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Trouble Shooting

If you experienced boot / restart / shutdown problems, check out Paul's unofficial FAQ please.
Why is my system so slow to boot? (Quote from Paul's unofficial FAQ ).
I have just swapped my disk from old motherboard and Windows fails to boot, sometimes giving the message "Inaccessible_boot_device". Why? (Quote from Paul's unofficial FAQ).

Common FAQs

In the common session, we have list some FAQs, for example, Note for install the heatsink for AMD SocketA CPUs , The specification list of mainboards , The CPU supporting list of mainboards. Which is the highest speed CPU does my MB support?, The BIOS list of mainboards , Does my motherboard support 75GB harddisk? Does my motherboard support 80GB harddisk? , How to upgrade BIOS? and How to determine my motherboard model? Want to see more? Click here.

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OS, drivers and software:	DATE
Why I meet "Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM (512MB) Installed with Windows95/98/98SE/Me?	2001/07/23
How should I install the software for my new motherboard? (Quote from Paul's unofficial FAQ).	2001/03/05
How could I install new AGP card driver after I change to a new AGP card?	2000/09/30
Which driver I should install first for my board with VIA chipset after installing operating system?	2000/09/28
Why I see an "unknown device" message under "other device" in "Device Manager" after first install Windows?	2000/09/28

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CPUs:	DATE
Does ABIT mainboard based on Intel 440BX, i810 and i815 series support Intel new Celeron 1.0A/1.10A/1.2/1.3GHz processor? (BX133 / BE6 / BE6-II / BF6 / BH6 / BM6 / BP6 / BX6 / ZM6 / SA6 / SE6 / SL6 / VA6 / VL6 / VT6X4 / VH6)	2001/10/11
Does VP6 support the same frequency but different Vcore CPU? For instance: PENTIUM III MALAY 800EB/256/133/1.65V Q037A040-0733 SL464 PENTIUM III MALAY 800EB/256/133/1.7V L042A263-0695 SL4MB	2000/12/19
Does VP6 support single Celeron(FC-PGA) CPU?	2000/11/24
Does VP6 support single VIA Cyrix III CPU?	2000/11/24

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Hard-disks and CDROMs:	DATE
Why the transfer rate is slow or even crashed while duplicating data into internal IDE ZIP drive under Windows 98SE and Windows 2000?	2001/03/26
Why I can't copy file from CD-ROM to Hard Drive in OS?	2000/11/24
How does one boot a system from the CD-ROM device?	2000/10/01

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Memory:	DATE
Why I meet "Out of Memory" Error Messages with Large Amounts of RAM (512MB) Installed with Windows95/98/98SE/Me?	2001/07/23
Does VP6 support ECC memory modules?	2000/11/24
May I plug registered and unbuffered memory modules on VP6 motherboard simultaneously.	2000/10/12

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BIOS :	DATE
No such FAQs.

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Display Cards: DATE

There is infinite Loop or NV Loop/BSOD error on motherboards based VIA chipsets . 2002/01/16

I am using the board with no DDR SDRAM support, I wonder if I could use the DDR-SDRAM / DDR-SGRAM Display Card on my system? (For all models without DDR supported)
2001/08/12

Why system becomes unstable when play 3D games by using Nvidia GTS or MX graphic card, and enable Fast Write function in BIOS?
2000/11/24

Why I can not enable the 4X mode in using ATI Radeon Display Card?
2000/11/24

Why system shut down since execute the 3DMARK 2000 on using Diamon Viper-II(Savage 2000) display card ?
2000/11/24

How could I install new AGP card driver after I change to a new AGP card?
2000/09/30

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Sound Cards: DATE

Why I get a Blue-screen of death after loading Liveware 3.0 for Creative SBLive! sound card under Windows ME? (VP6)
2000/11/24

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MISC:	DATE
How's the IRQ sharing issue for VP6 motherboards?	2000/11/24
What is the wattage output of the fan headers on the VP6? I would like to use a Global Win FOP-38 heat sink and fan combo. This uses the Delta high speed (7000RPM) fan and draws 3.5 to 4 watts of power .	2000/11/24
How can I enable the DMA transfer mode under Windows 9x?	2000/09/28

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HPT 37X FAQ Topics (For motherboards and adapters included HPT37X controller)	DATE
Quick Installation Guide- How to install Windows XP with HPT37X driver 2.0.1019	2001/10/24
Why does my system hang, if connected the ATA33 HDD (Brand: SEAGATE ST33221A/ IBMDTTA-307010/ Maxtor 90432D2) on HPT370 controller, and it can't transfer Data from IDE1 CD-ROM drive? How do I fix the problem?	2001/07/09
BIOS update guide for RAID motherboards.	2001/07/02
Drivers update guide for VIA / HPT motherboards	2001/07/02
Why HotRod 100 Pro shows me UDMA 2 (ATA 33) even I have ATA 66 harddisks?	2001/01/10
Could I use different size harddisks on HotRod 100 Pro?	2001/01/10
Why I can not assign boot disk in "Select Boot Disk" session?	2001/01/10
What type of FLASH ROM should I select while upgrading HotRod 100 Pro BIOS via LOAD.EXE?	2001/01/10
How can I update the Highpoint BIOS?	2000/10/30
Why I get a Blue-screen-of-death after loading Liveware 3.0 for Creative SBLive! sound card under Windows ME?	2000/10/11
Why a single or RAID disk is wrongfully recognized when the size larger then 64GB?	2000/10/04
How to install HPT366/370 driver in Windows NT 4.0?	2000/09/28
Do you have a driver of HPT 366/ 370 controller for WinME?	2000/09/28
Why does the BIOS detect the ATA 66/100 hard drive as an Ultra ATA/33 on the ATA 66/100 port rather than an Ultra ATA/66/100 even though you have put an ATA 66/100 hard drive into the ATA 66/100 port?	2000/09/28
Why the system stop response for about one minute when detecting the hard drive on RAID channels?	2000/09/28

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RAID FAQ Topics(For motherboards and adapters included RAID function)	DATE
What is RAID? Why would I ever use it?	2001/03/20
What are RAID levels? Why so many? What distinguishes them?	2001/03/20
How could I replace a new harddisk while one of the harddisks broken after building a raid 1 (Mirror disk array) system.	2001/01/10
Disk size is wrong after building raid configuration.	2001/01/10
How to build RAID 0+1 disk array?	2001/01/10
Why all my data get lost after I create/delete RAID in hpt370 BIOS.	2000/10/12

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