I know its been 4 years since you last replied, but I am wondering if you remember how you got Windows 7 to install onto this P4 computer? I was under the impression the processor needs to support Execute Disable Bit technology in order to run with Vista or higher? My friend who lives way out in the no internet country side (he can't afford it anyway), has this 700XL, but the one that was ridiculously expensive. He got the one with the P4-EE @ 3ghz (or something, maxed 2GB ram, and 400GB of HDD space on two SATA's. One of the drives has died, so did the Monitor (just replaced with a 24", and it is not working properly with it) and the video card was replaced a long time ago and needing to be replaced a 3rd time now. The PSU was upgraded to a nice 650 Watt version, so he is really good on power. However, I can not go out there and set it up for him again with XP. Without internet it is EXTREMELY hard if you run into trouble and need to do quick research or download something. If I knew what drivers he needed for the motherboard it would be simply to burn them for him, but I don't. Windows 7 should be fully updated already, just send him new 7 disk and the video card drivers for his games and it should be a done deal. I could build him a fully updated unattended install, but still I need to know what drivers for the motherboard to include.
Otherwise, I'm not sure how to keep supporting this system for him. I wish I would have kept all his info and drivers in a folder on my system, but apparently if I did, I no longer have it or I deleted it. Did all the 700XL's come with the 5 Series Chipsets? Maybe, I can try and locate the last INF setup for that series, and then what ever Intel SATA drivers supported that system. I'm not even sure if that system was supported by the Matrix storage manager, but if it was I assume the last version of Matrix would also contain the latest driver for his SATA controller. Anyway, thanks for the information and I hope this reply finds you after all this time, lol...
Anyway, he is disabled and has no money for a new system, so I do not know what to tell him at this point. Sad
Rod