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I just sent this to Intel.... Hey, can you also tell them that there should be a way to disable that crap image that pops up on boot (I DONT WANT A SPLASH SSCREEN and I'm not using that BIOS editor they give out to get rid of it, plus that editor, the System Integrator Toolkit, wont let you put no ...

I also noticed on the intel trouble shoot board this : "Ctrl-I Option to Open RAID Configuration Utility Does Not Appear After configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology, upon reboot you will see the Intel® Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM status message on the screen: Pr...

but the HDD light stays on this thing will be fixed with the next bios-update! just got a test-version and can confirm that they have fixed it finally! Dandruff, Thanks for that info! Buffycor, I am not personally concerned about the drive LED but that's a subjective thing, some need it some don't ...

OK, I tried a fresh install of xp using the f6 option. I had already enabled "raid" in the bios advanced drive config. Loaded the "raid" drivers which are the latest from intel website and got BSOD!!! :x After loading them again and selecting "ide" in bios the thing lo...

Hi, Tried the procees as descibed but I got BSOD! but thankfully that acronis image really put me back together :) (great facility). Sorry but glad we had our past discussions RE backups :rolleyes: Acronis and Ghost haved saved my butt on MANY an occasion :drinkers: I dont think I will get anywhere...

Hi, Back up and running with the new backup installed :) Cool :) Need to consider if things need changing a bit now to see if I cant get a bit more out of the system :| Still not sure about running without AHCI :? See below... Also considering a sound card as the on board sound is not too good with...

[quote="Nick T."]My plan was to order the following on Monday, but today I found the Legit Motherboard Forum and struggled through a gazillion posts about the D975XBX2 and am now having second thoughts. I would like to have your opinions. D975XBX2 Bad-Axe 2 mobo Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.6...

Make sure that RAM timings and voltage are set correctly according to RAM specs. In my case this MB detected my RAM (OCZ) as 1.84 V as opose to 1.95-2.1V I agree with Boris, mine does the same (1.84) with my Corsair XMS. I am only running 2 sticks so it hasn't caused any problems but maybe loading ...

Many thanks for that. I have that correct now. I also made a bootdisk but it seems to hang on the starting acronis part. Is that normal or might it just not be booting? Sorry for more questions. I will be signing out now as my mrs is getting irate! :roll: Thanks. Stuart. It does boot kinda' slow, a...

Just to clarify :oops: The Key called "EnableBigLba" with a value of dword:00000001 is IN the FILE named Parameters. It shows as the fourth key down from the top. I think I was getting confused by the reference to "Under" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ata...

Read your last post again and I think what I had before was incorrect!! So Ive deleted that file and added the "EnableBiglba" into the actual parameters file and then added the value data via the modify box-- am I getting there :rolleyes: Stuart. Correct, Under the [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYS...

Stuart, The following key should be in the registry in this path. I think the "legacy_detection" is a different key. If the key is not there copy the text between the dashed lines into a text file, save it with a .reg extension and double click it and it will add the value to the registry....

Thanks DR, I got a new copy of XP with sp2 from my friend at Microsoft. I am now just waiting for the final word on the Intel board, which might be they are no good. SVP SPV07, No problem, this isn't an issue with the motherboard but is caused by XP. It actually has been a recurring issue with HDs ...

Not sure what the "Boot Message" issue is but the HDD LED always on with Marvel disabled IS NOT fixed with this latest BIOS release.

Hi- Thanks DaddyRabbit, I am not too worried about the present circumstances as everything is running ok ( I dont seem to have any AHCI drivers anyway- I got two Marvel floppys in my intel box!). With regard to the imaging of hard drive, I have a WD mybook premium external hd so is it possible to c...

Stuart, Running in IDE is fine if NCQ and/or hot swap is not a concern. The previously posted method of gaining the full size of the Raptor works fine either way (I actually installed in IDE mode and did the Acronis image thing before installing the AHCI drivers from device manager). I installed the...

Well Oblivion is a beast but I think maybe a higher end GFX card might get you more for your buck than a CPU upgrade. The 3.4 is not a slouch. That said my 8800GTS is my first Nvidia card since the Geforce2 days so I'm not up to speed with Geforce performance (e.g. 6 series vs. 7 series) I actually ...

Sorry, I meant "What graphics card do you use"?

Ok, my life on the pc pretty much consists of WoW and internet access. My old pc I built was all MSI Athlon stuff. I came across a deal that I took. A D915PBL with a Pentium4 3.4mhz cpu. Just curious, for my applications, what would the top 3 fastest and/or most dependable cpu's I could replace the...

The ICH7R is actually a in the chipset, the Marvel is a third party controller. The reason for using it is to give user more SATA ports. The ICH7R can only support 4 ports natively so they tack on the Marvell to add on. I personally (with no real knowledge or data to back it up :) ) would defer to t...