The problem: I put a Windows 7 installation DVD in my CD\DVD-RW drive, but after POSTing, I get the message "Boot disk failure, insert system disk and press enter". It is a legit copy of Windows 7. It's not that anyway, as I also tried a copy of a legit XP install CD and got the same message. I have the BIOS set to boot first from CD, so that's not the problem either. The BIOS sees both hard drives and the optical drive. Only thing I found odd in the BIOS was that the optical drive was listed as IDE device 4, but I'm not sure why, as the mobo only has one IDE connection.
Things I've already tried:
Changing the IDE cable from master to slave (hard drives are both SATA so the optical drive is the only one using the IDE cable)
Trying another CD drive
Changing from the IDE cable I used with this DVD-RW drive in my old build to the IDE cable that came with my motherboard
Keeping CD as first boot device, and disabling 2nd and 3rd boot devices
Having CD as 1st, 2nd, AND 3rd boot device
Going to the boot menu by pressing F12, and manually selecting CD instead of HDD
Unplugging the hard drives
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Specs:
CPU- I5 750
Mobo- Gigabyte P55A-UD3 (edit: BIOS is F4)
GPU- Sapphire Radeon HD4870
RAM- 2 X 2gig G. Skill Eco 1333 7-7-7-21
PSU- Corsair VX550
HDD1- Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB
HDD2- Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB (both HDDs are completely blank, just arrived today)
Optical Drive- LG GSA-H42N (this, the GPU and PSU are the only parts in common with my old build)
Things I've already tried:
Changing the IDE cable from master to slave (hard drives are both SATA so the optical drive is the only one using the IDE cable)
Trying another CD drive
Changing from the IDE cable I used with this DVD-RW drive in my old build to the IDE cable that came with my motherboard
Keeping CD as first boot device, and disabling 2nd and 3rd boot devices
Having CD as 1st, 2nd, AND 3rd boot device
Going to the boot menu by pressing F12, and manually selecting CD instead of HDD
Unplugging the hard drives
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Specs:
CPU- I5 750
Mobo- Gigabyte P55A-UD3 (edit: BIOS is F4)
GPU- Sapphire Radeon HD4870
RAM- 2 X 2gig G. Skill Eco 1333 7-7-7-21
PSU- Corsair VX550
HDD1- Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB
HDD2- Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB (both HDDs are completely blank, just arrived today)
Optical Drive- LG GSA-H42N (this, the GPU and PSU are the only parts in common with my old build)