ASUS P9X79 Pro

[CrossStealth]

I am in the process of putting together a new PC for my father. The build is,

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
Case: Rosewill BLACKHAWK-ULTRA Gaming Super Tower
HDD: Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB
SSD: Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2
GPU: GeForce GTX 560 Ti
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 (CMPSU-850HX) 850W
Ram: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB)
Mobo: Asus P9X79 Pro
CPU: Intel i7-3930k
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler

Anyway as you can see above I forgot to Order a CD/DVD drive and a wireless adapter. They are ordered now and will arrive in the next day or 2 hopefully.

Anyway I have mounted the cpu/thermal paste cooler ram GPU PSU connected the 2 HDDs wired in all the fans and mobo power etc..

I cant progress further until I grab a disk drive, in the mean time I need to figure out this problem I am having. The Mobo has a Digital "screen" mounted on the bottom left corner that will display codes called Q codes. I am getting the Q code A2 which reads as "IDE Detect".

Not sure what it exactly means and not sure how to fix it. I have read a few threads here with people having similar issues but no clear answer on what the fix was. Sooo...Help?

Thanks

 

[scout_03]

did you check the motherboard user manual for this code

 

[CrossStealth]

Yea the extent of the manual is A2 = "IDE Detect"

 

[scout_03]

then bios detect the ide that good but did you put the os on the ssd if yes this one have to be set first boot in bios,also check user manual if you have to put ahci for ssd in bios before install of the os

 

[CrossStealth]

I have not installed any software or drivers/updates as of yet. I am waiting for my disk drive to arrive. I have never set up an SSD yet so Ill check out the manual referring to ahci, thanks for the tip.

But is the IDE detect a problem? Or is it a standard code that should appear and stay on the screen?

 

[scout_03]

means it detect a drive ,go to crucial the show you how to install there sdd on win 7 bios have to be set ahci

 

[CrossStealth]

Can you give me a link please?

 

[scout_03]

check this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox6DHlPQI-w

 

[Tyrathect]

This sounds stupid, but I had exactly the same issue, and what I discovered was that I had connected a VGA cable to my monitor, and the monitor doesn't auto-switch sources.

The computer was in the BIOS screen, but I couldn't see it. Maybe you have something similar?

 

[scout_03]

@Tyrathect check you computer monitor if it see analog or digital for video signal