> I could give more information but that would require a lot of effort, > when the kernel dumps the screen scrolls many times. I was able to > get the system up once when I had a IDE drive and SATA enabled, I > still got the xfermode error. If I knew it would work I would keep > trying but I don't trust the MB, the previous owner had issues with > it. Fair enough. Digital camera is oen good way to capture the problems but if the board is believed iffy its probably not worth it