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I realize this sounds like a stupid question but my Ma's eight year old computer's drive died this past week and I want to replace it. The old drive is a 40 gig wd400. It only had the data cable on it attached to the mobo. According to the new drive I want to install--a WD5000AAKX--needs a power...

Received.. i will mail the cd's tomorrow or tuesday when I get off work. Note carefully I am 'accross the pond" in southern Caifornia so it will take a few days. Cheers!!!

I have the exact same motherboard, and it is the most reliable hard core machine in the world. The CD that I got with it is an ASUS Nvidia nForce2 series rev 44.04 It is for the motherboard. I can mail you a copy if you want, Sir regards

I've got an old ASUS P4S800-MX. I'm trying to diag random BSOD'S that are mostly 8E's, 50's, and A's.. New harddrive 3 weeks ago, and the RAM is new (after getting free Kingston stuff). So what's next? I assume the video card. I have a Geforce in there but I want to bypass it and use the...

I have a computer. It is an asus a7n8x deluxe and it has on board RAID.. I love RAID MIRROR!! Yes I do My question is: what is the theory of my on board raid controller.. Is this a SATA controller or a serial controller or a true RAID controller, OR WHAT IS IT..Now, if I build a computer, that...

thanks for response.. no offense taken, I don't consdier myself an expert or experienced.. Just touched on the aspects of KDE vs GNOME and x windows and iptables and xinetd etc etc.. I like to throw out my general question and see what type of debate might spring up amongst the old guard around...

OK, I'm in school, just went through 2 semesters of networking, starting a 3rd next month, mainly WAN theory. (ATM and Frame Relay) but my last class on LAN's was interesting in the fact that it dealt with a lot of Linux, albeit all the different distributions/flavors out there. I've got a...

I just learned this myself.. On some SATA's you'll have the big as* 4 prong plug.. That is called the "legacy" power.. Use that.. But some HD's like the MAXTOR 6V080E0 do not have a "legacy" power plug.. You will use an adapter (i paid $11 for one at my local store on a sunday afternoon) and it...

YOWSER!! I AM TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL!! for the folks who want to learn about RAID MIRROR and see the garbage I went through, here's the link: http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/RAID-MIRROR-CONFIG-ftopict194712.html First off, I wanna thank Somejoe and Mikehess for their comments and...

Received!! But where the heck do I put a 3rd drive at? In the IDE slot? And buying a 3rd drive, i might as well, just buy a new Operating system.. I'm running XP SP2 already.. But anyway, thanks for advice..

I dont wanna return the drive.. Oops, forgot to say, THANKS FOR RESPONSE!!!: :{D Are you suggesting that I buy NORTON GHOST to fix the other drive.. I'll do that.. I just can't do an operating system install. Thnaks for response again

OK, this is what's going on.. I posted last month about my RAID MIRROR taking a dive http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/RAID-MIRROR-CONFIG-ftopict191410.html So I went out and bought a new HD to complement the exisiting drive.. The original Maxtor drive is a 6Y080M0 for a size of 80...

EXCELLENT..All I'm doing right now is Access and Excel junk. Thanks again for the great info and your time.. I need to write some checks to you all :[D

OK, sounds good.. Last question: (I'm trying to do this cheaply) My current Maxtor is a 6Y080M0 about 3 years old A local store of mine has a 6V080E0. Comparing specs, the buffer and RPM are the same.. The difference is the interface is SATA 3.0 Gb/s and my original is 1.5 I assume the...

Ok, great... Now, why is it that the people at the computer stores keep saying that unless the RPM's and access times are the same, it won't work.. I'll admit ignorance here.. I don't know what to do.. thanks again 8)