Upgrdade Info

Hello;

I am just about to do a bit of upgrading and spring cleaning on my ASUS
A7N8X Deluxe

Upgrade consists of installing:

2 x 512MB Kingston DDR Ram CL3.0
Maxtor 200GB 7200RPM IDE HD
LG Double Layer DVD RW

I currently have:

1 x 80GB Maxtor 6Y080L0 ( 2 x Partitions C: & D:)
1 x 40GB Segate 340015A
AOPEN CD RW
BTC DVD RW
2 x 256MB DDR Ram CL3.0
GeForce TI4200 8xAGP
Windows XP Pro

Couple of Questions:

1. Due to a couple of problems I need to carry out a repair install of
the OS to save the hassle of reinstalling everything I might leave the Boot
Drive as the Maxtor 80GB get rid of the Seagate and install the 200GB Maxtor
as additional storage, I will not see much speed benifit in using the 200GB
as a boot drive?

2. Both Hard Drives are connected using an 80 Conductor ATA 133 cable
should I also get one for the CD & DVD? as the existing ones are using a 40
conductor?

3. I need to update the BIOS any problems with the latest verion?

4. Where can I find information on the optimum BIOS settings?




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