Vegas

Can't seem to get gaming computer to boot new drive in Sata. Dunno if just me not configuring it right or a mobo problem.

Drive -WD Black 640gb
http://www.newegg.co...aviar black 640
Mobo-Gigabyte GA-MA78LM-S2H
http://www.newegg.co...k=GA-MA78LM-S2H

Bios was set to boot drives as Natural IDE and os installed on the drive while it was in IDE interface. Installed programs, used computer, ran games etc etc without a problem. Realized it, ran BIOS and changed Sata drives to AHCI. Couldn't boot os, naturally. No problem for me to fresh install, still a new comp.

Booted os cd and tried to install os, but it couldn't detect any drives. Maybe cuz the drive was previously in IDE mode. Confused on what to do next. So I made BIOS run sata in natural IDE and deleted partion through os cd boot. Didn't install os though. Thought, problem solved, OEM drives come unpartioned anyways right? So changed Sata to AHCI again and tried to run os install. Once again, could not detect drives and blue screened. Confused again.

Took drive unpartioned drive, made it a slave in old dell computer, ran BIOS to make it run in SATA. After booting and everest diagnostics, saw that my dell hdd was SATA while the new drive was still in IDE. Went start->my computer->manage and ran disk management. Formatted, deleted partion, created partion etc etc. HDD was recognized by os and working but still, in IDE mode.

How to make this drive run in SATA interface?? I want to make it my primary drive for my new rig but I can't seem to fresh install an os on it while SATA is in AHCI in bios. Have ran chkdsk and hdd diagnostics programs and it is 100% fine and working. It worked too, when I was running my os with sata set to natural ide. Can something possibly be wrong with the mobo Sata controllers or something? The mobo is sata compatible and I had personally plugged in the hdd to sata ports.

Edit: I think i determined near final specs in post 9. first post waste of time to read now.

Been getting alot of opinions on this build I will finally do now since school is done.
copy pasta

Uses:Casual gaming/light media, not much hardcore video/graphic editing. When I do need to, leaving it to finish overnight is fine.
Price: Under $800 before shipping and taxes. Trying to cut as much costs as possible.
Retailer: Scoped out items from DirectCanada and some from Newegg.ca
Preferences: ATI and Seagate. Both haven't failed me so far.
Parts reusing-LCD, optical drives.
Plan on purchasing anywhere from a week or two to the end of the month.
Current build: Pentium d, XP, 1280x1024

I first had the X4 945 3.0 GHz as the processor and got a range of advice from just getting a 630 2.6GHz quad that doesn't have l3 cache and overclocking it(never done before)or risking and trying to get a trip core and hoping that the 4th core is just unactivated and to try to unlock it. But someone from another forum who seems respected and very helpful said a X2 250 3.0GHz, no l3, might be good enough. I did some research and while it is definitely not top of the line, it could still suit me.

Should I pump out an extra $100 for a 945 quad or will a x2 250 be good enough for my needs. I got a little confused because when I was recommended to look for a dualcore, some of the intel dualcores are at the same price or even more than most of the amd quads. I don't know if that's just an intel pricing consumer flaw or if the output is equal for the price.

Edit: and the new rig is also based on ddr2 memory. Some quick googling pointed me to the fact, dunnno if still stands now, that the biggest difference from ddr2 to ddr3 is something to do with energy use and high end ddr2 sticks didn't show that noticeable performance difference from ddr3 sticks.

rest of build

stuff like hd and additional ram can be simply upgraded when more needed.

and also any recommendations on how to get windows 7 cheap? the $100+ price tag isn't pretty and will probably just resort to sticking with xp for the time being.

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first time buying something. how is the shipping address determined?
mom is on vacation in us right now living with family. want to eBay stuff to take advantage of cheaper u.s. shipping rates.

paying with paypal, paypal has canadian addresss. can't add american address.
I want to make sure it ships to the american address and not my canadian address.

Posted this on a couple of forums.

Antivirus soft rogue virus.
Somehow I contracted this piece of sh*t even with nod32 and outpost firewall. After experimenting a bit with the recommended procedures from sites I found from google, I thought I had fixed it all. Basically ran Malwarebytes antimalware and was able to find and delete all the malware. Or so I thought. After a restart, this pos is back again. Ran in safe mode and msconfiged it so that it wouldnt start at startup.

Computer helps sites have stated that these files/keys are usually the ones related to it.

%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\<random>\
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\<random>\<random>sysguard.exe
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\<random>\<random>sftav.exe

    * C:\Program Files\Antivirus Soft\
    * %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\[random]\ 


    * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AvScan
    * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "ProxyOverride" = ""
    * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download "RunInvalidSignatures" = "1"
    * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Associations "Files" = ".exe"
    * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Internet Settings "ProxyServer" = "http=127.0.0.1:5555"
    * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Attachments �SaveZoneInformation� = "1"
    * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run "[random]"
    * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run "[random]"
    * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run "Antivirus Soft"
    * HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run "Antivirus Soft"

I have searched and hopefully deleted all the files. What can I do with the reg keys? Are any of them safe to delete without messing up my computer? I've ran full system scans today and they've all come clean, yet after searching my computer for the files, they were found. This thing really likes to hide and revive itself.