Correct setting for BIOS boot order?

[spartan92]

Hi, I just built a new system and would like some guidance on adjusting the BIOS. When the system boots, it stops at a certain point and I need to press F1 to continue to boot the computer. I manually set the boot order to try the hard drive first (floppy was the default and I didn't even install one) yet it still appears to try the floppy and then stop until I press F1. Does anyone know the workaround for this? Thanks!

Antec P160WF case
Antec NeoPower 480 Watt power
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU (Venice)
MSI K8N Neo4/SLI motherboard
OCZ D400 2x1GB PC3200 Ram
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300 GB Serial ATA

 

[fishmahn]

bios setting 'floppy seek on boot' should be set to disabled.

If that doesn't do it, there is (99% certain) some error message displayed when it prompts you to press F1. What is that message?

You can also bypass that usually - there's a 'halt on all errors' setting that can be disabled as well. I don't recommend it (I like finding out when the POST doesn't complete properly) personally, but to each their own.

Mike.

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[spartan92]

Fishmahn, thanks for the help. I checked for that setting "floppy seek on boot" and could not find it.

The error message I get is something like "Floppy disabled" 40. I didn't install a floppy, so that makes sense, but I don't know how to tell the BIOS to not bother to look for one. Any ideas?

Antec P160WF case
Antec NeoPower 480 Watt power
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU (Venice)
MSI K8N Neo4/SLI motherboard
OCZ D400 2x1GB PC3200 Ram
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300 GB Serial ATA

 

[endyen]

Under "standard cmos features" in bios, set floppy to none. That should clear the problem

 

[fishmahn]

There should be something about the floppy, so see if there's something like Endyen's suggestion.

Mike.

<font color=blue>Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside the dog its too dark to read.
-- Groucho Marx</font color=blue>

 

[spartan92]

Finally figured it out. Endyen was right and that setting did it. Thanks for all the help guys!

Antec P160WF case
Antec NeoPower 480 Watt power
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU (Venice)
MSI K8N Neo4/SLI motherboard
OCZ D400 2x1GB PC3200 Ram
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300 GB Serial ATA