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12-24-2005, 10:24 PM
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Problems booting
Ive just finished my PC Build and everything is working right. I hope lol. But one problem, I just configured my bios and have tried booting. I am booting from a CD (Windows XP Pro). But when i try to boot up, i always get this error message saying, Please Configure a Boot-Up Devie/Put in the boot up disk and press any key. I made sure and went into the BIOS boot-up and set my CD drive as the 1st boot up device. And i made sure that my OS is in the drive. Why isnt it reconizing my Boot up cd/device?
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12-24-2005, 10:26 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Is the optical drive recognized by the BIOS?
What kind of optical device is it? IDE or SATA?  Cricket
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12-24-2005, 10:34 PM
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Yes it does reconize the device
During the IDE Reconize it lists the brand and model of my cd drive but in the bios when i select it it says ATAPI CD ROM is that normal? Should it say ASUS? The brand of my cd drive And yes it is a IDE Last edited by Mr.Ferrari; 12-24-2005 at 11:07 PM. |
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12-24-2005, 11:08 PM
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Srry for being inpatient but can someone plz answer im in a bit of a rush
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12-25-2005, 10:21 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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How many optical drives do you have? If you have two, did you try putting the WinXP CD in the other drive?
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12-25-2005, 11:24 AM
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yes i did try. But it came up with the same result. During the IDE Scan it lists my optical drive but when i go boot it gives me that same message, Please put proper boot device into your selected boot drive.
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12-25-2005, 11:41 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Try disconnecting one of the opticals.
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12-25-2005, 11:43 AM
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What did you mean by that? I just connected one to boot anyways. Like currently the only optical is my cd drive. And the xp is good because i tested it out on my other computer and it booted. So what is the problem? The computer is reconizing my device, i selected this device to boot from in the bios, then whats wrong?
Last edited by Mr.Ferrari; 12-25-2005 at 11:45 AM. |
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12-25-2005, 11:51 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Try a different optical drive.
Replace the IDE cable. Cricket
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12-25-2005, 12:30 PM
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I did i tried it with my dvd drive, same result though. Where can i buy a new IDE Cable? Im currently using the CD ROM ide cable that came with the mobo.
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12-25-2005, 12:52 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Is it a 40 wire or 80 wire cable?
If 40 wire you use the master/slave jumper settings on the drives. If 80 wire you use the CS (cable select) jumper setting on the drives. You can get IDE cables from your local computer shop or places like CompUSA or Radio Shack. Cricket
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12-25-2005, 12:54 PM
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How do i know if its 40 or 80? Does it say on the cable? And thnks for the tips
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12-25-2005, 01:04 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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40 wire IDE cables usually have connectors that are all the same color. And the surface texture is ribbed (the 40 wires).
80 wire IDE cables usually have 3 different colors for the connectors. And the surface texture is very fine. Cricket
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12-25-2005, 01:11 PM
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oh ok the one for my opticals is all same color so its 40
if im just connection one optical drive for the time being (cd drive) then what should i set the jumper to? Cable or master? |
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12-25-2005, 01:26 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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Master.
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