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Boot Problems
OK, so I'm building a new system, and I've run into a few problems. I had
all of the following up and running: - Tsunami Sagittarius ATX window case & 350W PSU - ECS K7S5A Pro mainboard - AMD Athlon 2600XP CPU (older 266 FSB version) - ThermalTake Volcano 11 Xaser Edition CPU heatsink & fan - Western Digital 80Gb 7200rpm 8MB Cache hard drive - 2 x 256MB PC133 Kingston SD-RAM (I will buy 2 x 512MB DDR-RAM later) - nVidia GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB graphics card - Sony 1.44MB Floppy Drive - LG DVD-ROM GDR-8161B 16x48 - LG CD-RW W8520B 52x24x52 I had set the boot sequence (when I first posted the system) to Floppy -- CDROM -- IDE-0, and it had booted up perfectly every time. I had installed Windows XP Pro, Office XP Pro, and also the drivers for the motherboard, graphics card and sound card. I wanted to create a disk image, so I also installed Norton Ghost. All seemed to be perfectly fine. I had re-started the system several times without any problems. I then decided to install my Netgear FA311 Network Interface Card, so I added that, and started up the system. Once XP Pro had loaded, it found the new hardware, but the Floppy Drive didn't seem to work to install the driver. I figured out that I had been using the wrong connector on the cable, so I shut down and changed the Floppy Drive to the twisted connector as it should be done. I restarted the system and it gave the following message: 'Secondary Master - ATAPI Incompatible, Secondary Slave - ATAPI Incompatible' - Press F1 To Resume'. I wasn't sure what this was, so I pressed F1 and XP Pro loaded up OK, but without the D and E drives. The A drive was now fine, and I loaded the drivers for the Netgear FA311. Apart from the D and E drives not loading up, I was happy with my setup, so I loaded up Norton Ghost and started to create the disk image, setting it to write to a CDRW (which I expected would load up properly this time). It asked me to restart so it could continue the process. On starting up again, I got the same message as before, and after pressing F1 it continued to the boot sequence. It failed to boot from the Floppy and the CDROM (as expected), and the 'OK' came up from the IDE-0. It then comes up with 'Boot Disk Error', and wants me to insert a Floppy to boot from. I'm lost to what I can do. Can anyone help? I won't mind re-installing Windows XP Pro all over again, but I'm more concerned about the 'ATAPI Incompatible' messages. The connectors are all in fine for all the devices, so that isn't the problem. |
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message: 'Secondary Master - ATAPI Incompatible, Secondary Slave - ATAPI
Incompatible' - Press F1 To Resume'. I wasn't sure what this was, so I Your problem is in your ribbon configuration on the back. I cannot say for certain why it is saying incompatible, make sure that it is in the proper spot on your mobo, make sure that your ribbons are plugged in correctly, red strip on ribbon to power, then check your jumpers on the back of your 2 cd drives, make sure that the respective drives are set to master and slave. If you bypass this step by pressing f1 your CD will not work... there is no doubt about it... up with 'Boot Disk Error', and wants me to insert a Floppy to boot from. DO NOT reinstall windows... you will come up with the same problem over and over because this is a hardware issue and not a software issue. It is asking for a floppy to boot from because your boot disk is not working... again make sure your HD is primary master and that the jumpers are set correctly. make sure the ribbon is plugged in correctly on both sides... does this help? Girgath |
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