked with SuSE wireless, but let me ask; 1. Is this the 32 bit or 64 bit version of SuSE? I looked around and it seems that the 64 bit version has some issues with wireless. 2. What have you already tried to get the card working? Did you use Yast to try and configure the card as a wireless device? 3. Do you have encription set up on the router? If so, did you try #2 using your ESSID and WEP settings?

First of all, good work on installing Fedora! I remember another user with this sound chipset, and yes, it is a known problem. See the partial post here. Different Asus motherboard, but the same audio chipset. What exact make and model modem is this? realize. many are "softmodems" with contollerless chipsets that rely on the motherboard chip to do the work. They are made for Windows only and can be a bear to get working in Linux. When you get comfortable with the setup, you can change the timeout in Grub to delay longer before booting an OS. I saw your link for the Linux flavor of Fedora. The nice thing about this, is that it has all the drivers for video and audio. You may want to try this. Ubuntu is a little more newbie friendly than Fedora, which can take a little more work to get just right. I mentioned Fedora Core 6, as it is the latest and more likely to support your hardware. If you do use Ubuntu, then make sure that it is also the latest version, to support your motherboard's hardware better. If you go with Fedora, I would try the specialized version that you provided the link for, since it has most of the drivers that you would need. The modem, we will have to wait and see what you have, as I assume that you already tried configuing it from within Fedora?

I think that you are getting a little ahead of yourself on this. You have several flavors of Linux iso images, I assume from your description, downloaded and possiblly burned to disks. You have some fine distros (flavors) including Ubuntu, which may be a little more user friendly for new users to try first. But let's look at what you have. Question #1 - First of all, think about what you want to do with Linux. What specific tasks do you expect to do. You are new to Linux and Fedora may or may not be the right choice for you. Your expected tasks will help you decide from the array of fine distros out there. So, what do you want to do, in term of tasks? Question #2 - why Fedora Core 5 rather than 6, which is newer and may support your hardware better? Question #3 - what other hardware is in your system, say printers...etc? Do you use a wired cable internet connection, or plan to use wireless? You have an Athlon 64 system, so, did you download the CD images for an Athlon system? They should have been named something like FC-5-x86_64-disc1.iso..etc. If you downloaded the i386 images, that will also work, but not optimize your procerssor's power fully. In terms of partitioning. Did you delete a partition at the end of the hard drive? And you did leave it unpartitioned, correct? I assume that you got stuck at the partitioning screen? I new installation is what you need to do, but you have to tell Fedora how you want to use the hard drive. See the partitioning page here. If this is the case, if you have free space on the drive that you want to have Fedora use, then you would pick Use free space on selected drives and create default layout. You only mention having one hard drive in your system, so I assume this is the case. If you are installing Fedora on a second hard drive, let us know, as there are some other points to consider before installing Fedora. I am not trying to discourage you in this process, just have you make informed decisions before you take the plunge. Better to have a plan than try to overcome problems from the start and get frustrated. The best way to install Fedora, is to read the documentation. You will get a lot of useful information to guide you through the process. See the documentation for Fedora Core 5 here. this should answer a lot of questions that you may have. Another excellent article is Fedora Core 5 Linux Installation Notes.

Try posting the make and model of your system, which will help folks troubleshoot your system. Many motherboards have a feature in the bios that shuts down the system (or reboots it) if the fan speed is detected as not spinning properly (or too slowly), as well as if the processor gets too hot. If you can't pin this down to something that you did, say add a specific program or piece of hardware, try to note if you can hear the processor fan spinning. You may need to take the case cover off to do this. This could be a variety of issues, such as bad or improperly seated memory, or a failing power supply. If you added some hardware and it started, then the power supply may not be adequate to cover all the hardware. Add any details thast you can think of to try and pin down some possibilities - if anything had changed in the system when the problem started.

I got curious about this and looked around. This is after the fact, but look in the bios under sata devices configuration and note the two settings; (1) ATA/IDE Configuration and (2) Configure SATA as... Note how the drives are being detected under both settings, by reading the users manual (online - english) on page 3-13. Note that there are multiple modes that can be set in both settings, depending on what you have for hard drives. (1) ATA/IDE Configuration = Compatible ??? (2) Configure SATA as...IDE???? This is assuming that you have the same board, model MS-7028 (v.1.0B). I bet the answer lies in these two settings. I have a Biostar board, but remember having a hell of a time with this. I'll have to look at my settings. Just some thoughts, but I like your solution. I'll have to remember this.

jmmijo makes a good point, especially since you may need the DVD drive to install another Linux flavor in the future. I do have to as, since you do not have a DVD player or writer on your system, does your system comply with the hardware requirements for Fedora Core 5? Best to know this before attempting an installation. You can install Fedora from the hard drive by downloading the full set of ISO images to a unique partition (not where you are installing Fedora to), then burn the first iso file on a CD which will allow you to boot into the installation interface and pick the iso files on the hard drive to install from. This partition can be either a Linux partition, or fat32 partiton. The main point here is that you need to have a way to boot to the images on the hard drive to start the installation process. I do remember some time ago doing what you are asking about with an installation of Linspire. I copied all the files (the directory structure intact) from the CD with Linspire, then was able to use Grub from another installation of Linux to initiate the installation process and use the files on the hard drive for the same. I don't know how this can be accomplished in Fedora. All I have read on these methods involves using the raw iso images. I Googled as bit but found nothing about this involving Fedora.