Hey guys,
First time poster here and sorry but I need help!
I’ve acquired some pc bits. No idea of their history, all I know is that hasn’t been used for about 18 months. I’ve been given a motherboard, 4 gig memory, Tower case, DVD Drive and graphics and sound card.
Theres enough to get a pc up and running. Looking to put XP on it for the time being for my son to use. I’ve got a 500 gig Sata drive ready to go into it.
Heres the motherboard make
http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/ASUS-Republic-of-Gamers-Commando-LGA-775-Socket-T-Intel-Motherboard-/72059525?_tab=1
Originally, I had a lot of trouble with the ‘black screen and flashing underscore’ in the top right.
Anyway, that has now changed to the “reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key”
What I’ve tried so far
Resetting CMos
Taking the battery out and putting it back in
Trying a different hard drive (old 40 gig IDE).
Replaced the IDE cable with a new one.
I can get into the bios and change stuff. I’ve mucked about the boot priority so show my dvd drive as ‘number one’ priority to install windows. But nothing.
To get into a windows environment I’ve even tried my old copy of Windows 98 but its still comes up with the ‘reboot…’ error. Even tried Linux
As an act of desperation, I even borrowed a copy of Wondershare Liveboot 2012 which ironically does boot the pc but I get the impression this is for more for people who have windows already on their hard drive when this is a fresh install.
I’m beginning to think that the CD/ DVD drive may be on its way out and I’m very near to getting a new SAtA one but before I go down that road, can anyone give me an indication whether I am missing something. It’s a lot of kit just to through away (which believe me, I’ve been tempted to!!!) as its so frustrating!
Many thanks. Oh and Hello!
First time poster here and sorry but I need help!
I’ve acquired some pc bits. No idea of their history, all I know is that hasn’t been used for about 18 months. I’ve been given a motherboard, 4 gig memory, Tower case, DVD Drive and graphics and sound card.
Theres enough to get a pc up and running. Looking to put XP on it for the time being for my son to use. I’ve got a 500 gig Sata drive ready to go into it.
Heres the motherboard make
http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/ASUS-Republic-of-Gamers-Commando-LGA-775-Socket-T-Intel-Motherboard-/72059525?_tab=1
Originally, I had a lot of trouble with the ‘black screen and flashing underscore’ in the top right.
Anyway, that has now changed to the “reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key”
What I’ve tried so far
Resetting CMos
Taking the battery out and putting it back in
Trying a different hard drive (old 40 gig IDE).
Replaced the IDE cable with a new one.
I can get into the bios and change stuff. I’ve mucked about the boot priority so show my dvd drive as ‘number one’ priority to install windows. But nothing.
To get into a windows environment I’ve even tried my old copy of Windows 98 but its still comes up with the ‘reboot…’ error. Even tried Linux
As an act of desperation, I even borrowed a copy of Wondershare Liveboot 2012 which ironically does boot the pc but I get the impression this is for more for people who have windows already on their hard drive when this is a fresh install.
I’m beginning to think that the CD/ DVD drive may be on its way out and I’m very near to getting a new SAtA one but before I go down that road, can anyone give me an indication whether I am missing something. It’s a lot of kit just to through away (which believe me, I’ve been tempted to!!!) as its so frustrating!
Many thanks. Oh and Hello!