Hi, as the original thread starter, I was surprised myself to get any more replies.

Thanks chawk02 for the recommendations - allbeit a little too late for my benefit! I'm sure other people will...

Thanks Sarah.

Colin. :o

Warning: what you are about to read is from a complete novice who is trying to install software on a linux server. I apologise in advance if this is not in the right forum.

My problem is that the...

As a final note:

I took out "old/working" ram and put in the "new" ram, unplugged the power cable, and reset the bios using the jumper as the motherboard manual stated. I then replugged power...

just to end this thread i started:

turns out the 20 GB seagate HD I got was knackered. Oh Well.

I got a 2nd hand 80 GB seagate one off Ebay, and I'm now happy as a bunny rabbit with a carrot :D...

Speaking as a very amateur web designer (wannabe), I though the site design was nice and simple.

The info was very useful, although I would have liked more info on various firewall software. This...

Thanks so much for the reply Catweazle.

I am now enlightened with regards to memory!

I actually used the Crucial system scan to get the memory part no., and bought it 2nd hand on Ebay....

another question: does the fact that I am restricted to having memory of 32M x 8 by the Motherboard mean that I can only use up to 256 MB Ram sticks on my system such as stick below:?

CT32M64S4D7E...

Not that I want to pick a fight CatWeazle, but both are non-parity with regards to error checking. Maybe you meant something else. Apologies if I am wrong.

The only difference I can find between...

Hi,
story so far: I have a 6340 ver:1 motherboard (it says so on my Motherboard) with two 128 MB sticks of RAM. I recently got a 512MB stick - its rated 64M x 64 - I used the Crucial.com scan to...

thanks for the reply Andy - I'm beginning to think the drive is bust (bought on Ebay as a item from a liquidator/clearing company.) Info on ATA v. DMA was really helpful.

If anyone else has a...

Hi – new user here with a hard drive problem.

I currently have a 20 GB Fujitsu hard drive (MPF3204AT) with an ATA-5 interface. All OK until…..

I recently bought a used 20 GB Seagate hard drive...