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the C drive ( sata 1) holds all of the operating systems and programs , files and folders and data when you open up computer above the control panel you will see a list of all of the drives in the computer ie C drive g drive h drive etc everything is stored in c drive but if you want extra storage capacity when you want to save something click on save as and select the drive that it is to save on for example you write a document and you want to save it go save as give it a name and then on the left hand column you will see a list of places to save it to so high light drive g and it will go there another way is to open up the folder where something is and simply click and drag it to the drive you want example in photos ( in the photos section) you select a photo and click and drag that photo to drive d etc another way is to click and drag that drive to the desktop and from there click and drag all files to that icon

Check the memory, one module at a time, in one memory slot at a time.

It could be the hard drive or any usb devices plugged in when booting up the computer. Try unplugging the hard drive and remove any USB devices and then try turning on the PC.

You may have one bad drive in your RAID

If there is a disk in the cd device the bios is set up to boot up from there first. So if you have a xp OS disk in there that is what will happen . Remove the disk and it should boot from the hard drive if it is properly loaded.

Try this site- http://abit.ws/page/sa/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php@pMODEL_NAME=Fatal1ty+AN9+32X&fMTYPE=Socket%20AM2&pPRODINFO=BIOS I assume you know what key to press at boot up in order to get the machine to boot into bios. On mine I have to keep hitting the delete key at boot time for the Award setup screen to show. Other machines may take different key strokes. Also you might want to get a copy of a compatible edition of a Linux distro and boot into it. You'll have to set your BIOS for the DVD to be your first boot drive in order for the "live" Linux DVD to boot into Linux.

get back to the bios and reverse and settings you have made close down and then reboot

memory or cmnos wrong: see: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/637137-Abit-motherboard-giving-a-two-tone-siren https://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php/218664-ABIT-BIOS-BEEP-CODES

Not everything works with everything else. There will always be compatibility issues especially with motherboards and cpus. U have different circuitry, pin configurations, power requirements, ad infinitum.

take the extra ram board out when a system fails to boot properly, it indicates a problem hard drive (HDD) cmos batteries just keep the program for the chip operational and nothing more ) take it in to a computer repair shop for a proper diagnosis if it is the hard drive ( has all of the operating system , files and folders ) replace it with a solid state hard drive (SSHD) as it has no spinning disc to fail

U indicated that you were able to get into the bios. Strange that all you did was dis assembly the PC, put it back together the same way, and now it does not work. Assuming you put everything back the exact same way it should work. Make sure that all of your connections are good and tight. Also check to see if the PS is working or connected properly. Try disconnecting all components except the memory and monitor and boot. If it works to a screen turn it off and start hooking up other peripherals one by one till you get no video or it stops working. A bad peripheral can often disrupt a normal boot up process and cause all sorts of mayhem.. Check them all out. And make SURE that your memory chips are in there properly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leave it alone. Reflashing a bios is serious business and never, never guaranteed. Very often the process does not work or goes bad and then you wind up with a piece of junk due to a corrupted bios.

have to select suspend mode s1 or s3 in BIOS power management to check the support mode, also check with hibernate, also need to free space in hard drive system partition for hibernating

Put a hard drive with an operating system on it.

likely cheaper to just ge a new board.

basically go on the net for repair shops , but I suggest that it is a good time to upgrade the board

type in service agents for what ever mother board it is and find pages with shops near you

You can find the driver updates here: http://abit.ws/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php@pMODEL_NAME=KV8-MAX3&fMTYPE=Socket%20754&pPRODINFO=BIOS

If they use the wide ribbon cable, you need the cables with two connectors. Then set on drive to master and one to slave, or set both to CS - for cable select. When you restart the computer, the OS will do the rest.

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