i just bought an emachines t6414, specs are
athlon 3200+ (socket 939)
1gb dual channel (4x256)
160gb hd
80gb hd
still using onboard video
i have a couple questions, first of all, the emachines came with the 160gb hd and i tried putting my 80gb from my old computer in the new emachines. i changed the jumper settings on the drives so that the 80 was the master and the 160 was the slave.(i want to be able to boot off of my old hd and reformat my 160gb) in the bios it said that the 80 was the master, 160 was the slave, but whenever i tried to boot up it would take me to the screen w/ safe mode, last knows good config., etc. i tried all the options, and none of them would boot it up, it just restarts after i select one of the options. im wondering if it has anything to do w/ switching the 80gb hd from p4 to amd or something along those lines????
next question, the emachines came w/ so much preinstalled ****, i got rid of most of it through add/remove programs, but i know theres still stuff that i don't want/need. i was wondering if anyone has gone through an emachines t series and got rid of all the unwanted ****. if someone could make a list of what is needed and what isn't, that would be great.
last question, my old computer, when idle, usually had 18 or 19 processes. the new one, even after uninstalling all the ****, still had 27 processes running when idle. if anyone knows the minimum processes needed to run windows and could make that into a list, that would be great too.
thanks in advance, ryan
athlon 3200+ (socket 939)
1gb dual channel (4x256)
160gb hd
80gb hd
still using onboard video
i have a couple questions, first of all, the emachines came with the 160gb hd and i tried putting my 80gb from my old computer in the new emachines. i changed the jumper settings on the drives so that the 80 was the master and the 160 was the slave.(i want to be able to boot off of my old hd and reformat my 160gb) in the bios it said that the 80 was the master, 160 was the slave, but whenever i tried to boot up it would take me to the screen w/ safe mode, last knows good config., etc. i tried all the options, and none of them would boot it up, it just restarts after i select one of the options. im wondering if it has anything to do w/ switching the 80gb hd from p4 to amd or something along those lines????
next question, the emachines came w/ so much preinstalled ****, i got rid of most of it through add/remove programs, but i know theres still stuff that i don't want/need. i was wondering if anyone has gone through an emachines t series and got rid of all the unwanted ****. if someone could make a list of what is needed and what isn't, that would be great.
last question, my old computer, when idle, usually had 18 or 19 processes. the new one, even after uninstalling all the ****, still had 27 processes running when idle. if anyone knows the minimum processes needed to run windows and could make that into a list, that would be great too.
thanks in advance, ryan