Help!! I built my first computer, & It won't start

[pitupepito]

Hi,

I put a new computer together, but the problem that I am having is installing the operating system on it. I put the windows 2000 cd in the cd rom and the cd drive doesn't do anything. The computer screen is all blank and the only thing that appears in a "_" underscore that just blinks. The computer hangs there forever.

Please help me!

My system:
AMD XP 1800+
MSI KT3 Ultra
Maxtor 40GB
ATI Radeon 8500LE 64MB
256MB Mushkin PC333

 

[interfan]

Do you set first boot from cdrom?


<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by interfan on 08/19/02 10:11 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Scout]

Can you get into the BIOS? What's it show for CPU temp?

Scout
700 Mflops in SETI!

 

[chuck232]

Yes I believe you're right. When it's starting press delete or F1 or something, then you should be in BIOS, go to the place where you can change the boot order, and put CD-ROM first. Then save changes and the comp'll restart. Then you should be rolling.

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