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  1. nob1

    2 identical OS on same machine.

    I have a disc caddy on my new machine, which takes 4 HDD. My plan is to have 4 bootable HDD each with a different OS installed. (well 3 OS actually) Each disc will cover a different aspect of the work I do. Except one which will only be for games. My problem is: can I install the same OS (from...
  2. nob1

    Which SLi socket for Duo card

    Anybody know which socket of an SLI MoBo a DUO (2x7900GTX) card fits into and what is the SLI/normal switch set to? Mobo - Abit fatal1ty AN8 SLI. Graphics card - XPower Duo 7900GTX SLI.
  3. nob1

    Problems setting up RAID

    I've set up a RAID in the BIOS using two identical SATA drives. Ive pressed F6 and loaded the driver fron floppy. When windows setup gets to the partitioning and formatting bit it sees my drives as two seperate drives and asks me which one I want to install XP on. Shouldn't these two drives be...
  4. nob1

    Boots without pressing Power ON

    I've got the same problem on two machines. They boot as soon as you switch on the PSU switch. (ie without pressing the power on button) Neither of the power on buttons are shorted out and neither are the MOBO pins so its not that. I've tried different PSUs and its exactly the same. Am I...
  5. nob1

    SLI Issue

    My new MoBo is a Nvidia 4 chipset with SLI. I initially only want to use one graphics card. Which slot does it go in - the X1 or the x16. The manual is not clear about this. The graphics card is a Geforce 6600GT.
  6. nob1

    Network problem. Can't see the Network.

    I have a small home network. My office PC is connected to a Netgear router (RP614V2), the input of which goes to my cable STB which provides me with broadband internet. The router is also connected to a Netgear Wireless Access Point which provides internet access for my wifes PC and a laptop...
  7. nob1

    XP can't see IDE RAID array

    I have a machine with XP installed on a WD Raptor (74GB)HDD. My motherboard has a IDE RAID controller (GigaRAID IT8212) I have set up a couple of IDE drives as a RAID array and XP sees the array in system info and in control panel hardware devices but not in My Computer. So I am unable to use...
  8. nob1

    Fans start up but otherwise dead.

    My grandsons machine stopped in the middle of an online game and wouldn't reboot. The fans are running but there's nothing on the screen. I've isolated it from all its peripherals except keyboard and mouse to no avail so I changed the PSU which made no difference. It's a fairly recent machine...
  9. nob1

    HDD recovery problem

    I've just got a DELL in for repair with a screwed OS (XP). Have been unable to recover it as the owner tried to reload windows and it all went wrong. He wants me to get some files off it before reformatting and reloading the OS. I've connected it(SATA) to another machine and although the the...
  10. nob1

    Need a power supply expert

    Not sure about the sequence of events after you press the ON button. I have a Gigabyte GA-81HXP MoBo with a 2.8 P4, 512Gb RAMBUS. It suddenly decided not to boot. You press the button the fans start up, the power supply light comes on - and then everything goes off. As far as I can discover, as...

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