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HD won't boot
I'm building a computer for the first time and I'm having some problems I
hope someone can help me with. Here's the sequence: I bought a DFI NFII 400-AL mobo with an AMD 2800+ processor, Hitachi 7K250 160GB HD, a Radeon 9800 Pro video card, a Mitsumi CD-RW, and a Fudin ATX case. I installed everything, loaded Windows XP and all the appropriate drivers. System worked fine except that I found out that the the integrated sound was not working and could not be fixed - manufacturer told me to send it back (even tried installing a Sound Blaster Live card with no luck). Bought another mobo (Shuttle AN35(N)-400), kept and installed all the other hardware. When I try to boot the new system with only the HD, I get a BOOT DISK FAILURE error. BIOS recognizes the HD. Checked the boot sequence in the BIOS and made several changes in the sequence (HDD-0, none, none; Floppy, CDROM, HDD-0; etc) all with no luck. Also, it seems like the HD isn't even spinning up. Could having Windows XP from the previous mobo be the problem? Also, when I connect the CD-RW, thinking I would reinstall XP, POST sequence gets to "Detecting IDE Drives" and hangs - no power getting to the CD-RW. Checked all the cables, connections, etc. All seem fine. Please Help. |
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You didn't mention your master/slave settings. Are they correct?
"George Hanna" wrote in message ... I'm building a computer for the first time and I'm having some problems I hope someone can help me with. Here's the sequence: I bought a DFI NFII 400-AL mobo with an AMD 2800+ processor, Hitachi 7K250 160GB HD, a Radeon 9800 Pro video card, a Mitsumi CD-RW, and a Fudin ATX case. I installed everything, loaded Windows XP and all the appropriate drivers. System worked fine except that I found out that the the integrated sound was not working and could not be fixed - manufacturer told me to send it back (even tried installing a Sound Blaster Live card with no luck). Bought another mobo (Shuttle AN35(N)-400), kept and installed all the other hardware. When I try to boot the new system with only the HD, I get a BOOT DISK FAILURE error. BIOS recognizes the HD. Checked the boot sequence in the BIOS and made several changes in the sequence (HDD-0, none, none; Floppy, CDROM, HDD-0; etc) all with no luck. Also, it seems like the HD isn't even spinning up. Could having Windows XP from the previous mobo be the problem? Also, when I connect the CD-RW, thinking I would reinstall XP, POST sequence gets to "Detecting IDE Drives" and hangs - no power getting to the CD-RW. Checked all the cables, connections, etc. All seem fine. Please Help. |
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My experience has been that you cannot boot a hard drive with 2000/XP
already installed connected to a different motherboard. Bill "George Hanna" wrote in message ... I'm building a computer for the first time and I'm having some problems I hope someone can help me with. Here's the sequence: I bought a DFI NFII 400-AL mobo with an AMD 2800+ processor, Hitachi 7K250 160GB HD, a Radeon 9800 Pro video card, a Mitsumi CD-RW, and a Fudin ATX case. I installed everything, loaded Windows XP and all the appropriate drivers. System worked fine except that I found out that the the integrated sound was not working and could not be fixed - manufacturer told me to send it back (even tried installing a Sound Blaster Live card with no luck). Bought another mobo (Shuttle AN35(N)-400), kept and installed all the other hardware. When I try to boot the new system with only the HD, I get a BOOT DISK FAILURE error. BIOS recognizes the HD. Checked the boot sequence in the BIOS and made several changes in the sequence (HDD-0, none, none; Floppy, CDROM, HDD-0; etc) all with no luck. Also, it seems like the HD isn't even spinning up. Could having Windows XP from the previous mobo be the problem? Also, when I connect the CD-RW, thinking I would reinstall XP, POST sequence gets to "Detecting IDE Drives" and hangs - no power getting to the CD-RW. Checked all the cables, connections, etc. All seem fine. Please Help. |
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repair install of XP, however you should have done this BEFORE the
first boot after the exchange of the hardrive. "George Hanna" wrote in message ... I'm building a computer for the first time and I'm having some problems I hope someone can help me with. Here's the sequence: I bought a DFI NFII 400-AL mobo with an AMD 2800+ processor, Hitachi 7K250 160GB HD, a Radeon 9800 Pro video card, a Mitsumi CD-RW, and a Fudin ATX case. I installed everything, loaded Windows XP and all the appropriate drivers. System worked fine except that I found out that the the integrated sound was not working and could not be fixed - manufacturer told me to send it back (even tried installing a Sound Blaster Live card with no luck). Bought another mobo (Shuttle AN35(N)-400), kept and installed all the other hardware. When I try to boot the new system with only the HD, I get a BOOT DISK FAILURE error. BIOS recognizes the HD. Checked the boot sequence in the BIOS and made several changes in the sequence (HDD-0, none, none; Floppy, CDROM, HDD-0; etc) all with no luck. Also, it seems like the HD isn't even spinning up. Could having Windows XP from the previous mobo be the problem? Also, when I connect the CD-RW, thinking I would reinstall XP, POST sequence gets to "Detecting IDE Drives" and hangs - no power getting to the CD-RW. Checked all the cables, connections, etc. All seem fine. Please Help. |
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