Hi Lasse The BIOS shows this message at boot time when you connect your IDE harddisk with an older cable instead of the newer "80 conductor cable" ones (usually blue colored connector) *or* if it by mistake "thinks" you did so. If it is true, then your harddisk would not be accessed in the fastest possible Ultra DMA mode, which still should be pretty meaningless regarding to speed. Sometimes slower is even safer. If you did not do anything with the cable connections yourself or the BIOS settings, you could try resetting the BIOS to it's default or have a look for a BIOS update for you board. Some BIOS let you disable this message also.
Windows freezing can have a lot of reasons including hardware ones (like PSU, memory,overheating). I would scan for damaged system files with --> Start --> run --> type "sfc /scannow", have your XP disk ready for that. Second would be a repair installation or the installation of the latest Service packets. I assume you use a recent Antivirus Program, a Firewall and have checked your harddisk(s) for errors with "chkdsk c:/ f" ? The use of (the old)Regcleaner with XP is not recommended, it cleans out too much entries especially for Symantec products and Office. If you already did use it, try to restore the cleaned entries from a backup set inside the program. Use it only to delete unwanted startup programs, not to clean the registry. greetings Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Lasse Karlsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:14 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: OT Windows help needed >> >> >>Hi all, >> >>When booting Windows XP I get the following message: "Secondary >>IDE channel >>no 80 conductor cable installed". >>Can anyone explain what this actually means, possible cause and effects? >> >>Would it have anything to do with a number of programs starting >>to freeze on >>me, like the ACDSee, RegCleaner and Windows "Search"-program? >> >>Thanks, >>Lasse >>
