Power Supply.

[Smash Bros]

ok i just bought a new Gigabyte motherboard aswell as a Duo Core 1.8GHZ processor with 1 gig DDR2 ram.

problem is i went to instal it all and now my power supply wont fit in. what is the name of the new power supplys and also can i get a cord thingy (cant remember the name lol) that will let me hook 2 HDD and a CD Drive up on the same thing....

[Red Dragon]

I think what you may want to look up for the Power supply is SFX / Micro-ATX / Small Form Factor

Performance is better with both hard drives on the same ribbon cable, and the CD RW and DVD drives on the other one.

The CD and DVD type drives have slower access speeds that tend to slow down the performance of the hard drive when connected to the same ribbon cable.

[Smash Bros]

I think what you may want to look up for the Power supply is SFX / Micro-ATX / Small Form Factor

Performance is better with both hard drives on the same ribbon cable, and the CD RW and DVD drives on the other one.

The CD and DVD type drives have slower access speeds that tend to slow down the performance of the hard drive when connected to the same ribbon cable.

ok then. only problem is there is only 1 port for the ribbon cable :S


soo unless they have designed a new way to conect the cd/dvd drive up then im confused :S

[Dymond]

DUDE.. what kind of mobo did you get? Does it have SATA maybe?

[Smash Bros]

DUDE.. what kind of mobo did you get? Does it have SATA maybe?

it has sata writen on it lol. give me 5 and ill get the mobo number lol
ill google a pic of it lol


ok here is a link for the pic here (http://212.143.170.158/catalog/images/Gigabyte/ga-945gcmx-s2_6_6_big.jpg)

and here is a link of speccs for the mobo here (http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2521)

[Red Dragon]

sorry smash i had some PC probs of my own, back now and the old comp is just like new.

I'm guessing you already fixed this by now, but wanted to see if you figured it out.

It's fairly simple to plug in but can be a pain for drivers and installing windows sometimes. I think I downloaded the drivers from the mobo website to mem stick ->if your mobo supports floppy emulation to USB

[Smash Bros]

nah i havent fixed it yet lol.

i have all the drivers just need the power supply and then need to get SATA parts to put on my HDD

[Smash Bros]

now it is all installed and there is only 1 problem now....

there is no sound :|

there is teh built in sound card but it doesnt work :|

says it is all functioning properly although when i go into media player it dont work :| all the files just fuck up and say there is an error and wont play

[Dymond]

so your not getting any sound at all, even outside of trying to play MP3s?

[Smash Bros]

none at all.

i check the sound thingy in the control pannel and it said that there is no sound device installed :|

although i have the updated drivers from both the mother board cd and went on the gigabyte website and still no luck :|

it is on board sound aswell.

[Dymond]

Is it enabled in the BIOS?

[Smash Bros]

yep. already checked that.

although there could be a part i missed if it is multipul parts lol.

let me know everthing i have to enable and ill tell you if it is done lol.

[Dymond]

AC97? do you see that in the BIOS??

send me the mobo model # again and I'll see if I can get the manual online.

[Seabiscuit]

if i remember when i was running windows right there was a selection somewhere were you could select to turn off integrated sound might check into that
lmao i was looking for solutions to your sound problem and came acrost this dummeys with problems (http://support.gateway.com/s/Checklists/BPC/ck2007030742.shtml)

[Smash Bros]

AC97? do you see that in the BIOS??

send me the mobo model # again and I'll see if I can get the manual online.

nope that aint there.

although there is something about azerus(i think thats it) and the model number of the mobo was GA-945GCMX-S2

[Grendel]

Ummmmm That's not one of those boards that needs speakers with their own amplifier is it? I had one of those once, took me ages to figure that one out!

[Smash Bros]

YES I HAVE DONE IT :D


ok for all those with the same problem(turns out to be a fuckload)

all i done was this:

when i was installing some of the drivers it came up with an error saying that it couldnt find the streamci.dll file in System32.

all you need to do is google it. first link should be it and download the actual file. place it into the System32 folder. reinstall your drivers and then reboot. once that is all done it will work again.

make sure not to touch anything else in system32 as it could fuck the whole system. i have no idea why it done this but i hate it >.<


also could a mod/admin seperate this topic soo that everything about the sound is in a different thread so it is easier to find at a later date for those with the same problem :D

cheers everyone for their help.

[Grendel]

Good job! Well done.

Now you got that working I hope it all goes smoothly from now on!!

[Dymond]

I can't be arsed to seperate the thread LOL but there is a reason its called SYSTEM32 there Muzza! You should always be careful anytime your under the WINDOWS directory..

[Smash Bros]

hey i never deleted anything in there.

although on my OLD system i did delete teh system32 folder trying to get rid of the drivers :P

although it started working a bit better after that lol. then died :D

but on my xp disc it doesnt have a pile fo stuff in teh system32 folder :|

[Dymond]

everything on an installation disk is in Cab files that get extracted during installation.. DON'T delete the System32 folder again! LOL

[Smash Bros]

i shall not :P

although i seem to not have all the files in system32 that i need :S

some things keep fucking up :S

like telling me i have a Microsfot Kernel GS Wavetable Synthesizer.

although i have no fucking clue as to what it is although it is saying that it wont install properly without the XP disc. put the disc in and it cant find the files :S