Thanks for the great suggestions everyone! I do have another IDE cable which came with the motherboard. I imagine it's a 40-pin one since it was a freebie. I just put the hard drive on that cable and moved the DVD drive over to the secondary IDE channel. Now XP works! Memtest was actually one of the …

Welp, the BIOS update did not solve the issue. I guess it's just my SATA to IDE adapter then. I'll stick to ME for now I guess until I can figure out a storage solution.

Thanks! I'll be sure to try that tomorrow. So I actually used a few things over the course of trying to get the computer working. First I used the partition tool off some old Ubuntu CD to wipe an old Windows 7 x64 install off the drive. I think I formatted it as FAT? Then I tried to install Windows …

So my luck building this retro PC project of mine has not been so good so far. Right now the problem I'm having is that I can't for the life of me get NT-based Windows OS's to install. I've tried Windows XP off an HP OEM CD and Windows Codename Neptune (beta OS based on Win2000). What happens is I …

So I just tested the computer with a more period-correct monitor and got the same garbage displayed on screen. I'm guessing it's the VRAM. Guess I'll try and get my money back on eBay.

I found this older topic that PARKE actually posted in while searching today. https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=73983 I guess I'll have to cut into my retention bracket so that I can use it with this CPU. Any recommendations for doing this? I don't own a dremel. Also do you think the heat …

Well, it's worth a shot. I'll give it a try tomorrow.

It is native VGA although it is a cheap 16:9 monitor. I did go into the BIOS Setup actually, that's what's in the second picture, if you can believe it 😁

This is a bit of a long shot, but are you sure the processor is properly seated in the slot 1 socket, and yes I know you've tried that already. Reason I ask is that your pic shows the processor cooler has the right-angle side tabs and I've found that sometimes these don't play nicely with certain …

I just tested the power supply on a newer Core 2 Duo Dell SFF computer and it booted up just fine, so I guess it's the mobo or the RAM :( . I'll try reaching out to the sellers of the CPU and GPU to see what the extent of their testing was. Is it possible that the GPU isn't compatible with this …

@Horun I just now tried it breadbox-style and had the same luck, unfortunately. Here's my board: https://imgur.com/KDL0QnY @darry Yes, it is a known-working monitor. I've been using it as a second monitor on my main PC since March. @jakethompson1 Here's my RAM. I don't think it's the low/high- …

@darry I do not have a multimeter on hand, but there might be a place where I could use one. I'll have to look into it. The PSU is a CX430 75-001666. It's got 20A on the +3.3v rail, 20A on the +5v rail, 32A on the +12v, 0.8A on the -12v, and "+5Vsb" on the 3A rail. I bought it used and I don't know …

Hi everyone! This is my first post here, so I hope I'm doing it right. I found this forum and its wiki extremely helpful in picking parts to build my '90s/2000s gaming/experimentation PC, so I figured this would be the best place to go for help. I finally received the last of my parts in the mail …