Hey guys,
I recently just finished building my first computer! All the components seem to work fine and the system does boot through the FLASH screen and the POST is fine. (Single beep). However, when i want to boot the Operating System from the disk drive. It continuously fails. I checked in the BIOS to see if the boot priority was set correctly and i noticed that there is no option for DVD just CD-ROM and my optical drive is
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=27-135-204&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
Could that be an issue?
Also i noticed that the drive makes odd sounds when reading a disk. Could it possibly be DOA?
I recently just finished building my first computer! All the components seem to work fine and the system does boot through the FLASH screen and the POST is fine. (Single beep). However, when i want to boot the Operating System from the disk drive. It continuously fails. I checked in the BIOS to see if the boot priority was set correctly and i noticed that there is no option for DVD just CD-ROM and my optical drive is
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=27-135-204&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
Could that be an issue?
Also i noticed that the drive makes odd sounds when reading a disk. Could it possibly be DOA?