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Jpaz   08-16-2009 at 03:09:13 AM

I installed a new motherboard last night, only to find that i cant get anything to boot. Ive gone into the BIOS setup and made my disk drive the primary boot location, but that didnt work. I completley disconeccted my hard drive and tried to boot the Cd drive, but that didnt work either. Anyone have an idea what i could be doing wrong? Thanks.











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cmichael138   08-16-2009 at 04:41:17 AM

When you disconnected the HD, did you go back into BIOS and slect the CD drive as 1st boot device?

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Jpaz   08-16-2009 at 04:57:33 AM

Yes. I made absoulutley sure that the disc drive is the only possible boot source, but it refuses to boot from it.

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Bronze Motherboards badge o1die   08-16-2009 at 01:28:44 PM

Did you connect the power supply leads to your drives? Sata cables sometimes come off easily and don't stay put. I would also read your motherboard manual and see if they suggest a particular sata port to use.


Message edited by o1die on 08-16-2009 at 01:29:19 PM
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cmichael138   08-16-2009 at 06:01:22 PM

Is your CD drive SATA or IDE. If it's IDE, switch the data cable over to the secondary IDE connector if it's now connected to the Primary IDE, or vice versa.

Also, do the HD and CD drive show up in the BIOS at all?l

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