My friend needs help

[teiekas]

My friend needs help with his computer. He gets this message "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key". His computer specifications, according to him are:
Motherboard
Conroe Presler FSB1066 PCI express
Graphics Card
ATI Radeon X1550
2 gB RAM
Operating System
Windows XP Service Pack 3..
Processor
Pentium 4

If there is some PC spec's that is missing, let me know and I'll ask him.

 

[manojgj]

bios says that there is no boot device to continue..
so ask your friend to unplug HDD power cable & IDE cable & plug it again..
if possible replace IDE cable..

 

[saaiello]

Also tell him to clear cmos by takeing the battery out of the motherboard for a few minutes.