Hi,
my problem is basically described in the title. i went from a P4 to a PD processor and added a SATA drive. I have two other HDD currently installed (both IDE.) here are some of my specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte 8vm800m 775
CPU: PD 2.67
HDD: 250GB Seagate SATA
IDE HDDs: a 120 seagate and a 160 wd
RAM: 2GB 533MHz
GPU: nvidia 7300gt
OS: XP Pro SP2
PSU: Ultra 500w
one ide drive is slave to cd/dvd and other is by itself. i put a jumper on the SATA drive to make it run at 1.5 because i think that is all my mobo can handle. the jumper looks bigger than it needs to be though; not sure if that is my problem. XP is seeing the SATA as an IDE but i have read several places that this is not a problem.
The computer crashes during games (sometimes immediately, other times I play for an hour or two) and when my wife runs Roxio Blackberry to put music on her phone. I want to avoid a fresh install of XP if possible. Thanks.
my problem is basically described in the title. i went from a P4 to a PD processor and added a SATA drive. I have two other HDD currently installed (both IDE.) here are some of my specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte 8vm800m 775
CPU: PD 2.67
HDD: 250GB Seagate SATA
IDE HDDs: a 120 seagate and a 160 wd
RAM: 2GB 533MHz
GPU: nvidia 7300gt
OS: XP Pro SP2
PSU: Ultra 500w
one ide drive is slave to cd/dvd and other is by itself. i put a jumper on the SATA drive to make it run at 1.5 because i think that is all my mobo can handle. the jumper looks bigger than it needs to be though; not sure if that is my problem. XP is seeing the SATA as an IDE but i have read several places that this is not a problem.
The computer crashes during games (sometimes immediately, other times I play for an hour or two) and when my wife runs Roxio Blackberry to put music on her phone. I want to avoid a fresh install of XP if possible. Thanks.