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RE: cMP - software sequence of installation

Can I confirm the sequence of installing the software . . .

Disabling any devices in BIOS that you do not need before installing the OS saves you having to delete their drivers at a later date as the XP installer does not load them. That includes on-board audio, LAN (unless you're using a LAN), serial and parallel ports, the power-saving stuff, etc etc.

My advice FWIW would be to disable devices in BIOS, install the OS, load the chipset drivers, fit your soundcard and install its drivers (IIRC, you can tell the ASUS Xonar installer to load the basic driver only, not the bloatware that comes with) and then start "tweaking".

And to make backups as you go along.

HTH

Dave


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