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Hi all this is my first time posting on these boards. I need some help with this mobo that I bought off of ebay, It's a gigabyte 8inxp that came in the mail by itself with no DPVRM or no installation cd. I called customer support and they said that the dps not installed wouldn't affect the mobo at all, with that resolved; I want someone who knows about this board to give me a real "step by step" with what to do. I have the installation cd on it's way but im already up and running so i don't want to wait for something that I don't need at the moment.
I downloaded all of the drivers off of the site for the 8inxp and don't know how or where to install them? I thought that there was some kind of way to flash the bios through windows? but maybe that's on the installation disc. What I want to do run raid with 2x80gig wd hdd I don't have a scsi interface just yet but in the future I would like to get that adapter thingie that converts the EIDE to SCSI but that'll have to wait, so as you can tell I'll be running ATA/EIDE standard with the Raid. But how do I go about doing it, this is my first time building a computer and all aside from just having it up and running i realize that there's alot more tweaking envolved,but I am greatful none the less. here's what I have sofar:
gigabyte 8inxp
pentium IV 2.4 with standard "intel" heatsink
1 aftermarket 80mm fan on the back
2x512 266 DDR sticks,slots 1 and 3 non ecc
ATI Radeon 7000 PCI
soundblaster audigy "xgamer"
NEC 10/100 card
hp cd writer plus
sony dru 500ax
and standard floppy 1.44 3.5
I downloaded all of the drivers off of the site for the 8inxp and don't know how or where to install them? I thought that there was some kind of way to flash the bios through windows? but maybe that's on the installation disc. What I want to do run raid with 2x80gig wd hdd I don't have a scsi interface just yet but in the future I would like to get that adapter thingie that converts the EIDE to SCSI but that'll have to wait, so as you can tell I'll be running ATA/EIDE standard with the Raid. But how do I go about doing it, this is my first time building a computer and all aside from just having it up and running i realize that there's alot more tweaking envolved,but I am greatful none the less. here's what I have sofar:
gigabyte 8inxp
pentium IV 2.4 with standard "intel" heatsink
1 aftermarket 80mm fan on the back
2x512 266 DDR sticks,slots 1 and 3 non ecc
ATI Radeon 7000 PCI
soundblaster audigy "xgamer"
NEC 10/100 card
hp cd writer plus
sony dru 500ax
and standard floppy 1.44 3.5