samc

My upgraded system: P4 3ghz HT(530J processor);Intel 915GAV mainboard with 1mb L2 cache;512mb Xeon DDR 400mhz RAM;Seagate Baracuda 80gb PATA;SONY combi drive;350watt SMPS. The system is stalling in between the installation process, no such error messages or even if it gets install it always boots ok in safe mode. No DOS programs viz. Norton ghost works...and the overall performance of the pc is not that much impressive in comparison of my old system i.e. P4 1.6ghz-intel D845mainboard-512mb SDRAM. Can u please help me with any URL from where i can know all the optimum bios settings to be done for Intel D915GAV board. I have the bios upgrade, but actually a bit shaky to do it myself, incase it damages my mainboard. I am feeling pretty upset maybe this was a wrong choice. I have plans to get a hi-end 256mb pci-express card being a hardcore gamer but then again read so many -ve feedbacks about this board, cards burning up & other stuff like that. Please advise. regards

Thanx pals for your replies but you actually idn't get my point. The partitions were never NTFS, they're all fat32. Xp is good but i need windows98se as a dual boot, cause i love working on it too. But even i have tried installing 98se first on raw partition on the 915GAV+P4 3.0ghz HT, but its not getting installed. Any comments! regards

Hi Friends...today i upgraded my pc to a Intel D915GAV with P4 HT 3.0 processor & 512 ddr 400mhz. Apart from xp sp2& windows2000, nothing seems to get installed. Windows 98SE is not getting installed at all, always getting stalled. Dos application like norton ghost are not being able to run. Machine seems not that fast [than my previous P4 1.6mhz, Intel D845WN, 512 sdram] even with dual cpus being shown in task manager. I have a 350W power supply, carryign on with onboard graphics but have plans for getting myself a geforce 6800 GT 256mb PCIexpress. Read your discussions, am pretty disappointed about Intel D915GAV motherboard but had no option because this is the only 915 mainboard available in the place where i live i.e. kolkata, india. Please advice regarding windows98 installation and other safety issues & bugs of this motherboard. Also brief me about the special settings in the bios. regards Sam