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Forum: Geek Forum Topic: Help!!!!!! started by: Neophyre Posted by damien_s_lucifer on May 21 2001,06:01
I'll leave the sound and windows is slow probs to someone else, but if you know the make and model of your motherboard, and are VERY VERY good at following directions, you could try updating your BIOS. Go to the manufacturer's Web site and hopefully they'll have an update.If you fuck up when flashing the BIOS, you'll be the proud owner of a dead motherboard. You have been warned. Or you can just leave it, and let your computer think it's 8.4GB... Posted by Neophyre on May 21 2001,06:17
already flashed my biosno improvements there sounds fixed now (for now), and windows wasnt so slow this time. can't i partition my hard drive or something so one partition has 5.1 gig and the other has 5.1 gig? Posted by Observer on May 21 2001,12:40
Probably not without some sort of drive overlay. The issue here is that your BIOS probably can only recognize 8 gigs of the drive (not sure how many cylinders that works out to).You mentioned flashing your BIOS. Did you check the manufacturer's website to double-check your board specs? Another alternative way to get all the space from that drive is to get a บ Promise card. Those usually recognize really large drives. And if you move your swap file to that drive (assuming you use one), you will probably see a good performance boost. Edit: plus since you are running a P-1, you may want to break the 10GB into two 5GB partitions. That way when Windows crashes and you have to run Scandisk, it won't take as long to run through it. ------------------ This message has been edited by Observer on May 22, 2001 at 07:42 AM Posted by Neophyre on May 21 2001,17:57
ok i bought a 10 gig HD.installed it, after extreme difficulty. at first windows wouldnt load. now my sound is all full of crap and noise. i have a p1 board. now my problems are
Posted by Neophyre on May 21 2001,19:36
well yeah thats what i just said.thats what i want to know how to do, but i dont know how to split it into two 5 gig partitions. last night when i was in my bios, i managed to get it to recognise just over 9 gig. restarted my computer, and windows wouldnt start. i've got a 2.5 gig HD, which is set as master, which has windows on it, and the 10 gig is set as slave, which has not been formatted as of yet.
Posted by Neophyre on May 21 2001,19:42
oh and after i set the hard drive settings for the 10gig, windows wouldnt start, but it worked fine after i disabled the 10gig in the bios
Posted by kornalldaway on May 21 2001,22:04
to split your hard drive into partitions boot to dos and type "fdisk"that would pop up a little promt for you just follow the directions, it should be pretty straight forward ------------------ Posted by Observer on May 21 2001,22:56
What I was trying to say earlier is that if your BIOS will only recognize 8 gigs, then when you run FDISK, it will only show 8 gigs of available space for partitioning. Now, if you're running WinNT or Win2k, then you can use an extended volume set to utilize the full capacity of the drive.------------------ Posted by Neophyre on May 22 2001,02:01
okay, well any idea what is causing windows not to load when i have my 10 gig in?any the really weird noise? its fucked up. the sounds arent corrupt, i know that, coz i've played the sounds, they've worked fine, its only later that they fuck up |