Thira Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 Hi all My system: Processor Athlon 64 939 venice 3200 DFI LANParty UT nf4 ultra-d Bios Latest 6/23/05 OCZ 2x512 MB Dual DDR 400 Power Antec Neo 430 Two Seagate 160 GB SATA RAID 0 Pioneer DVD Burner Lite On CD Burner Lian Li Mid Tower Sapphire X700 Pro 256 MB PCI Express x16 When I received the DFI mobo, I added all components listed above. Initially I loaded WIndows XP Professional. Then SP2, followed by nForce4 AMD Edition (6.66) - Windows XP/2000 (32-Bit) drivers downloaded from NVIdia's site. Everything fine. Then I added DirectX 9.0c and added the Catalyst 5.7 Windows XP video drivers. I had a third IDE 80 GB HDD which had my backup files. The two Burners were master and slave on one IDE slot and the IDE HDD is on the other. All worked well until I added the IDE HDD. Then the system would boot and load the Windows logo, but then simply a black screen. When I disconnected the IDE HDD the system would still only load the Windows logo, then a black screen. I could not reinstall windows without discharging the CMOS and starting over. I repeated the process of loading Windows and the drivers as above, but this time instead of adding the IDE HDD, I put an Audigy 2 ZS sound card in. This caused the same problem. I discharged the CMOS and have started fresh again. This time I am doing a long format on the RAID. If I can load Windows XP pro again, are there any settings in the BIOS I should address to avoid this problem? Any ideas on what is going on? This is driving me insane. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenC Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 Thira, First need to create a signature. See my signature for link. Did you install ntune? Have you run memtest? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thira Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 Yep just created signature. Memtest OK as was Seagate test for HDD's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
malinois1 Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 How about Ntune? or Nvidia Ide drivers? Did you install them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thira Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 No NTune...did install Nvidia Ide drivers. Right now I am doing new install Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
malinois1 Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 Dont install the Ide drivers as they have caused problems for some Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thira Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 Do I need the IDE drivers for my IDE devices, ie DVD, CD burners & IDE HDD? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
malinois1 Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 Nope. I don't use the Nvidia one's and it works just fine. Window will use its own default drivers for IDE which work fine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thira Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 My problem now is I can boot from the WIndows CD, install WIndows, but when the system reboots, I have a black screen.. any suggestions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
malinois1 Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 Unplug the IDE HDD untill you have finished installing windows on the Sata Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thira Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 RIght now the only things plugged are the two SATA drives , memory , video, power supply , DVD, & CD. I cannot get past when the WIndows logo comes on....then black screen. I am running the SEeagate test for the SATA drives. Then the Memtest. What I do not get is why the system originally was perfect until I connected the IDE HDD and Sound card. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
malinois1 Posted July 30, 2005 Posted July 30, 2005 Did you disable onboard sound in bios? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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