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On Thursday 20 April 2006 14:57, Tony Sumner wrote: > On Apr 20, 2006, Mark was like: > > On the 64 bit mobos, there are 2 main PSU to mobo power plugs - one is > > the long one which is common to all ATX systems, the other is usually a 4 > > pin one. If the 4 pin one is not plugged in, it will fail to work. > > That's it. I didn't realise I had to use this and there is a 4-pin plug > from the PSU. So now it all starts up ok. Yeehar! > > [thanks for the idea, Mike but the memory now checks] > > It comes up with a strange message 'IDE channel 0 no 80-conductor > cable installed', but why should there be, it's not SCSI so there is a > 40-way cable as usual and setup reports C/H/S values in the usual > way. Is it trying to tell me sonething? Otherwise I am set fair to > install lots more stuff and an OS, etc. > > Tony Sumner > Glad to hear its working :) The 40 pin message has been explained by Robin - ideally use an 80 pin if you can for maximum bandwidth. Most of the motherboard manuals seem very poor at pointing out the extra power connection needed by the newer AMD boards. Mark - The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html