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Mike, I do not own one of these boards but took a look at their specs and there is support for 4 x Serial ATA2 devices and surprizingly, 4 x Serial ATA connectors. The normal practice is to locate the mobo connector (try looking at where the current one is connected) and this is most likely to...

Have you tried deleting it? rvnguy "I know everything..I just can't remember it all

Due to the high theft rate of laptops this is a scheme that makers have used to prevent easy re-entry. Normally, producing the correct documentation that matches registration records at an authorized service center is all that is required. I am not familiar with having to ship it. rvnguy "I...

Try deleting the msg's around this and it also. If you don't want to lose them forward to some account first then delete and try again. See if it is a msg causing the glitch rvnguy "I know everything..I just can't remember it all

If you can see the msg's that have downloaded, they are normally by date/time. Can you determine the last next to last or anything close to last? check date/time stamp. rvnguy "I know everything..I just can't remember it all

Yeah, and isn't this supposed to 'plug 'n play' ??? rvnguy "I know everything..I just can't remember it all

Just a reality check: Has this NIC ever been used in this PC? Is it onboard? If so, is it enabled in the BIOS? rvnguy "I know everything..I just can't remember it all

XP has a default of 10 users allowed in a workgroup. Above this MS wants you to use their server technology. rvnguy "I know everything..I just can't remember it all

Profit Margins.... rvnguy "I know everything..I just can't remember it all

Look at all the foregoing advice... Determine the drives interface, as stated if SATA you will need a SATA capable mobo or card. If mobo, enable in the bios, and obtain the SATA drivers for your OS to be able to recognize the drive. Same for a card snas the BIOS setting If and IDE drive also...

Question 1 - Margins Question 2 - USB 2.0 at 400KB/s is 4 to 8 times the rate of a HD. USB is not the bottleneck here. rvnguy "I know everything..I just can't remember it all

Grab the drive mfg's utils or your fav diag suite and run on this drive...see what they tell you about the health. May very well be on its way out. You might try the freezing thing; drive in a plastic zip bag in the freezer then directly to the PC and boot and transfer any thing you can...

I am not familiar with the intel chipset but it should be similar to the NVidia NForce as far as function. You might have a CD or can download the tools for the RAID controller/arrays. There is a separate BIOS for the controller usually accessible during boot up with a prompt to press?? to...

This ATI 'unified' driver thing sounds very similar to the NVidia driver suite; One driver release for all cards and also has problems with some older cards. Glad that you traced it. Was going to recommend something along this line, but knowing the advice you have given and that you stated...

Don't ya just love the win update thing... Can ya try either a lat known config before you hot patched, or remove(uninstall) the win fixes back to certian date? We all know that some can be removed while others are not removeable after they are installed. rvnguy "I know everything..I just...