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I have two questions, and I didnt know where too ask.
First, I updated my system to a athlon Xp 1800 but when I boot up it shows it is only 1150 mhz.... That isnt the true speed.
Second, I have my system in partition to Windows 98 and I am trying to get Windows Xp Pro on the other half, and it keeps giving me errors stating the hard drives is bad, which is new, so I doubt that is the problem. I tried it on my other hard drives and I still have the same problems.
Any Solutions???
Can you give us a lot more info please, what errors do you get?, which system did you load first and on what partition?, what does fdisk report? bios settings? With the right info we can probably solve your problem.
To answer your question, you may have an energy saver in place that may reduce the processing power of your PC. I know I have one on mine that I seldomly activate. You may have done so accidently, or it may be that your system is running hot, and it reduces the process power to keep the temp down. The second part of your question could be sum'd up with a scan disk. If you do not have any issues running a scan disk. Try using fdisk to repartition your drive, and re-install the two operating systems.
Problem one fixed,
I use System Commander, and the fdisk, and also Win 2000 and winxp to Partition my drives. I received different errors. My first error I receive is when I format the partition with the system commander when I am installing the Xp. When the format reaches 100% the error I receive states that it couldnt format the partition due errors with the hard drive. Please check the partition or use another partition.
You may have a bad drive. Even if the hard drive is brand new out of the package, it could have had a factory defect, or could have became corrupt during use. Do you still have a warranty?
sure do, but I receive the same error on other hard drives too...
Have you tried just one partition and one OS yet?
On what OS are you having this issue, and I know this is not a good question to ask, but. Is the copy you are using legit? If it is a copy "could the copy have been defected?". What comes up after you do a scandisk?
I have tried everything I can think of. Yes to all questions. I have all legit copies. I have two copies of Windows Xp (I have a lan) I even tried both of them and still the same thing. I even bought a new motherboard. I even flashed a new bios. The only thing I could get to work is win98, I havent tried Linux yet. There has to be something I am missing...
So win98 works fine, no errors?
If you try linux may I suggest RedHat 7.3 or IcePack.
no errors...
I have the Red Hat 6.2 I havent tried the 7.3, is it much better. I havent use my linux in awhile. I hope to soon.
And then you install win2k/xp to next partition and then you get errors? I had this same problem, win 2k does not like to share drives, I had success when dual booting using two drives, install win98 first then win2k, win98 will dual boot linux on same drive, but not win2k.
I have tried that also. I have multiple hard drives and I have tried multiple ways, with partitions and without partitions to install windows 2000, windows xp home, windows xp pro. None of them seem to work with my system. I bought a new motherboard a new chip athlon xp 1800, new hard drive. I think I have done everything possible but kill the sumab*t*H........ I know the programs work because they are working on my 800....
Linux......ya looking fine....baby....really fine.......rightta bout now.......
Is your mobo still reporting the wrong CPU speed, what brand mobo and model if you have it?
nooo, that is the one thing i was able to fix.....it just a bios thing.....When I was trying to install my Xp I went in my Bios and changed a few things, and I forgot to put things back and that is why my speed went down so much....it is correct now...thanks....still cant get my xp on this system....darn computer.
ohh, its a soyo model, something liek sy-k7ada, nothing big....
I found this info on your mobo, doesn't an Athlon XP 1800 have a 233mhz FSB? I don't think this board is supposed to support that advanced chip design, I am not sure how you got it to work anyway. Are you sure this is your mobo?
Soyo syk7-ada
266. I think. LOL :)Quote:
doesn't an Athlon XP 1800 have a 233mhz FSB?
It is 266 FSB and is does support that chip design....or it better.....
it does, I dug out the manuel....
SY-K7ADA
AMD Socket-A AthlonXP, Athlon & Duron Based ALi ALiMAGiK1 Chipset ATX Motherboard
Specifications
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Processor
Supports single AMD Socket-A AthlonXP, Athlon and Duron processors (up to 2000+)
Interface
Socket "A"(462)
Chipset Type
Ali ALiMagic
Chipset Description
ALi ALiMAGiK 1 (1647 / 1535D+) chipset
Supports 200/266 MHz FSB
Form Factor
ATX
Memory Type
DDR
Memory Description
Three DDR DIMM sockets support up to 3GB
184-pin PC2100/PC1600 Non-ECC, Unbuffered DDR SDRAM memory
Yeah that is what I meant...LOL. Well, Ponders, I am out of suggestions right now. I wish I could help. check all your mobo settings is about all I can come up with I only installed XP for a day then went back to win2k, I could not make win2k work well with others. I tried a dual boot with win2k and RedHat and Win2k ate my RedHat partitions somehow. Even dual boot on two drives with win98 it eventually broke win98 too. So I put my OSs on seperate drives in hot swap (sort of ) removable drive caddies, and I just plug in the OS I want to use.Quote:
266. I think. LOL
thanks for the advince guys....i guess I will just have to do for now....I hate to be defeated by a machine.....
did you have a *.nix system operating on the second partition at one time. if you did try deleting it with aefdisk, from aefdiesk.com and make it again with fdisk. windows fdisk util dosn't do such a hot job deleting unix type partitions.
nope, clean drive....new..... except for the partition with the win98 on it.