Stefan: On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Stefan Suurmeijer wrote:
Problem is: I've already disabled it and put in an e100 pro. I've even tried putting one SATA drive on the Promise controller and the other on the VIA. No change. I've exchanged the memory for the second time, now it has Dane Elec RAM chips. No effect either. The PSU is an Antec TruePower 430 W, should be ok. By now, I'm actually thinking of installing <OMG>Windows</OMG> on the machine to see what happens. Or
I suspect that your mobo is defective. Put Windows on the box and check it out. That way you know for sure and youc an return it.
Ubuntu. I even installed 32bit SuSE to see if that would help: it didn't. I could buy some Crucial RAM chips, but I'd like to make sure that'll actually help.
Don't throw any more good money after bad hardware. Just my 2 cents. Best regards, Alex.