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"Can i use nail varnish remover to clean the CPU die?"

I didnt notice that my heatsink came with a thermal pad on it, so when i tested the fit i accidently got some of it on the CPU die, which i have to remove so i can get arctic silver 5 on, will nail varnish remover be ok?

Yes, although registering people from the phonebook for broadband is really getting the old registrations barometer rising.

56k must be a real pain in the backside aye cookie?

Yep, DFI Lanparty.

Got XP installed and that yesterday, i downloaded service pack 1 (10 hours on a dial-up modem) and ive burnt that to cd so i can install that tomorrow since i cant get the network up.

Unless he's changed it, it's a DFI Lan Party. With UV PCI slots.

Do you have an Abit NF7 or derivitive?

Well I hope that solves it for you.

The IDE cable came out too easily for my liking, i think you hit the nail on the head. Just want pushed that extra bit in.

:)

It ejects and stuff, so it should be ok for power.

I will recheck the IDE cables just now, but i will wait till tomorrow till i attempt to install XP.

Thanks for the tips though, much appreciated.

The most obvious thing.. it is plugged into the IDE channel properly and has a power connector plugged into it?

Are you trying to run the CD drive through SATA via a connector thing like the Soleil that came with the NF7-S?

Notorious Biggles wrote:
> As for not being able to install XP, is it a SATA hard drive? If so,
> you boot the PC from the XP CD then when it says do you need to
> install any SCSI drivers (or something similar) you install a SATA
> driver that should have come with your mobo. Took me a while to get
> it set up as well.

Yeah its SATA, ive configured it to boot from the cd-rom first but it wont load the cd at all.