Recent content by Scratch99

SO- Opened the box and removed and reinstalled the round battery. re-started and got the same messages. Tried making all three devices as first boot device.( Guess I'm getting desperate.) Still no luck. Very frustrating. Really appreciate your efforts to help me.

Yes- The Win-XP is the Upgrade version and I was able to use the combo on another machine. Now deceased. :cry:

Thanks very much for your help gentlemen. Presently Floppy is set as the first boot device.. I will be installing Win 98 second edition, and XP over that. (what I have) :sorry: I will do as you say, only installing Win 98 first. (if I can) And report back. Scratch...

Gentlemen: Thank you for your responses: I may not have been absolutely clear in my original post. When I start the computer. The message that I receive in text is: "NO DRIVES FOUND" (apologies for shouting) Next message is: "Re-boot and select proper boot device and press a key." I am unable...

Thanks very much gentlemen. Operating system is not able to be installed. Instead I get a "No drives found" message. Starfalcon: Yes, using SATA drives.

Board is an Asus P5K. This was to be my new old timey gamer. All the hardware is set up. When I boot up I get this message: Detect drives done No drives found Re-boot and select proper boot device and select a key I then re-boot and go into bios and confirm that there is the Floppy, CD-Rom...

Appreciate all the help and advice guys. :) I finally went with a Corsair 450W SFX 80+ Gold Certified. Had good luck with Corsair in the past. I agonized over how much power to give this, but your advice was most helpful. Thank you. Scratch...

Wow DooLocsta that is really old school. I might have gone for that if I didn't already purchase a box. See my thread on Top/Bottom Query. Appreciated.

Thank you. I looked at the Silverstone platinum 550w. Pass... Amazon reviews don't treat it too well. Travelling on... Scratch.

Rosewill Challenger. $49.99 shipped, at the 'bay'. It's not delivery it's Digiorno. This time I think I got the spelling right. Just need a power supply, memory, and a DVD drive and I'll be set. Appreciate your help. Scratch...

You are right sir. Profound apologies. Senility has finally set in. :( However got two great responses. Ordered the box that I was looking at thanks to the input here. Now have to find a PSU of about 400W to go with it. Hmm...Just have to find a way to disable the silly blue fan lights. D'Giorno...

OK... One more question please. I really need to choose a case. The new varieties show the power supply mounted on the bottom and I found one that I like. However, trying to justify a case with the PSU on the bottom where its in danger of collecting most of the dust. (As well as cat hair) :(...

Many thanks GiGaBiTe. Guess I'll refine my search. I was looking at 500W units of the bronze flavor. Trying to be careful as I read that power supply and motherboards made some input changes in the early two thousands. Doen't want to get into trouble by mixing old/new tech. Never cheaped out on...

Thanks Pendragon. I need to do a bit more searching. Have to make a decision soon. Found one on the "bay" for cheap. :)

Presently building a new/old machine to run 2002 era games. The motherboard is a new (old Stock) Asus P5K which will be receiving a LGA Core 2 Duo. The vid card will be 512 meg ram. (possibly sly) Not yet purchased. I'll be running 2 gig of ram. Really unsure about which power supply to power...