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Old 10-05-2008, 09:51 AM   #2 (permalink) Top
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is the CD / DVD detected by the BIOS ?

is the CD set as master, slave or C/SEL ?
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Originally Posted by kyle
Also i dont have very powerful PSU (Getting a new one tomorw) its a 230watt, plus i have a 8400 gs, 2 gb of ram and a 2.8ghz single intel proc.
that is a concern but it is not the thing that concerns me most, cos i have an intel 3Ghz single core & 1Gb DDR2 and 2 CD / DVDs and my setup uses over 200W & i have an Antec TP2 550

Edit: try this PSU calculator, it not very accurate but it gives you an idea of what power you need


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