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myerscinci   06-27-2008 at 08:01:40 AM

Hello, this is my first post and my first build. The system consists of:

Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2C motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
Antec 650W Power supply
(2) 2GB Corsair RAM
Seagate 1TB SATA 7,200 Hard Drive
Sony Blu-Ray BD-ROM Opitical Drive
Wireless USB Keyboard and mouse combo

After I get it up and running I will add:

Diamond graphics card and a tv tuner card.

The problem I am having is that once I assemble everything and apply power I am able to access the BIOS setup but not boot the system from an XP cd I have. Yes the copy is legal. I adjust the BIOS to a primary boot from the CDROM. The BIOS detects all the components but when I try to boot it just goes to the screen where it says it can not boot windows and gives the option to boot in safe mode etc.. Then if I don't power the system down it will count down from 25 then restart, go through POST and come to the same screen again.

The only thing I could think it may be is the XP disk is bad. There are no scratches so that is unlikely. I have also read on a forum that using a USB keyboard and mouse instead of PS/2 setup can cause problems. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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nickc07   06-27-2008 at 08:15:22 AM
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Bad XP disk is possible.

What about a bad CDROM? Do you have an extra that you could try?


Those are really my only 2 guesses with that problem. I dont think the mouse/mb would cause any problem.

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pcgamer12   06-27-2008 at 08:27:03 AM
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Enable USB 2.0 support in BIOS so it works in BIOS, may be the cause even though it's just for BIOS.

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Silver Home Brew badge shortstuff_mt   06-27-2008 at 09:10:27 AM
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You didn't say what Core2Duo processor you have. That is a pretty old motherboard. What BIOS version is it at? The motherboard may not support your processor without a BIOS upgrade if at all. Check the CPU compatibility chart here:

http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Mot [...] el%20945GC

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