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Champion_R

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  1. I strongly recommend against trying to transfer Windows installations across systems or major hardware changes. It always gets messy and there is usually a performance hit too.

     

    If you don't want to format the drive, you can always load the recovery console and rename the Windows, Program Files, Documents and Settings folders. Also you can rename boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect.com. After this you can install a new copy of Windows and preserve the drives contents.


  2. Sometimes I've encountered this weirdness when trying to connect to an admin share. When it prompts for the User name and password, the username field is ghosted out and thus stuck as guest.

     

    Does anyone know why this happens and/or how to fix it?


  3. Most Dells have an on site warrenty. They should replace the Radeon on the spot. Just ring them and tell them the problem and u'll have a new Radeon :P

     

    P.S. That thing about the memory chip being damaged, those artifacts seem to indictate a memory problem.


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    Changing a mobo and keeping the same installation is a horrible idea, period. If the chipset, AGP, and HDD drivers are different (and they usually are) then you should simply format and start over. Personally, I am surprised it didn't BSOD (although the suggestion of a "repair" indicates that it might have) at boot because of the difference in IDE drivers. Most people here are going to tell you the same thing, as they have all probably tried to rig this same exact thing at one time or another.


    Not reinstalling Windows after a Mainboard change is very foolish. You will not get the performence gain of the new board and/or system because there will be driver conflicts, etc. Don't be lazy, just reinstall the OS when you upgrade the board or whole system.

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    My WD 120SE scored around 29000 on sandra, and my dual raptors score 69000, and average sustained rate of 97mb


    What kind of RAID controller are you running? I was under the impression there was a serious lack of decent SATA controllers. I was only aware of the Silicon Image and Intel's onboard one were true SATA controllers.
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