Re: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom

2005-05-02 Thread FORC5
don't overlook the surge protector, I have seen those cause problems, though rare. fp At 05:47 PM 5/2/2005, Raul Limos Poked the stick with: On 5/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks to all that read and shared in my tale of misery. Perhaps I will get > a somewhat happy

Re: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom

2005-05-02 Thread Raul Limos
On 5/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks to all that read and shared in my tale of misery. Perhaps I will get > a somewhat happy ending after all. Thanks, Thane! How is your PSU? It may also be failing.

RE: [H] P4 3000E temp

2005-05-02 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 05:31 PM 02/05/2005, CW wrote: *laugh* welcome to Intel, baby. Meanwhile, the new Venice cores from AMDs, complete with SSE3, run so damn cold even stock fans can get significant overclocks.. Yeah, it's irritating though. I try to sell AMD just for the value alone, but heat reduction is ano

RE: [H] P4 3000E temp

2005-05-02 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 06:04 PM 02/05/2005, Winterlight wrote: What exactly is the deal on the E... is this suppose to be for Extreme with 1plus meg cache? No, that's the EE. This is the stock 3000Mhz 478 socket. What is it, Prescott, I think. The last of the 478s. 800MHZ FSB, 1024 cache. Not worth the money,

RE: [H] P4 3000E temp

2005-05-02 Thread Winterlight
> I'm using Arctic Silver 5 on a new heat sink (which dropped the temp from > 72C on the stock.) I know the Es are hot, but this is ridiculous. What exactly is the deal on the E... is this suppose to be for Extreme with 1plus meg cache? And 800 FSB anything else. I know there is a 2MB that

Re: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom

2005-05-02 Thread Carroll Kong
G.Waleed Kavalec wrote: That was my impression. I've been recommending to the boss that we stay with hardware raid 5. It hasn't burned me yet. [Carroll Wrote] As all things in life, the good stuff is never cheap. RAID 10 requires at least 4 harddisks at 50% capacity and can be terribly expensiv

RE: [H] P4 3000E temp

2005-05-02 Thread CW
*laugh* welcome to Intel, baby. Meanwhile, the new Venice cores from AMDs, complete with SSE3, run so damn cold even stock fans can get significant overclocks.. -Original message- From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 14:30:58 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sub

RE: [H] P4 3000E temp

2005-05-02 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 02:00 PM 02/05/2005, Bobby Heid wrote: arctic silver 5 thermal paste on the stock heat sink. Did you use the thermal pad that came with the processor? I have heard that those do not work so well. I'm using Arctic Silver 5 on a new heat sink (which dropped the temp from 72C on the stock.) I k

Re: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom

2005-05-02 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
That was my impression. I've been recommending to the boss that we stay with hardware raid 5. It hasn't burned me yet. On 5/2/05, Carroll Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G.Waleed Kavalec wrote: > > Some people are saying good things about raid 10 (sriping and mirroring). > > > > Any comment?

Re: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom

2005-05-02 Thread Carroll Kong
G.Waleed Kavalec wrote: Some people are saying good things about raid 10 (sriping and mirroring). Any comment? On 4/30/05, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Glad to hear you learned the lesson the easy way about stripe sets. With RAID 0 you have greater speed but if either of the drives fails

Re: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom

2005-05-02 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
Some people are saying good things about raid 10 (sriping and mirroring). Any comment? On 4/30/05, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glad to hear you learned the lesson the easy way about stripe sets. > With RAID 0 you have greater speed but if either of the drives fails > you lose ALL y

Re: [H] P4 3000E temp

2005-05-02 Thread Winterlight
At 09:25 AM 5/2/2005, you wrote: How hot should a P4 3000E run? I have a P4 3.0 800Mhz FSB 512cache that is running right now at 51C. currently running at about 30 to 40 % of CPU. The computer is in a room that has a temperature of 79 degrees F It is a retail CPU but I am using a third party copp

Re: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom-UPDATE#2

2005-05-02 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 1:54 PM Subject: RE: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom-UPDATE#2 I've had clients bring their systems over to my house complaining that the thing wouldn'

RE: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom-UPDATE#2

2005-05-02 Thread James Maki
> -Original Message- > From: Wayne Johnson > Now it sounds like it was a incoming power problem not > allowing the HDs to > initialize properly. I have a scsi system that is plugged > into a kitchen > outlet w/ surge protection & the wife is running the > microwave will not > boot.

RE: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom-UPDATE#2

2005-05-02 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 01:23 PM 5/2/2005, James Maki typed: This comment is perhaps ambiguious. This boot was BEFORE I attempted the repair install of WinXP. In other words, I changed nothing over the weekend other than dismantling the system (pulling my hair out) and then re-assembling. And now it works. Ain't Comput

RE: [H] P4 3000E temp

2005-05-02 Thread Bobby Heid
My P4 3.0c (I think it is C) idles at about 34c when the case temp is 32c. Under load with the same case temp, it only runs in the upper 40s. I use arctic silver 5 thermal paste on the stock heat sink. Did you use the thermal pad that came with the processor? I have heard that those do not work

Re: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom-UPDATE#2

2005-05-02 Thread Rob Finger HWG
Plus you don't have to get a haircut for a while ;) James Maki wrote: I re-assembled the system and let it boot to the SATA RAID. IT WORKED! This comment is perhaps ambiguious. This boot was BEFORE I attempted the repair install of WinXP. In other words, I changed nothing over the weekend other th

RE: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom-UPDATE#2

2005-05-02 Thread James Maki
> I re-assembled the system and let it boot to the SATA RAID. IT WORKED! This comment is perhaps ambiguious. This boot was BEFORE I attempted the repair install of WinXP. In other words, I changed nothing over the weekend other than dismantling the system (pulling my hair out) and then re-assembl

[H] P4 3000E temp

2005-05-02 Thread Thane Sherrington
How hot should a P4 3000E run? I have one that's idling at 66C, which seems high to me. I've tried different heat sinks, but even with a fan running at 7300RPM, I just hold the line. Is there something wrong with the CPU, or is this normal for Intel? T --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by

RE: [H] NTLDR is missing error & will not boot from cdrom-UPDATE#2

2005-05-02 Thread James Maki
RECAP: 1) Burning DVD on friday when computer beeps several times (temps and fans were okay). 2) System re-boots and gives the NTLDR is missing error. 3) System will not boot from anything but a floppy. 4) Removed battery and power cord overnight 5) Next day, system would freeze at desktop during b