I was here in search of advice not long ago (actually quite some time ago considering this is the longest I have been without a computer or high speed of my own for many years) looking for some advice on hyper threading as I was planning to build a system. Well I am back both to thank you for all the advice I received (some of it I took some of it I ignored but all of it I appreciated) while seeking more. Please excuse the lamness of my questions but with your help I may be able to escape the embarassment of having to bring in my system for the IT guys to fix when I start my next project the end of next month. I assure you that I make good art.
I have just recently purchased the components for a new system
Iwill P4HT i845PE, 6ch, LAN, DDR333, Motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz 478/533 Socket, (512K)
2x 512MB DDR PC-2700 64X64 333MHz 184PIN
ATI Radeon 8500 All-In-Wonder 128MB DDR AGP4
On channel one of the Dual channel ATA 100/66/33 IDE from Intel® 845PE chipset
Master LiteOn 48X12X48X CD-RW, 1800 kb/s, 2MB, 80ms, IDE, Int.,
Slave LiteOn 16X DVD-ROM, 22160 kb/s, 100ms, IDE, Int.,
On channel one of the Dual channel ATA/133 IDE from on board PROMISE PDC20275
Master MAXTOR DIAMONDMAX PLUS 9 60GB 7200RPM 2MB ATA133 OEM W/ FDB
Slave 80 gig Maxtor d740x-6l Ata 133
PCI slot 3 aopen 56k modem (I am on sabbatical in the country so I cannot get high speed from my house) slot 3 for airflow.
Can you believe along with a very cool with temp gauges case some fans wireless key board and mouse taxes and delivery I came in at about $1700.00 canadian peso's thats about $1000.00 us
I have assembled everything and it has not blown up in fact every thing seems fine so far.
My system is posting and I can see my CD & DVD drives but nothing else. I still need to format both my hard drives, as everything is new.
I am getting error “ Floppy disk(s) fail 40” So I am unable to format my hard drives.
So I am unable to load my operating system Win 2000 pro service pack 2.
I am a willing to do my own fishing so if there are any web sites that I could use please feel free to pass them on.
Mean while my questions are thus:
1st. Is there any place on the web where I can find out what the Phoenix workstation Award BIOS codes mean i.e.: floppy disk(s) fail 40.
2nd. I received two IDE cables one with a yellow end, and one with a blue end; which one is Ata 133? How do you tell the difference?
3rd. What is up with the fact that I cannot down load the newest bios or email you with the form they provide on the IWILL corporate site.
4th. Have the problems with the audio been fixed / solved?
i.e.: the alleged problems with the mouse and the audio freeze.
5th. Is there any way to page down through the bios set-up?
6th. Is it because I have not formatted my hard drives that I cannot see them when I post?
I am going to pick up a new floppy drive as I gather that the one I am attempting to install is not being recognised. I had it checked on another system so I am confident it should be fine.
I will reconfigure my system and move my drives around though I was hoping to use the faster Ata 133 for my hard drives. Eventually I would like a pair of 8 Meg buffer 120gig or bigger hard disks on channel 2. This was one of the reasons I chose this particular board.
I am planning on using this machine for new media content production such as graphics, digital video, 3d animation, web site creation and some light audio editing. I am a freelance multidiscipline professional artist. I am one of those people that show up in perfectly respectable architectural firm, film or advertising offices covered in paint to speak to the clients i.e. president of the corporation. I have been around the new media entertainment communications industries for some time and I have bought around 1.3 computers per year over the last 9 years. Yes I spent $4000.00 on a P 90 no CD burner no printer back in the 90’s. I actually went to school for computer animation. Any way my last system blew up in my move so tool using being my most intrinsic characteristic I decided to build my own. I am starting with this straight P4 system and I am having so much damn fun I am already in planning out a dual xenon system I would like to build this summer. Oh its going to be water-cooled In a big ass full tower with an 450 watt power supply but I digress one system at a time.
Any way if any one could lend some insight into my newbie dilemmas I promise I will pass on the knowledge to someone else down the road with similar aspirations.
Charles 1-9-3-9
P.S. As I stated earlier I am a professional artist (I make my living making beautiful things) I am interested designing and air brushing a limited series of modded cases.
**quizzy says: I've edited your post: do not advertise yourself!**
[ March 20, 2003, 01:39 AM: Message edited by: quizzy ]