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by oxygen
Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:11 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: XP SP1 Boots fine until HDD is connected to HPT controller
Replies: 6
Views: 11462

It's on the hpt right now and works fine under 2000 pro. The system runs a lot better under 2000, and as it is only acting as a net render/file server system at the moment, it doesn't need to look pretty. The o/s is tweaked out, but I don't bother to overclock the cpu's.
by oxygen
Wed Jul 20, 2005 5:40 am
Forum: Software
Topic: XP SP1 Boots fine until HDD is connected to HPT controller
Replies: 6
Views: 11462

I found the old driver compilation CD I put together when the bp6 6 machine was my primary workstation years ago. I installed the "old faithful" drivers (1.22 - not 1.28 like I thought in my first post). I actually have 9 unused license keys for XP in my MAPS packs from Microsoft. No activation requ...
by oxygen
Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:26 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: XP SP1 Boots fine until HDD is connected to HPT controller
Replies: 6
Views: 11462

Thanks mate. I've tried th 1.30's. I'm not a big fan of XP at the best of times, so last night I said sod it, and installed 2000 SP4 again. Voila working! It would have been convenient to run XP, but 2000 just seems to work better on my setup. I should be used to old hardware and new operating syste...
by oxygen
Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:18 pm
Forum: Software
Topic: XP SP1 Boots fine until HDD is connected to HPT controller
Replies: 6
Views: 11462

XP SP1 Boots fine until HDD is connected to HPT controller

Hi everyone, It's been a while since I visited the site and I'm not up to speed on all quirks XP has to offer the BP6. I formatted the windows 2000 sp4 installation and the XP install went flawlessly. The boot drive is a 30Gb Western Digital set as Primary Master on the Standard ATA 33 channel (XP P...