I hate computers more and more

[sbjlsmtj]

So as the saga continues, I got another hard drive for my old compuer. Installed it (hardware is never a problem), formatted it, installed windows on it. Now I can't connect to the internet. I use a cable modem thru a router. I have an ethernet controller issue (not sure if that's causing it) but it has a yellow ? and says it can't find the driver. I've looked all over the place, I can't find one either, I can't even find what brand it is. I tried to load like Realtek generic one I found and then it has an ! and says it isn't working right. No matter what, I can't get on the net with it. I've tried to search on the xp disc for the drivers and didn't find anything, tried going thru system32 on the hard drive, nothing. On top of all this, when I opened my computer, it says hard disk F, how did it get to F? It only had one hard drive (maxtor) and replaced it with Seagate not it says F not C. Don't know if this could mess things up but thought I better throw that in.

Also, there was a yellow ? beside audio multimedia, I found realtek drivers for it and loaded it and it went away. And the very last thing, I know have a freakin bird in the computer somewhere. Every once in a while, it chirps, I can't tell where it's coming from, just a chirp. I'm almost afraid it's from the new hard drive since it wasn't there before. I can't seem to make it do it (had my ear stuck to the computer for 10 minutes and nothing but when I walked away, chirp).

Any ideas ( and I will need complete walkthru steps cause I'm an idiot) to fix the internet/ethernet controller problems? I can't describe the chirp any better, sorry. It's always software problems that make me want to toss the damn thing out the window.

[sbjlsmtj]

Anyone have any ideas?

[liqnit]

what brand model is your board?
as i know realtek don't make ethernet chips

[sbjlsmtj]

It's a MSI K8T neo, ms 6702.

[KnightRid]

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/d ... 496&kind=1

always check the manufacturers website ;)

Mike

[sbjlsmtj]

I tried to look for msi but couldn't get the right site, Thanks. So that means I have realtek ethernet controller and audio right? It has to be because it's an MSI board? Thanks

[sbjlsmtj]

Oh, also, this ethernet controller is why I can't see anything in my workgroup also huh? (trying to figure out how it works is all)

[sbjlsmtj]

So I'm downloading the drivers on this puter and going to burn it and move it over, if that fixes the internet, workgroup, sound problems. I still don't know why the hard drives says "F" now instead of C, Will that cause a problem? Thanks

[sbjlsmtj]

Ok, that fixed both the sound and the internet/workgroup.

The HD labeled F is still a problem and the chirp thing I'm still getting, it must be the new HD as far as I can tell. Why would it be doing that? I made sure it was secure in there and it isn't touching anything else. Could it be bad right out of the box?

Thanks

[pointreyes]

Could it be bad right out of the box?

Thanks

Yes. Happened to me with a Whining Digital. Died on the tenth day. Maybe try the manufacturer's diagnostic tool on the drive to see if it finds anything. Also, if at all possible make sure that the power plug going in the video card is not part of the same line that is feeding the HDD.

[Fogey]

Quote from Scott Muellers Upgrading and reparing PCs-16th edition:
Chapter 21-Page 1189-Paragraph 5
"Most hard dives today have sophisticated thermal compensation routines that make adjustments in head position realtive to the expanding and contracting platters. Most drives preform this thermal compensation routine every 5 minutes for the first 30 minutes the drive is running then every 30 minutes thereafter. In many drives, this procedure can be heard as a rapid tick-tick-tick-tick sound."

Give the new drive a chance.


Changing the drive letter from F to C will cause some problems. If the files/programs where loaded into F drive, they will be looking for the address to direct them to F drive: example:
F:/Program Files/Legit Forums rule/Number one.exe.

That file/program is located on F drive

Now, you change the drive letter to C.

You click on the shortcut " LEGIT Review is the best"
The shortcut can't find the program as its got the address[so to speak] of:F:/Program Files/Legit Forums rule/Number one.exe.
You however have changed the HDD to C. It can't find it cause you have no F drive or no program named that on F drive.

You live in an apartment/house. You have an address. For a joke you change your address on your mail sent to your house. Will you get your mail? Given the proper info, the computer will run it. It's us the user that usually screw it up most of the times

If you put your new HDD in, it should have been C by default. Then again, I don't know what they/you did in your bios set up either. A new install from scratch on a new drive hooked to the same IDE/SATA port should list it as C.

Keep in mind that your learning curve will have a number of ripples along the curveature surface relative to the users tangent offset.

[pcrobot]

Could it be bad right out of the box?

Thanks

Yes. Happened to me with a Whining Digital. Died on the tenth day. Maybe try the manufacturer's diagnostic tool on the drive to see if it finds anything. Also, if at all possible make sure that the power plug going in the video card is not part of the same line that is feeding the HDD.

Whining Digital???