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i'm setting up an xp-home system based on the ga-7n400 pro 2 (rev2)
mobo. the system will not boot from a bootable cd on either ide
channel 1 or 2. the drive is recognized during the post, however, the
bootable medium (xp home cd) is not recognized. (yes, the bios
settings are correct: cd-rom is the first in the list of the bootable
devices.) if i connect the cd to one the giga-raid channels, the
medium is recognized as a bootable cd but the system will still not
boot from it. undaunted, i thought perhaps a upgrade of the bios to
rev FJ (shipped with rev FH) would help. no change.
i then created a set of xp installation floppies, but it BSODed on
diskette 6 with an error that the h/w is not fully acpi compatible.
checked the bios settings, rebooted with the floppies: same BSOD.
has anyone purchased one of these boards lately (a rev 2.0) and
successfully booted from a cd-rom? what to do at this point? replace
it with another pro2, or another brand altogether?
i'm setting up an xp-home system based on the ga-7n400 pro 2 (rev2)
mobo. the system will not boot from a bootable cd on either ide
channel 1 or 2. the drive is recognized during the post, however, the
bootable medium (xp home cd) is not recognized. (yes, the bios
settings are correct: cd-rom is the first in the list of the bootable
devices.) if i connect the cd to one the giga-raid channels, the
medium is recognized as a bootable cd but the system will still not
boot from it. undaunted, i thought perhaps a upgrade of the bios to
rev FJ (shipped with rev FH) would help. no change.
i then created a set of xp installation floppies, but it BSODed on
diskette 6 with an error that the h/w is not fully acpi compatible.
checked the bios settings, rebooted with the floppies: same BSOD.
has anyone purchased one of these boards lately (a rev 2.0) and
successfully booted from a cd-rom? what to do at this point? replace
it with another pro2, or another brand altogether?