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Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 Odd, because that is what I was getting using the master jumper. I do have a floppy, I just didn't list it because there its not really an essential item to list when showing specs.

yes, I found that rather odd too. Are you sure your using the correct jumper positions? IIRC, WD drives store the jumper in a "neutral" spot for master, but I may be wrong. Try taking the jumper out alltogether.

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As for your comment about the mouse & keyboard not syncing properly, you may be on to something with this. When I boot up sometimes my mouse is not working and I have to go in the back, unplug my mouse cord from the PS/2 slot and plug it back in. Then it works fine. I'm running the latest drivers as well.

this is why I don't run wireless stuff, yet. Did you use these extensively on an old PC in the same room/area without hassle, or is this the first time? You may be experiencing interference. If you have an old wired kb/mouse try substituting and see if it helps.

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For the voltage, I'm seeing that my +12V is running at about 11.8-11.9V which appears to be underpowered...but I don't know much about the power distribution in PCs.

well within spec, don't worry about that. Even though you do happen to have a floppy can you try setting first boot device to IDE just for the heck of it? As another member said, make sure you have the latest BIOS aswell! Also, if your board has a built in scsi/raid controller make sure that it's disabled

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Originally posted by AvPPoW because it never works properly and randomly causes drives not to be detected and/or read errors You're just asking for trouble, use master/slave settings

yup hes right there, its always advisable to use master / slave /single (for the drives that have this)

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Originally posted by AvPPoW this is why I don't run wireless stuff, yet. Did you use these extensively on an old PC in the same room/area without hassle, or is this the first time? You may be experiencing interference. If you have an old wired kb/mouse try substituting and see if it helps.

No, these are the first wireless devices I have used on a computer before.

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Originally posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 No, these are the first wireless devices I have used on a computer before.

thats just a tiny tiny part of the big posts I've been making, please try all suggestions and answer my questions in full. Any luck?