K8N Neo Platinum - Fine, but won't boot of Hard drive

[T]

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The setup works just fine except for one thing: It will not boot off hard
drive. It will boot OK off the CD and install the initial Windows files, but
on first boot it won't I have inspected the drives I have tried (3 so far)
in another machine and the MBR seems to have been corrupted in all cases.

I have tried resetting the BIOS, FIXMBR to fix the MBR, but each time the
MBR gets re-corrupted. I have two identical mainboards and processor and
graphics card setups and they both do the same thing with 3 different
drives, IBM, WD, and Wuantum, various sizes.

All D bracket light patterns produced OK.

Any ideas anyone?

 

[Centurion]

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t wrote:

> The setup works just fine except for one thing: It will not boot off hard
> drive. It will boot OK off the CD and install the initial Windows files,
> but on first boot it won't I have inspected the drives I have tried (3 so
> far) in another machine and the MBR seems to have been corrupted in all
> cases.
>
> I have tried resetting the BIOS, FIXMBR to fix the MBR, but each time the
> MBR gets re-corrupted. I have two identical mainboards and processor and
> graphics card setups and they both do the same thing with 3 different
> drives, IBM, WD, and Wuantum, various sizes.
>
> All D bracket light patterns produced OK.
>
> Any ideas anyone?

Did you install the hard drive controller drivers during the installation?
What OS are you installing?
Do you get a "STOP" error? (Assuming windows)
Do you have a dual-boot setup?
Do you get any sort of error message?
At what stage during boot does it appear to die?
Have you tried a different cable between controller <-> drive?
Have you run any diagnostics against the drives in another system?

Cheers,

James
--
HE: Let's end it all, bequeathin' our brains to science.
SHE: What?!? Science got enough trouble with their ___OWN brains.
-- Walt Kelley

 

[Guest]

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Centurion wrote:
> t wrote:
>
>
>>The setup works just fine except for one thing: It will not boot off hard
>>drive. It will boot OK off the CD and install the initial Windows files,
>>but on first boot it won't I have inspected the drives I have tried (3 so
>>far) in another machine and the MBR seems to have been corrupted in all
>>cases.
>>
>>I have tried resetting the BIOS, FIXMBR to fix the MBR, but each time the
>>MBR gets re-corrupted. I have two identical mainboards and processor and
>>graphics card setups and they both do the same thing with 3 different
>>drives, IBM, WD, and Wuantum, various sizes.
>>
>>All D bracket light patterns produced OK.
>>
>>Any ideas anyone?
>
>
> Did you install the hard drive controller drivers during the installation?
> What OS are you installing?
> Do you get a "STOP" error? (Assuming windows)
> Do you have a dual-boot setup?
> Do you get any sort of error message?
> At what stage during boot does it appear to die?
> Have you tried a different cable between controller <-> drive?
> Have you run any diagnostics against the drives in another system?
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
Sounds like a windows problem to me. Where did widows come from and what
version.

 

[Guest]

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Okay, there has been some progress.

If I have the board out of the case, I can get it to work.

I know the obvious problem would be shorting, but I have a new raidmax
case with a mb tray, and it still works screwed to the tray. I have
only the bare necessities installed, and I can get XP to load. So I
unplug everything, put it in the case, and when I plug the power in,
the CPU fan and Video card fan come on immediately, but no video
output. Also, the power pins and reset pins don't work.

I can get it working again by pulling the tray out and laying it on my
table. However, it still does the same fan on no video business until
I pull a stick of mem out, then put it back in. Then it boots like a
champ.

I'm wondering if:

A. there is something loose so when I put it horizontal it shorts
B. if the mem slots are loose
c. if the tray is grounding in the case.

I have looked for evidence of all of these problems, but I can't see
it.

 

[T]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "t" <johnnyunlikelyharden@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.msi-microstar
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:30 AM
Subject: K8N Neo Platinum - Fine, but won't boot of Hard drive


> The setup works just fine except for one thing: It will not boot off hard
> drive. It will boot OK off the CD and install the initial Windows files,
> but on first boot it won't I have inspected the drives I have tried (3 so
> far) in another machine and the MBR seems to have been corrupted in all
> cases.
....
> Any ideas anyone?

I solved it using this solution, if anyone needs it (turns out to be the
BIOS not properly recognising the hard drive):

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=stuck+verifying+dmi+pool+data&hl=en&lr=&selm=%23erD0ZSXCHA.3808%40tkmsftngp08&rnum=1

Very naughty of MSI and their BIOS supplier.

 

[Guest]

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"DavidinDallas" <daveintexas8@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> skrev i en
meddelelse news:41ef4239$1_5@alt.athenanews.com...
> Okay, there has been some progress.
> If I have the board out of the case, I can get it to work.
snip
> I'm wondering if:
> A. there is something loose so when I put it horizontal it shorts
> B. if the mem slots are loose
> c. if the tray is grounding in the case.
>
> I have looked for evidence of all of these problems, but I can't see
> it.
Are you the same as : "t" <johnnyunlikelyharden@hotmail.com> or is this a
new thread? Either way, very confusing
BjarneP

 

[T]

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"Bjarnep" <bjarne.pedersen@-fjern-mail.dk> wrote in message
news:41f11920$0$174$edfadb0f@dtext01.news.tele.dk...
>
> "DavidinDallas" <daveintexas8@yahoo-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> skrev i en
> meddelelse news:41ef4239$1_5@alt.athenanews.com...
>> Okay, there has been some progress.
>> If I have the board out of the case, I can get it to work.
> snip
> > I'm wondering if:
>> A. there is something loose so when I put it horizontal it shorts
>> B. if the mem slots are loose
>> c. if the tray is grounding in the case.
>>
>> I have looked for evidence of all of these problems, but I can't see
>> it.
> Are you the same as : "t" <johnnyunlikelyharden@hotmail.com> or is this a

No, I am "t" - I think he posted to the wrong thread