cpt.Waller

The problem you are experiencing is probably down to the jump settings of the hard disk itself. When you purchase a new hard disk, there are a set of pins on the disk that need to be arranged according to how you will use the disk in your machine. The common configurations are Slave, Master or Cable Select. Seeing as the spec you listed only has one hard disk, i'm assuming you plan on using only one hard disk in the machine. If this is the case, take a look at the following site, and follow the instructions to set the disk as Master. http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_us/documentation/jumper_settings/style_a1.htm The diagram shows an ATA disk, but i'm sure the jumper pattern is the same for the SATA versions. Ensure that the SATA disk is connected to the moterboard at the socket labelled SATA0 (or the lowest possible SATA socket). Now in the BIOS, make sure that the four channels in the IDE configuration are not disabled. Now when you boot the machine, it should pick up the hard disk, but may give you the 'Invalid boot disk' message. This is ok, it usually just says this when there is no operationg system on the drive. Stick in the XP CD, make sure the BIOS is set to boot the CD-ROM drive before any hard disks, Restart, and the XP setup should start. Hope this helps, let me know if you have any probs.

'All systems ready, prepare for down count!' 'Hey love crusader, I wanna be your space invader!' Cracks me up. You just don't get them like this anymore. I love his tache. Gotta get me one of those.

Hey, liking the snowflakes. May unfortunatly be the closest thing we get to snow this christmas. Anyways, festive greets from me too!

Nice one. Looks like the headaches should start settling down with the removal of 'Eye Adaptation'. Still can't believe they released a game without actually checking that people could browse through multiplayer matches. Wow, can't believe i'm still moaning about this game! I'm a bitter, bitter man.

I have to say... I too was disappointed with R6Vegas. The headaches really are a pain, and I also found it to be to arcade like. Two of my biggest gripes are: Before you peek around a corner, you can position the crosshair on an enemies head, peek around the corner to take the shot, and the crosshair remains perfectly positioned, allowing you to decapitate as many enemies as you like. Not too realistic to me... And this is the worst... It's an exact port from the 360. I'm sure I even sure a directory being created during the install call 360something. Oh yea, where's the 360 face mapping system? Or native widescreen support that GR:AW offered? Oh well, at least it makes for some more feedback on my ebay account when I sell it. Wow, moan over. Feel invigorated now...

Thanks for the welcome Beaver! So are the majority of the team based in the UK? How long has the team been playing GR:AW?

Hi Everyone, cpt.Waller here! Thanks for accepting me into the recruitment process. Looking forward to getting some gaming in this festive season (GR:AW)! I've been knocking around on the .TuG. team server the last couple of weeks but i'm sure you'll see a lot more of me now. Merry Xmas people! cpt.Waller