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Is there any program (similar to the MSCONFIG from Windows 98) that can alter all the programs that startup? I looked in Services for some programs that are starting up and they are not there. They are also not on the startup list in the start menu, nor have options to not startup with Windows. I want to rid these damn useless programs all they do is make booting slower and take up memory. Also I have a bunch of programs (and I know it was stupid) that I DELETED off the drive instead of uninstalling them. How do I remove those links? I remember it being in TweakUI but it wasnt in there. Is there any programs for that? Thanks.

Damn thats a nifty little programs. Thanks again.

I will try that. I wonder why I didnt know that. I fish around in there all the time.... Hmm... Musta not striked my mind. Thanks!

Grand. Thank you.

Sorry this should of been in apps.

I think I have an issue very similar. I have noticed that when my CD-ROM Drive spins up my system periodically hangs and does not respond. Then when it spun up all the way, it works fine. It does not freeze. I figure it is just the IDE channel being accessed and the system (for some reason) cannot spin up the CD-ROM and operate at the same time. I guess... It doesnt affect me to the extent as you, but it is similar. Does anyone know how to stop this annoyance?

No need to be sarcastic. I am aware of everything you have told me. I am asking for more help beyond what you have already told me. I want to also go on record by saying I do appreciate your help very much. So you don't need to be sarcastic. Now that that is out of the way. I DID enable hault on all errors, as a matter of fact it was practically on that! I had it on "all, but keyboard" which would do the same effect. The only reason I had it on that was because sometimes I do not have my "cordless" keyboard plugged in. And I can plug in the PS/2 in the middle of Windows and install it no problem. And I also realize the drive will not get damaged if the power is not plugged in or shaky etc. But since I was not sure if it was not plugged in all the way and I got an hard disk drive fail that concerned me because I DID HEAR the drive power up. So you see my point now. Yes the ATA Utility provided by WD on the floppy disk is not detecting ATA 100 or even 66! Its only detecting ATA33. But... It is detecting the drive it self properly. That leads me to believe that (and I may be wrong) the BIOS or something is not setup correctly. Granted, the drive may be 'misreporting' ATA66+ capability. But the drive IS BEING REPORTED CORRECTLY. I am not trying to be rude here. Now before I try to get an RMA and return it I want to STRESS every option I have before doing so. I'm sure you understand why as I don't want to be hard drive absent for any extended period of time, or even 1 hour for crist sake. I will do a test to see sequential read and report back here shortly. And thanks for the encouraging words of my drive failing. I doubt it will fail. It has never failed before but there is always a first time. Again, thank you for your help. I have read everything you have told me. Mike

Are the using the same IRQ? Or any other resources? Or near each other? That is the only thing I could think of. Maybe trying to get new drivers for the Kyro II. Or talking to the motherboard manufacture and BIOS manufacture. Hope this helps.

Ok I have been messing around with some BIOS stuff. I got the damn thing now to say when booting LBA, ATA-100, 40002 WD blah blah blah stuff. So the BIOS has ATA-100 capability. Now I ran the setup utility. And the phuker still says ATA33 and ATA33 is the ONLY AVAILABLE OPTION! So something is either screwed up with the drive... Or i dont know. I didnt even have to do this on my friends machine. I didnt have to use the WD Utility Disk thing to enable it, it was already enabled. I just installed Via 4in1 4.32 Final drivers and ATA 100 worked on his system. I WILL NOT DO THAT ON MY SYSTEM. Also, on my system it says DMA Mode for transfer rate but it is still sub 66 speeds! I need to figure this out. Why wont the utility enable ATA100?

Quote: ATA 100 enabling is not an WD thing. every single drive has it. but coming to quality. It used to be verry good when the largest drives were 13-15GB not anymore. Cache handling of WD is verry sloopy although it does not spin down (actually it should) it can under no circumstance keep a constatnt data rate. and it does not spin down to recover errorsa either so it just keeps getting worst. I find them to be higly unreliable. in a different sense. Usually they do not die straight ahead but your Bios starts reporting drive Fail. You can still access it and copy your data but actual High frequency cct is gone. I have seen bios wiped or cache memory blown reporting %60 failure IBM and Quantum are actually the real deals. IBM is the one manufactered first HDD and still they have the largest, fastest drives (and most expensive). Quantum on the other hand licences technologies from IBM so it is always about a week behind on size and speed. And the drives are fab. generally. But I have started to come across more and more faulty quantums. it is usually a problem with their suspension or shock absorption which is caused by drive not fixed properly. This is because quantum drives have the quickest spin up and down. which puts stress on the mechanism. Frankly I do not see any other device worth mentioning. I hope it helps. You know what... Come to thinking about what you said here... I remember once, and only once, hard disk drive fail during POST. Now I was messing around in the comptuer, and the IDE cable or power might not have been in all the way. But I recall it was in, for what I could tell by my half *** analysis of the cable. I wonder if the drive is not damaged... But how the hell can that be? It has operated seamlessly all this time, no problems with data what so ever. No misc fails or spin downs or anything. And who cares about cache handling on hard drives. I have onboard cache for my processor L1 and L2. And 256MB RAM. That's my cache. You can tell it works too. Load MS Word on first boot, takes a few seconds, close it and load it again later, LOADS HELLA FAST! Same thing with quake 3 levels. Cache does make a difference though I can really see it.

Well their technical support does not exist. From that I could find. I called their tech support. After going through all the menus and not getting a hold of any god damn person I decided to wait on the non-touch tone phone part. After sitting over an hour I gave up. Total bullshit! So what do I do now? I don't want to wait another 6-8 damn weeks for a RMA to get taken care of. And knowing them they probably wont even transfer the data from my current HD to the new one. I'll probably end up fixing it my self. Then there is always the possibility of getting a new hard drive back, and finding out it is doing the same thing as my current one. I think the problem is my system. I don't see any reason for this drive to not be working. I want to try some more things and go through it more throughly if anyone can help me. Their tech support sucks and their online support is no good either. Can someone help me please?

Yeah I'd love to get/make one as well. The issue is heat! When AMD resolves the heat issue I will consider getting one. Right now it's Intel for servers cause the processors dont produce as much heat as the dual Athlon servers. Especially if you dont want fans or cant have fans for the Rackmount servers, then AMD is screwed. Wait until there is more options with AMD before making a dual Athlon server. I am...

Yer mouse probably has a default with acceleration on and mouse speed higher. Just go slow it down. No biggie.

ok will do thank you

Using WinME instead of Win 98 SE just for the hell of it. But browsing the network seems to take a REALLY long time. Does anyone know why and how to fix it? Stupid as Win 9x platform! Errr! I hate it! I hate it a lot!

ok i compltely spaced that thank you.

yeah you can DL the drivers off their website

Well something enabled ATA100 on my friends comp when i messed in the BIOS. His ATA100 is working. Testing in SiSoft Sandra and it kicked the **** out of UDMA66. Mine is still stuck in PIO 4! WTF is up man? Should I call WD? I have tried everything you guys have told me and its not working. How do I get it out of PIO 4 mode!?

Well I checked the cable.... I think I need to enable LBA cause it is not on on mine but it is on on my friends. When his sys boots up it says ATA100. I will try and figure it out... Thanks for all the help.

That is what is on my floppy disk. ATA 100 is working on my friends computer!

ok thank you I am looking in my manual.

hmm well I will try but I SERIOUSLY doubt that is the problem. I don't think the drive is faulty. How do I enable DMA5???

How do I put it on DMA 5? This motherboard is an EP-8KTA3, came out in Feb BRAND NEW! BIOS is from Feb also. And it supports ATA100 in the BIOS according to the packaging. If you've seen this board first hand you know its a good board and has ATA100. Perhaps. But my friends computer (practically same config) is doing the same thing. I think its a setting or a config or something. Kinda pisses me off there is no deffinate answer.

Ok... model is WDC WD400BB-00AUA1 BIOS says its on PIO Mode 4 or something like that. IDE HDD Block is ENABLED IDE Prefetch Mode is ENABLED WD floppy disk utility still says its 33 and choices are 33 only. WTF IS UP WITH THIS SH1T MAN!?

ok i will try that thx