I was reading some google searches on dfi lanparty and "error loading opperating system" and found something about hard drive access mode needing to be set to "large" or "LBA" instead of auto and that S.M.A.R.T. should be enabled.... I don't need "smart" :P
I don't care if the drive crashes.. Does windows xp NEED smart to boot? or just LBA or LARGE?
I think the bios defaults to "heads cylinders sectors" access mode for eide drives; waiting for scandisk to finish a thorough surface scan; then I'm going to try setting the access mode and re-format the drive via the windows installation..
Or do I need to have nf4 "forceware" slipstreamed?
[Edit] Fixed;
Set the drive access mode to LBA; left HDD S.M.A.R.T. off; turned off full screen logo/ installed windows, and have a baseline CPU mark run..
