Author Topic: I finally did it ! (Read 3603 times)

Atomic Mitten · « **on:** November 06, 2003, 01:56:34 pm »

Well this morning I bought this :
Gigabyte 8KNXP P4 MOBO Dual DDR SATA AGP 8X CH snd
Intel Pentium P4 2.8 Ghz 800FSB mPGA Processor
120MB Maxtor DM Plus9 8Mb cache ATA 133,7200 rpm Drive
Corsair 2 X 256Mb XMS 3200 CAS 2 DDR memory sticks
Lian-Li Aluminium case With neon lights,jetflow case
with slide and four fans.

Can someone advise me on the MOBO is it a good one ?
I wanted the P4C800 deluxe from ASUS but they didn't have it in stock.

Just got to build it now, any suggestions and tips would be grately apreciated.

number6 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 06, 2003, 02:52:45 pm »

Here's a write up on Anandtech:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1813

Please read that for a detailed analysis of your board.

It sounds like a really good board to me

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Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #2 on:** November 06, 2003, 03:42:03 pm »

Thanks Number 6. I am dying to start building it, but I am taking my time.
It sounds quite complicated about the USB ports.
But I guess I'll find out shortly.lol

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #3 on:** November 06, 2003, 04:26:39 pm »

Hmm.I have a question. I have in all four case fans, how do I connect these to the MOBO ?
Do I have to daisy chain them or what ?
Also 3.5"HDD convertor plate for the HDD frame how do I fix this in place ? unfortunately the description with the case is not very clear.

NB.The case fans are so: one is at the rear of the tower, two at the front of the tower and one on the top of the tower.
On my Mobo I have only one case fan connector ?

Doc Nyar · « **Reply #4 on:** November 06, 2003, 05:03:54 pm »

I haven't got any case fan connected to my mobo...

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #5 on:** November 06, 2003, 05:14:38 pm »

Well their there, so I would like to connect em.lol

gryphon · « **Reply #6 on:** November 06, 2003, 06:04:34 pm »

Don't think you will be able to connect all of them to your mobo. Mayby it has 1 or 2 power coplinks for casefans but 4. . . .

There is an adapter [ most likely ] to convert a HD power connector to the one your case fans uses. You can daisy chain those. . .

And there is no need to use the convertor for your HD, just place it in a 3.5"slot of your case and it will be fine. They are below the bigger 5.25" thingies you can put your CDrom in .. .

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #7 on:** November 06, 2003, 06:21:39 pm »

Thanks Gryphon ! I've done that .The weird thing is I bought a boxed P4.
It has a black square of what looks like some kind of foil ?
Do I not need thermal paste with this or do I remove this ?

It doesn't mention it in the manual at all, that came with the Intel processor. $:-\$

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #8 on:** November 06, 2003, 08:21:04 pm »

Does anyone know anything about Lian-Li cases ?
Model PC 6083 ?
http://www.jsihardware.com/reviews.php?ID=6

This is the case but I can't figure out how to connect the front usb ports to my MOBO as they have different connectors.? $:-\$

RotteVis · « **Reply #9 on:** November 06, 2003, 09:36:28 pm »

I know the lian-li cases, but never looked into the front i/o, but as far as I know just look in the manual of your mobo where the internal connectors for usb are, they should fit, it´s a reasonable univerale connector. It is with all the mobo´s I got. About gigabyte, it´s quite good, haven´t got a lot of experience with them, but that´s what I´ve heard about it. Haven´t you got a new graphics card by the way? It´s a nice rig, but too bad it´s to good for your GF4MX

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #10 on:** November 06, 2003, 11:30:12 pm »

The MOBO has a 10 pin yellow connector and the cable from the front USB ports have single connection plugs.

I couldn't afford a better Graphics card at the moment.

GA-8KN

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #11 on:** November 07, 2003, 05:57:25 pm »

Well this is my new comp.

I am at least online with it at last.

I need a little help though ! I have installed my old harddrive as well as the new one.
How can I transfer all my programs and files to my C drive?
Also when I formatted the new drive I made a partition of 20Gb but it didn't use the remaining 100Gb.
This isn't showing up either.

Finally how do I enable USB 2.0 support in Win XP ?

Duh,I also formatted my new hard drive in NTFS and mz old drive is FAT 32, will this make problems ?

RotteVis · « **Reply #12 on:** November 07, 2003, 06:20:47 pm »

Quote from: Atomic Mitten on November 07, 2003, 05:57:25 pm

I need a little help though ! I have installed my old harddrive as well as the new one.
How can I transfer all my programs and files to my C drive?

Programs can´t be copied, you need to re-install them, and your files can be done with windows explorer

Quote from: Atomic Mitten on November 07, 2003, 05:57:25 pm

Also when I formatted the new drive I made a partition of 20Gb but it didn't use the remaining 100Gb.
This isn't showing up either.

You need to assign them, try using partition magic for example or FDISK, instead of making a partition of 20gb say 20% or for full use 100%

Quote from: Atomic Mitten on November 07, 2003, 05:57:25 pm

Finally how do I enable USB 2.0 support in Win XP ?

Install ~~Service Pack 2~~ sorry must be Service Pack 1

Quote from: Atomic Mitten on November 07, 2003, 05:57:25 pm

Duh,I also formatted my new hard drive in NTFS and mz old drive is FAT 32, will this make problems ?

No, but try making them both NTFS it´s much better, with Partition Magic you can covert from FAT-->NTFS without data loss

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #13 on:** November 07, 2003, 06:24:54 pm »

How do I retrieve my old e-mails ?

I will try the rest.Thanks ! Rottevis

RotteVis · « **Reply #14 on:** November 07, 2003, 06:25:38 pm »

copy all *.eml files from your Outlook directory

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #15 on:** November 07, 2003, 06:28:12 pm »

I need to recover them from my old hard drive ? $:-\$
Somewhere I read that I can transfer files and folders in WIN XP PRO ?

RotteVis · « **Reply #16 on:** November 07, 2003, 06:36:59 pm »

If you deleted them I can´t help you, maybe somebody else, but if they are still one then use Windows explorer to copy them

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #17 on:** November 07, 2003, 06:39:47 pm »

No I didn't delete them their on my old harddrive still.
I have both hard drives installed on my new comp !
$:-\$

gryphon · « **Reply #18 on:** November 07, 2003, 11:30:38 pm »

"Install Service Pack 2"
lol, you don't have to enable USB2 support .. . .if you stick something in it the port with choose USB1 or USB2. . depending on the device.. . besides that there is no service pack 2 for WinXP yet .. .

Which USB devices are you using ?

If you go to the Windows file manager / explorer .. is your old hard drive visible. . ie. . your new drive is C where your old will be d or e. . . ?

Doc Nyar · « **Reply #19 on:** November 08, 2003, 12:51:23 am »

I think your old e-mails (if they are in outlook) are in the .pst file.

gryphon · « **Reply #20 on:** November 08, 2003, 01:03:37 am »

so the only guy around here knowing anything about networks has to figure it out for the both of you

depending on what you want to back up from outlook. . .the *.pst file in your users directory [ or that is where it should be ] holds the specific data for outlook like your contacts, adresses and think folders to. . stuff like that. The *.eml files hold the emails themselfs.

RotteVis · « **Reply #21 on:** November 08, 2003, 07:53:53 am »

Quote from: gryphon on November 07, 2003, 11:30:38 pm

lol, you don't have to enable USB2 support .. . .if you stick something in it the port with choose USB1 or USB2. . depending on the device.. . besides that there is no service pack 2 for WinXP yet .. .

But you must have Service Pack 1 installed, otherwise it won´t recognize it as USB2.0

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #22 on:** November 08, 2003, 11:52:31 am »

OK I've installed the pack.
what is the best way to format my C drive and partition it in WIN XP, I don't have Partition Magic.

My drive C is 120GB I would like to install my OS on a smaller partition and my programs on the rest.
Can someone please advise ?

Doc Nyar · « **Reply #23 on:** November 08, 2003, 12:00:58 pm »

You can do all in Windows XP setup. Format and partitioning.

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #24 on:** November 08, 2003, 12:22:56 pm »

I made a mistake and only created a 20Gb partition thinking xp would create the rest automatically.
So I will have to reformat I guess.

Doc Nyar · « **Reply #25 on:** November 08, 2003, 12:23:36 pm »

I don't think you need to reformat. Just startup the XP setup.

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #26 on:** November 08, 2003, 12:26:48 pm »

And then ? can you meet me on MSN Doc ?

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #27 on:** November 08, 2003, 12:30:43 pm »

Can someone explain in detail about creating partitions in win xp please.

number6 · « **Reply #28 on:** November 09, 2003, 08:18:34 pm »

When you don't partition the whole disk you don't need to reformat the partition you already formatted and installed to. The problem that can arise now is that your CDROM drive will automatically assign itself to drive D: and if you installed software from drive D: (the CDROM drive) and you create new partitions your CDROM will automatically get bumped to the next available letter and there is nothing you can do about that other than reinstall from the new drive letter. So you should create the new partitions as soon as possible. For details on how to create additional partitions in Windows XP you should read this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;309000

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #29 on:** November 09, 2003, 08:57:58 pm »

Thanks number6, by the way what should I type in for volume name ?

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