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maxpowerkj

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AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard

i have been getting reboot and select proper device when i start it up and its brand new computer first time starting it up
but i have a old IDE hard drive from a old pc, could it be the cables? cuz bios are not detected that drive is in place

and i have sata cd rom that is being detected
 
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adramsdell

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Could be that the drive is dead. You're using an IDE to SATA cable? Doy uo have a flash drive? if so, slap linux on it, or make a linux boot cd. If you can boot from it to verify all other hardware is working i'd say get a new drive.

 
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manofchalk

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The usually means the motherboard cant find an OS to boot from.

The Windows disc can be booted from, but its OS is purely to install Windows onto a HDD. Your HDD is IDE, incompatible with near every modern motherboard on the market. You need a SATA HDD or SSD to install Windows too.
 
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thor220

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Your gonna wanna try swapping out cables first to make sure that the cable isn't the issue. If it isn't, try using the drive on a system that you know works. If it dons't work on that system, your drive has issues. If it does work on the other system, you have motherboard issues.
 
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manofchalk

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Possibly, especially if you intend on installing Windows at all.

You could try what Adram suggested, and install some Linux variant onto your HDD (if it can connect to the mobo, it is IDE).
Some particularly lightweight Linux OS' could even run off a USB thumb drive.
 
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bgunner

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Are you sure the Motherboard you mentioned is the correct one? As the CPU you mentioned IS an AMD and the motherboard is and Intel Board.

Make sure in your Bios you have not set it to AHCI mode as it needs to be in IDE mode for your drive to work.
 
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