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Oh, nevermind -nt- by Senor Barborito 01/24/2003, 1:47am PST
laudablepuss wrote:

My machine can't handle 16x DVD-ROMs. My brother's was a 12x, and when I put it in it worked like a champ. Also, BOTH 16x DVDs (which had failed to perform on my machine) worked PERFECTLY in my brother's machine.

So what's the deal?

My machine (built by a monkey, aka yours truly)
VIA KT 333 Chipset (Gigabyte ga-7vrx)
Athlon 1800 XP
512 MB 333 MHz DDR RAM
Possibly fucked up install of XP, especially according to Barbie.

My brother's machine (built by Micron a couple years ago):
VIA KT 266 Chipset (Gigabyte 7dx)
Athlon Thunderbird 1.2 GHz
512 MB of 200 MHz DDR AM
Theoretically the exact same install of XP, since it was done with the same disk and the same fake XP authentication code generator.

I was looking at my BIOS settings (it's AMIBIOS, btw) and I noticed that in the POST my processor speed is being listed as 1150 MHz. That should be 1530 MHz or so. Funky. This is off the subject, but I never noticed this before. I can't say if it has always been that way or if it happened after I flashed the BIOS yesterday. Also, every change I made to the BIOS to remedy that caused the machine not to boot. I have a "CPU Host Clock Speed" with options "By HW" or a number ranging from 100 to 322 (by increments of 1). I also have "Top Performance: Enabled/Disabled". What does that do? Who knows!

Anyway, back to the DVD question: there's an option in BIOS to choose the IDE Connector Type, with options Auto, ATA33, and ATA66/100. Changing from Auto to ATA66/100 didn't do anything. Didn't try ATA33. Looking around, I don't see any other settings that look promising.

So who knows? I could just use the 12x DVD player and use the extra 16x DVD player in my other machine when I un-defunct it. I'm just a bit confused about this, and it irritates me since I am, ostensibly, a PC tech.

I just realized that I could try my bro's cable and see if that helps. I'll give it a shot tomorrow.

Very tired now.

Thanks to everyone with helpful suggestions, even that loudmouthed fucker, Barbie. Oh, Leufteufel (or however it's spelled), I installed the 4-1 drivers (HYPERION! Or whatever) and it didn't help.
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We need a Fisher Price Rescue Heroes or whatever forum. Also, please help. by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 10:42am PST NEW
    Re: We need a Fisher Price Rescue Heroes or whatever forum. Also, please help. by Help Disk 01/23/2003, 11:04am PST NEW
        Entropy! Cleanup in aisle Rants. (Please?) by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 12:31pm PST NEW
    You are literally doing everything wrong including breathing by Senor Barborito 01/23/2003, 11:51am PST NEW
        Please stop being retarded, thanks. by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 12:28pm PST NEW
            Oh I think it's your turn for that . . . by Senor Barborito 01/23/2003, 12:53pm PST NEW
                Is there anyone else around I can talk to? by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 1:07pm PST NEW
                    FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SHUT UP by Senor Barborito 01/23/2003, 1:18pm PST NEW
                        What do you want from me you fucking gibbering monkey? by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 1:36pm PST NEW
                            Re: What do you want from me you fucking gibbering monkey? by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/23/2003, 3:29pm PST NEW
                                Re: What do you want from me you fucking gibbering monkey? by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 3:57pm PST NEW
                                    UPDATE: The testing indicates . . . by laudablepuss 01/24/2003, 1:36am PST NEW
                                        Oh, nevermind -nt- by Senor Barborito 01/24/2003, 1:47am PST NEW
                                        Re: Fucked up CPU frequency by Entropy Stew 01/24/2003, 2:49am PST NEW
                    Re: Is there anyone else around I can talk to? by Lufteufel 01/23/2003, 7:20pm PST NEW
                        ^^ LAUDABLEPUSS READ THE ABOVE POST, AND SUCK IT ^^ -NT- NT by Senor Barborito 01/24/2003, 1:45am PST NEW
                            There's some great chemistry here. Keep it up! (nt) NT by conflictNo 01/24/2003, 2:09am PST NEW
    Re: We need a Fisher Price Rescue Heroes or whatever forum. Also, please help. by Motherhead 01/23/2003, 7:08pm PST NEW
        whoops, forgot this. by Motherhead 01/23/2003, 7:14pm PST NEW
            Re: whoops, forgot this. by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 8:05pm PST NEW
        Re: We need a Fisher Price Rescue Heroes or whatever forum. Also, please help. by laudablepuss 01/23/2003, 7:59pm PST NEW
            On being called stupid by Senor Barborito 01/24/2003, 7:36am PST NEW
                Re: On being called stupid by laudablepuss 01/24/2003, 10:55am PST NEW
                    Dear Fags by An Eternal Flame 01/24/2003, 1:25pm PST NEW
                        Dear Eternal Guilty Ambition Flame Faggot by laudablepuss 01/24/2003, 2:19pm PST NEW
                        HEY FUCK YOU MOTHERFUCKER by Senor Barborito 01/24/2003, 3:15pm PST NEW
 
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