I once asked them if there was a place that I could write a review or testimonial. They sent me the link, then a week later I got a customer appreciation package. It had some AMD stickers and a pen, an AMD shirt, and a newegg shirt. Pretty sweet.
I have experienced this first hand. It will not disable your OS, it just won't let you download any non-critical updates. I used firefox, went to http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/, and got all the updates I needed.
Right click taskbar-> select properties-> Click on the customize button-> Find "Safely Remove Hardware"-> Change drop down box to always hide.
This will only work if you have "hide inactive icons" enabled. I think it's the only way to get rid of it. I have tried before too, this is all I...
Have you tried to install windows with out specifying a driver for the hard drive? It doesn't sound like you are using raid or anything special. Just let the install go past that part to see if that will work.
I signed up awhile back for the golf balls and they sent me these yesterday too. Not bad for free. I aswell was wondering about the stir sticks. What do I need a dozen of them for? Oh well, good find.
I say double check the jumpers on the back of the drive(s). Make sure you have one master and one slave on each IDE cable. If that checks out try replacing the cable. If that doesn't work, then you might try a PCI controller card. Good luck.
Hey guys, I'm building a computer for somebody for cheap and still need a few parts. Here is what I'm looking for:
Athlon XP 2200+ or better can include HSF or not
CDR drive must be black, 36x or better
Nforce2 IGP motherboard
Floppy drive must be black as well
That's it for now, PM me...