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urgent help needed
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farrah
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30. October 2004 @ 12:50 |
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Thanx The OGS and DDP!
I will get those manuals first thing tomorrow. Wanted to get them today but the guy was out of town.
ddp, what do you mean with 50/50! Can't we just try it? I am so eager to get started and now I have to wait another day....grrrrrr
But if you think it is better to wait, I will do so.
Farrah
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ddp
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30. October 2004 @ 12:59 |
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they are 2 different motherboards. if we flash the wrong bios than you'll have to buy new board & cpu unless store has board that fit your cpu. wrong bios & it don't post you are sol. so patience my child & you'll hopefully see the fruit of your endevours
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farrah
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30. October 2004 @ 13:06 |
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Don't want to risk making the wrong move, do I??
Lets wait for those manuals.
Patience is a virtue isn't it! Are you going to be online the same time tomorrow??
Farrah
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ddp
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30. October 2004 @ 13:37 |
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i'll try for 9:30 eastern which is about 3:30 your time
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ddp
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30. October 2004 @ 14:18 |
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farrah
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31. October 2004 @ 05:56 |
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Hi ddp!
I got the manual and I even got a CD rom! (pity I can't use it in my sick computer, unfortunately floppy was missing). Just let me know when you are ready o.k.
Farrah
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ddp
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31. October 2004 @ 06:03 |
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did you get both manuals or just one. go thru manual, you'll see a board layout picture compare it to sickie!! & see if same, has to be exact. what does manual say on cover for name
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farrah
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31. October 2004 @ 06:35 |
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I just have one manual. The other one turned out to be of a second computer he has. If I compare the lay-out picture it is the as the one of my sick computer.
The cover of the manual says:
PC266 systemboard
Socket A
M850LR user's manual
F.
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farrah
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31. October 2004 @ 06:36 |
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I just have one manual. The other one turned out to be of a second computer he has. If I compare the lay-out picture it is the as the one of my sick computer.
The cover of the manual says:
PC266 systemboard
Socket A
M850LR user's manual
F.
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ddp
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31. October 2004 @ 06:52 |
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is it m850lr or m805lr as you said in previous post
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farrah
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1. November 2004 @ 05:13 |
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Sorry for this late reply.......
it is 850.
F.
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ddp
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1. November 2004 @ 05:23 |
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we have a problem, just did a search for m850lr on both google & mamma search engines no such thing. has to be m805lr. recheck manual & browse cd
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farrah
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1. November 2004 @ 07:26 |
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Sorry ddp, you are right it is 805lr.
I have been fumbling a bit myself and don't ask me what I have done but all of a sudden a completely different screen appeared! Right now I see on my screen:
Windows Setup
Loading files....
(Is this a good sign?)
Now it shows:
Welcome to setup:
- press enter if you want to install Windows XP
- Press R if you want to repair a Windows installation
- press F3 if you want to exit without installing Windows XP
When I press ENTER the following message appears:
Setup can't find a harddrive in your computer.
Make sure everything is connected and that the hardware configuration is correct.
I re-tried a couple of times but no still no go?
What should i do?
F.
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ddp
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1. November 2004 @ 07:32 |
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when computer started up did screen look normal before sick & did it give option press del for setup for bios
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farrah
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1. November 2004 @ 07:37 |
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yes, it looked quite normal, below appears press DEL to enter setup
I just pressed it and not I see CMOS Setup Utility
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ddp
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1. November 2004 @ 07:47 |
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you are going to have to do a R.T.F.M.D(Read The F***ing Manual Dummy), not meant as insult just a saying i have to tell my customers. you have to find section in book last half is for bios that deals with auto detection of harddrive or something like that. i am going to find a copy either here or off net
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farrah
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1. November 2004 @ 08:06 |
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Thanx for the compliment!
But I did check the manual.
Chapter 1: introduction
Chapter 2: Mainboard installation
Chapter 3: BIOS setup utility
chapter 4: Software & applications
I suppose it is one of the sub chapters of Chap. 3, like advanced BIOS features page. Is it the HDD SMART Capability?
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ddp
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1. November 2004 @ 08:08 |
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got a copy of manual, go to page 23, scroll down to primary ide master & press enter. if hd drive is master should popup, repeat on next 3 ide settings
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farrah
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1. November 2004 @ 08:24 |
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ide prim. master (none)....when I press enter it says (and this goes for all the other ide's):
ide prim. master auto
access mode auto
ide prime. slave (none)
ide sec. master AOPEN CD-RW CRW1232
ide sec. slave LTN526S
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ddp
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1. November 2004 @ 08:33 |
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reset connectors both power & ide to harddrive but shut poweroff & disconnect powercord 1st before playing with power & data cables as some boards still have power on when shut down. do you hear the harddrive making a noise like spinning. if no noise at all harddrive might be scrapped & you'll have to buy new one 40-80gig no higher i don't think
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ddp
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1. November 2004 @ 08:36 |
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server screw up
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ddp
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1. November 2004 @ 08:37 |
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server screw up
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ddp
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1. November 2004 @ 08:37 |
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server screwup
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farrah
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1. November 2004 @ 08:45 |
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did as you said. i hear a spinning sound but after a while it stops.
Does this mean there is still life in HD?
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ddp
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1. November 2004 @ 08:57 |
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probably not if not detected by bios, switch hd cable from primary to secondary port on mother board, don't reconnect cdrom & see if bios finds hd or not. if not than you need new hd. let me know which way it goes
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