puntoMX

Suite your self...

You must be nutz! Crucial 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 CAS3 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit (CT2KIT12864Z40B) What about these? Spending so much money on an older system, you can buy almost 4GB for the 2GB you picked... People never learn, like buying an Opteron for home use . (No it doesn´t OC more)

Thank you. Vista will work directly with AHCI out of the box .

What OS are you using? And does it still happen after reinstalling the OS or reinstalling the USB drivers?

So, you tested it very well? You are sure it’s the RAM? Any way, if it’s the RAM then get your self some GOOD RAM sticks, with lower voltage (2.5v, not 2.8v) and not over-the-edge sales talk of speed .

Okay, let clear some things up: The x3100 does support DX10 but the drivers will be out in some months to use those DX10 features. Only the "HD" series from ATI support DX10, indeed not the "X" series. There is a HUGE difference between the GeForce 8400M G and the GeForce 8400M GT! The GT has 2 times the number of Stream Processors then the G and 128bit memory bus instead of 64bit. The GeForce 8400M GS has the same amount of Stream Processors as the GT, but only a 64bit memory bus. You can’t compare the 8600M GT with the 8400M GS, the 8600M GT has twice the Stream Processors as the 8400M GS. By the way, where did you get those numbers from? Most people with an 8400M GS only get 3.1, but you have to look also at the gaming index. Remember that both the x3100 and 8400M GS only run older games at 1024*768 to 1440*900 (HL2 and NFSU2 for example). NON of both will run the newest games, not even on the lowest settings, smooth enough. Even the 8600M GT isn’t fast enough but can be used to play games at the lowest settings, the 8700M GT would do way better because of it’s faster shader clock (950 vs. 1250MHz) and isn’t that much more expensive then the 8600M GT, the 8800M GTX is still the winner, but that would be clear for all of us .

As you can see, there are 2 steps; what part is not working/clear for you? Before you continue it would be wise to check IF these settings are possible in your BIOS revision. Some BIOS revisions do not have these options...

Never worked for me, it’s a program that you use on the local machine so users can modify it...I’m sure QOS will do what you want. Only problem you will have is with encrypted torrent links or when they throw everything over port 80... So let’s hope the “users” don’t know those things .

Must have something to do with BTS driverpacks... but I never used it...

It is partly, 128MB, up to 512MB shared it normally is. But for real, the x3100 has the same performance although it uses completely shared memory. Biggest pro for x3100 is the 128bit memory structure vs. 64bit for the 8400M GS card. Better of with the: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache) [add $130] option .

Try another IDE/ATA cable, if that doesn’t help remove all partitions and make new ones. Just backup your stuff before proceeding in deleting partitions .

Must be a hardware problem; try another PSU (Powerfully) first. EDIT: Post your specs please...

That would be a manageable switch, and not wireless. A server with ISA would be nice but expensive. All depends on what you want to spend. There are some cheap wireless routers for about 60USD that can filter and manage traffic well in combination with QOS and a 3rd firmware, mostly Linux based like Tomato.

dirtwarrior, What can I say... I think there a no words that can help you here, just a miracle (don’t get me wrong). Don’t blame any one, if you blame them it’s harder to forgive and you will drag it for the rest for you life with you. I don’t know if this helps, but there are people here on MSFN that would love to help you and I’ll be one of them... Be strong, and keep thinking positive although it’s kind of hard now...

Update your BIOS too, if your BIOS is from 2007/07/09 or older, it will not work 100% with your CPU.

AHCI Disabled AHCI Enabled AHCI Enabled but Native disabled When AHCI is enabled you have the Advanced Power Management feature enabled on the drive. NCQ is enabled on the drive in all modes, so if you have a tool that can give me NCQ test results I would be pleased to have it.

Well, after reading lots of information, mostly from forums, and testing it on a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L with ICH9, I got it flawless to work. Before only the AHCI option in combination with an ICH9 could be used for Vista, this is clearly written in the users Manuel of more motherboard makers. I have tested in under Vista and the installation works well with AHCI enabled. Normally XP would give the BSOD before showing the welcome screen. The description above just let’s XP work with the driver AFTER windows XP has been installed. Note that this is not only a way for the ICR9 Bridge, it also can be done for the ICR 7 and 8. And it works, believe me. Before the hardware would show other controllers: On the left side we see AHCI disabled and on the right side AHCI enabled.

To YOU computerMan! 17 years young, so now you are a little bit more (computer)Man, still (computer)Boy !

He posted on a lot more forums, this is why i know he used Ubuntu.

I posted a "how to" here. That should fix your needs . By the way, I got my E2180 now at 3.33GHz (8*417Mhz)!

PLEASE NOTE This topic is outdated, read the last post please, thank you. How to enable AHCI on Intel ICH9 under XP After some research by MSFN staff, we have a working solution to enable ACHI on the ICH9 with appropriate SATA/NCQ drive(s). For more information about AHCI, we refer to Wikipedia.org: List of needed files and driver packs: 32-bit Floppy Configuration Utility for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 64-bit Floppy Configuration Utility for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Index: 1. Unpacking drivers 2. Preparing the drivers 3. Creating Windows registry file 4. BIOS Settings 5. Installing the drivers in Windows 6. Final installation check 7. Editors thoughts 1. Unpacking drivers Unpack the Floppy Configuration Utility for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager and extract the file (.ZIP) with WinRAR or similar program. 2. Preparing the drivers Copy the file IASTOR.SYS to the Windows SYSTEM32/DRIVERS directory. Open the IAAHCI.INF with Notepad from the directory where you unpacked the drivers. Use CRTL-R and you should get a “replace” window. In the first input window you type “2821” and the second “2923”, so you will replace all “2821” text to “2923”, and click “Replace All”. Save IAAHCI.INF over the original file. Replace the line: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) 82801HR/HH/HO SATA AHCI Controller" To: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&CC_0106.DeviceDesc = "Intel(R) ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller" Save the file under the same name, e.g. IAAHCI.INF and exit Notepad. 3. Creating Windows registry file Now we create a registry file with Notepad and the following contence: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\pci#ven_8086&dev_2923&cc_0106] "Service"="iaStor" "ClassGUID"="{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor] "Type"=dword:00000001 "Start"=dword:00000000 "Group"="SCSI miniport" "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001 "ImagePath"="system32\\drivers\\iaStor.sys" "tag"=dword:00000019 "DisplayName"="Intel AHCI Controller" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Parameters] "queuePriorityEnable"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Enum] "0"="PCI\\VEN_8086&DEV_2923&SUBSYS_B0051458&REV_02\\3&13c0b0c5&0&FA" "Count"=dword:00000001 "NextInstance"=dword:00000001 Save it as AHCI_ICH9.REG and run it after closing Notepad. 4. BIOS Settings Restart the computer and enter the BIOS (Mostly entered by pressing DEL). Make the settings: SATA RAID/AHCI Mode [AHCI] SATA Port0-3 Native Mode [Enabled] Restart again to boot into Windows XP. For ASUS P5K motherboards (IF present in BIOS, please report if not present.): Restart the computer and enter the BIOS (Mostly entered by pressing DEL). Make the settings: SATA Configuration [Enhanced] Configure SATA as [AHCI] Restart again to boot into Windows XP. 5. Installing the drivers in Windows If you did steps one to four right, you will not get that “known” BSOD again before you hit the desktop! Windows will show new devices found like all your optical drives and hard disks until you hit to “PCI-Device”. Select “Install manual” and point to the folder where you saved the IAAHCI.INF file and select the IAAHCI.INF file as this is the driver that needs to be installed. Follow the instruction on the screen and restart your computer again. 6. Final installation check When Windows has started, go to the control panel to check your system properties. In the hardware configuration list there should be now: IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers -> Intel® ICH9 SATA AHCI Controller. Beware: You can’t install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager, as the ICH9 doesn’t have RAID. On the net people talk about a modified version that should install, but it’s useless when you don’t have RAID. We hope you enjoy your new ACHI enabled ICR9 Bridge in XP! 7. Editors thoughts It must be a marketing question from Intel and Microsoft. There is nothing else I can think of why neither Intel nor Microsoft made new drivers for XP. The only thing I can think of is that Intel wants to sell more ICR9R bridges and Microsoft wants to push its Windows Vista. Like always both companies won’t make any comments!... Regards, puntoMX Ps. if there is any good info I should add, please post it ... Changes: 23 DEC 2007, Edited point 4; ASUS BIOS settings. 04 JAN 2008, Edited point 6; Fact, unable to install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager. 07 FEB 2008, Edited point 1 and 2; Clearer explication about the IAAHCI.INF file, and option when a floppy drive is used. 19 MAY 2008, Edited point 3; ControlSet001 changed on second line of registry file to CurrentControlSet, thanks to skipg for correcting me. 10 AUG 2008, Post contents added to sticky FAQ, this post is now un-stickied and retired 10 DEC 2008, Changed the Intel driver links, now for 32 and 64 bit and the latest version, thanks to an3k for the links. 18 DEC 2008, Intel drivers are now packed as a .ZIP file, removed the outdated un-packing procedure, thanks to tre_ge.

I wonder why people say it "could" not be easy to replace the PSU, well it is. The PSU is as basic as it can get, just replace it by a 420/520W PSU and get your self the video card you want. Forget Crossfire for now, just a waist of money as you need to replace your case and motherboard. You could try to sell you just new bought computer and build your self one, but this is ONLY when you know how too .

VIA chipsets do well too, but never got more then 2 PATA DVD-RW drives working.ebp123, If you want to duplicate DVDs then get your self a duplicator unit, prices are from 100 to 200 US$ depending on the amount of drives.

Disconnect the second drive with your Linux partition and try it again. So, Vista or XP was working fine until you installed Linux/Ubuntu?

It seems that Buffalo is making more and more good products, like there wireless routers... can’t say much about there NAS.