12) start system - it should go directly to BIOS to confirm your processor speed. In BIOS - set BOOT order to CD-ROM first, HD- second. Leave everything else at default, for now. Put WINXP in CD tray, Save and Exit BIOS, which will reboot system.
Wonderfully writen BBGUN, very simple to read but this is where I got stuck
I read your post on the WB BB the day after I put mine together so it took me like 6 hours without any extra instructions besides what came with the MB. If I only would have known about that MAXTOP case from NewEgg ahead of time I would have bought it.
Instead i got a
DreamStar case with a 400 PSU for 48 delivered
A MSI k7n2g with onboard video for 80 on Ebay to save some bucks
and used all my old componants from My Emachine
CDR DVD Floppy and 80 gig HD,,, tossed the old 250PSU but bought only a 300 watt Enermax which may have been a mistake since the case has so many lights on it.
I ran into 2 probs
#1) Case had raised bumps in it to place the MB on that match MB holes and only 3 of those brass spacers were included, I used 2of them. I was not sure what I could do if I needed to keep the MB off those spacers so I just set her down on them and continued to build. I screwed only the 2 spacers in and seems solid enough not to move at all.
CDR DVD share a rounded IDE and the HD is on a duel ribbon that I used the top connector to plug in in with thinking that was the primary.
CDR DVD share a power strand from the PSU and the HD has it's own which may have been labled extra on the plug or maybe not (away from that machine right now , can't remember but it's on it's own strand.
#2) HERE"S THE MAJ. Prob
SYSTEM won't boot.
I get a blue screen that says something like
If this is your first time seeing this error mesg then retart your computer.....if not run a check scan disk or something remove any newly replaced hardware or harddisk controlers, check for viruses and blah blah blah
Then I get a black screen asking me what i want to do.
Boot normal... does not work
Boot safe... does not work
Boot last systen configuration that worked... have not tried.
I used my old HD since the MB had fried and was going to send it back to Emachines to be refitted with one but for some reason totally unknown to me......My cat pissed in the open case before i packed it. The cat has never pissed in the house er on the house I should say.
Well anyway I figured Emachine would void the warranty so I didn't even waste my time and bought some new parts.
Yes the puter was plugged in at tthe time but not on. From what I could see he got 2 old PCI cards and the wires in front of the the Cpu heatsink and fan. The fan was untouched as far as I could tell.
Telling the story makes me want to remove 2 more of the lives the cat has left but I am a little closer to telling it with a cracked smile on my face if I can make the new set up work.
Does using the OLD HD have anything to do with it and should I use the old configuration? BTW I'm running XP on the 80 gig HD but want to add my OLD HD loaded with 98 a little later... can I do that?
Well, I hope you can Help... I'm really needing some advice at this point.
ZX
