I followed assembly instructions carefully for everything, and have disconnected the only questionable piece (the second HD), but the machine still lags in recognizing the keyboard and mouse, and is not recognizing the Windows disk in the DVD-ROM. I can get into BIOS (after staring at the Tab for Post, Del for setup screen for 5+ minutes), but I'm not sure what, if anything to try tweaking.
I saw someone saying not to plug the bottom 4-pin power connector in if not actually using SLI, but people were recommending the extra power connection on the Newegg reviews of the graphics card.
New Parts:
Abit KN8-SLI
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice
2x512mb Samsung DDR400 PC 3200 RAM
Rosewill GF6600-SLI (1)
Western Digital Caviar 80GB SATA150
Enermax Liberty 500W
Old Parts:
DVD-ROM (from an HP I got in Sep '00, master on IDE1)
CDRW (just over a year old, but can't remember the make, slave)
Front card reader (I think it came with my Soyo Dragon Platinum KT333)
WD Caviar 250 GB Ultra ATA w/Sata adaptor (disconnected, 4 mo old)
Lian-Li case, haven't connected the case USB ports cause they're a 9 rather than one piece plug.
Monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers are run through a KVM switch, moving the keyboard and mouse to a direct connection does not change anything. They are working fine with my other computer, an old 500 mhz DeskPro I picked up secondhand.
Decided to give it one last shot before I sent this post, it found the Windows cd, and was running it, but didn't recognize the keyboard, so I couldn't press Enter to install.
I hope posting under the motherboard is the right choice. Thank you for any help proffered.
I saw someone saying not to plug the bottom 4-pin power connector in if not actually using SLI, but people were recommending the extra power connection on the Newegg reviews of the graphics card.
New Parts:
Abit KN8-SLI
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice
2x512mb Samsung DDR400 PC 3200 RAM
Rosewill GF6600-SLI (1)
Western Digital Caviar 80GB SATA150
Enermax Liberty 500W
Old Parts:
DVD-ROM (from an HP I got in Sep '00, master on IDE1)
CDRW (just over a year old, but can't remember the make, slave)
Front card reader (I think it came with my Soyo Dragon Platinum KT333)
WD Caviar 250 GB Ultra ATA w/Sata adaptor (disconnected, 4 mo old)
Lian-Li case, haven't connected the case USB ports cause they're a 9 rather than one piece plug.
Monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers are run through a KVM switch, moving the keyboard and mouse to a direct connection does not change anything. They are working fine with my other computer, an old 500 mhz DeskPro I picked up secondhand.
Decided to give it one last shot before I sent this post, it found the Windows cd, and was running it, but didn't recognize the keyboard, so I couldn't press Enter to install.
I hope posting under the motherboard is the right choice. Thank you for any help proffered.