When i try clicking on the link to the driver it opens and then closes quickly on safari and says “windows xp” in the left hand corner?
So i could just dwl different drivers through bios and then it would recognize the drive? Again PC noob here.
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Like I said id be fine with leaving the PC with someone if they can get the thing running.
The kicker is cost. Just like good mechanics charge more because of experience and efficiency, getting someone that knows computers well isn’t cheap.
If it is in fact the computer not recognizing due to a driver, would loading windows 7 (updated drivers) fix the issue?
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Windows 7 has 99% of the drivers for everything lol
It should work out of the box
Yes, I suggest Windows 7 as your best solution. 
Maybe I’ll try that first, now to find a friend that goes to ub and can get cheap student version.
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Well I was able to get a windows 7 disc. I threw it in and windows started installing! Problem arose at the end of the install. I got a prompt that said windows could not install due to a hardware issue. I tried re installing and ended up getting the same prompt. I guess im back at square one…
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Not trying to be a dick but I won’t ask again and I’ll just give up trying to help if I can’t get an answer on what the storage controller is set to in the bios. If you did post that and I missed it I apologize and please refresh my memory. That could be one cause for the error (improper bios setting). Also how did you partition/format the drive?
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Where exactly can I change the settings you were talking about trading?
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What other options to you have on the advanced settings…beyond cpu configuration.
The storage controller settings should be under advanced. I don’t have a computer with that bios to see what you do exactly.
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Just saying are you special it’s not hard to hit sub low 30s if not 20s like shown here on a air cooled system. The heat contact pipes made of of copper cool way better now, get your head out of you ass, a Prescott pentium 4 478 would run 60c idle, I’ve really never seen a p3 higher 70c
Who are you referring too??
Traderbase let me know if their is a setting you can see or want me to post that could solve my issue. I’m going to move around the RAM to different slots to see if that could be a culprit (long shot i know…).
This is the prompt I get at the end of the install…
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lol wtf did oynx do to this PC
I did as they say to do via - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466753 . I got into setpact.log and found 2 errors,
the first error code 1208[gle=0x000003e5]
the second - An error occured while either deciding if we need to specialize or while specializing; dwRet = 0x4b8
are you trying to install Win 7 x64?
no 32 bit windows 7
Did this ever work since you bought it? Did it work with the existing ram and the old hard drive with any operating system?
You’re having a rough go on this one, most computers are nowhere near this quirky, that I can promise.
The Win 7 is 32 bit full version, not upgrade right?