?'s about moving boot files !!

[jlohojo7]

i see i see but im still not sure what it needs to be set at what do you think according to that diagram you gave me it looks as if that i dont need the jumper in there is that your consensus??

[Chewy]

yep, no jumpers on the 10 pin block

[jlohojo7]

your the man well im at work so i cant work on it now ill take it out when i get home!! What if anything am i suppose to look for to know if its correct or working??

Are we getting closer to solving the optical drive issue here ??

[Chewy]

pick up a new 80 conductor 40 pin ide cable

[jlohojo7]

will do !!! what do they run $ wise ?? is there any better then the other or are they just generally the same ??


Pulled out jumper seemed to boot fine didnt have to 2 check out anything else as i had to go back to work !!

[Chewy]

just any brand new cable is fine

[jlohojo7]

sorry but i didnt think to ask you but which one do i need to replace for my HDD of optical drives ?? which cable

[Chewy]

we need an extra, btw how old is your computer?

cpu speed. type?

[jlohojo7]

computer is like a 5 or 6 year old vaio 1.99ghz

it still runs good just that damn samsung drive you think its just the drive ??

[Chewy]

you think its just the drive

no, there's something else going on

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

you'll ned to download this program so we can see what motherboard you are running

[jlohojo7]

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name VAIO (Joe's PC)
User Name Joe

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2000 MHz (20 x 100)
Motherboard Name Asus P4B-LX (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 2 DIMM, IEEE-1394)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Brookdale i845
System Memory 512 MB (PC133 SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Medallion (06/20/02)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA RIVA TNT Model 64 (Sony) (32 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 M64
Monitor Sony SDM-M51 [15" LCD] (0468595)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Intel 82801BA ICH2X - AC'97 Audio Controller [C-0]

Storage:
IDE Controller Intel(r) 82801BA Bus Master IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive WDC WD1200BB-00GUC0 (111 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive _NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A
Optical Drive TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S162L
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 16002 MB (6128 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 98468 MB (92806 MB free)
Total Size 111.8 GB (96.6 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Pointing Device

Network:
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC (192.168.1.2)

Peripherals:
USB1 Controller Intel 82801BA ICH2X - USB Controller 1 [C-0]
USB1 Controller Intel 82801BA ICH2X - USB Controller 2 [C-0]


DMI

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[ BIOS ]

BIOS Properties:
Vendor Award Software, Inc.
Version ACPI BIOS Revision 1005
Release Date 06/20/2002
Size 256 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP
Expansion Capabilities PCI, AGP, USB

[ System ]

System Properties:
Manufacturer Sony Corporation
Product PCV-RX571(UC)
Version 28402530
Serial Number 3000651
Wake-Up Type Power Switch

[ Motherboard ]

Motherboard Properties:
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.
Product P4B-LX
Version REV 1.xx
Serial Number xxxxxxxxxxx

[ Chassis ]

Chassis Properties:
Manufacturer Chassis Manufacture
Version Chassis Version
Serial Number R1559716
Asset Tag P00300000000208080100002
Chassis Type Tower
Boot-Up State Safe
Power Supply State Safe
Thermal State Safe

[ Memory Controller ]

Memory Controller Properties:
Error Detection Method None
Error Correction None
Supported Memory Speeds 70ns, 60ns, 50ns
Supported Memory Types DIMM, SDRAM
Supported Memory Voltages 3.3V
Maximum Memory Module Size 1024 MB
Memory Slots 2

[ Processors / Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 ]

Processor Properties:
Manufacturer genuine intel
Version Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4
External Clock 100 MHz
Current Clock 2000 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 1.6 V
Status Enabled
Upgrade LIF
Socket Designation mPGA 478

[ Caches / L1 Cache ]

Cache Properties:
Type Internal
Status Enabled
Operational Mode Write-Back
Associativity 4-way Set-Associative
Maximum Size 32 KB
Installed Size 32 KB
Supported SRAM Type Synchronous, Pipeline Burst
Current SRAM Type Synchronous, Pipeline Burst
Socket Designation L1 Cache

[ Caches / L2 Cache ]

Cache Properties:
Type Internal
Status Enabled
Operational Mode Write-Back
Associativity 4-way Set-Associative
Maximum Size 256 KB
Installed Size 256 KB
Supported SRAM Type Synchronous, Pipeline Burst
Current SRAM Type Synchronous, Pipeline Burst
Socket Designation L2 Cache

[ Memory Modules / DIMM 1 ]

Memory Module Properties:
Socket Designation DIMM 1
Type DIMM, SDRAM
Installed Size 256 MB
Enabled Size 256 MB

[ Memory Modules / DIMM 2 ]

Memory Module Properties:
Socket Designation DIMM 2
Type DIMM, SDRAM
Installed Size 256 MB
Enabled Size 256 MB

[Chewy]

who is the hell ever put a 200 meg hard drive in that box?

[AlienX69]

I still got some of those tiny drives lying around .... paperweights ....

[Chewy]

very good doorstops, my son tears them apart for the magnets?
I had some 300MB scuzzi full height ones, now it could have been classified a dangerous weapon

[jlohojo7]

well now that we have established the my pc is a POS i have going to need everyone to come back down to reality stop laughing at me and put our heads together. what needs to be done here ??

and i dont even know what are you guys are laughing at i dont even know whats going on anymore