Everything seems to work...

[Usefulidiot]

I got all the hardware on my new rig installed, but for some reason i boot it up and when it goes to load xp, i get an error message saying the the media test failed, check cable.... which cable is it talking about.


My rig-

Antec PERFORMANCE TX TX1050B Black Steel Server Computer Case 500W ATX12V v2.0 Power Supply - Retail

nForce 4 Ultra 939 socket PCI-E x16 (not from newegg like everything else)

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3500CGBOX - Retail

eVGA 256-P2-N516 Geforce 7800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

x2 CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 333 (PC 2700) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model VS1GBKIT333 - Retail

Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200M0 200GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

ASUS Black IDE Combo Drive Model CB-5216A BLK OEM - OEM.

[blue60007]

I would go into BIOS and see if you can find your hard drive and optical drive listed. If one's not listed, that may be your problem. Try another cable on that one.

[Usefulidiot]

i switched my cables out and i am still getting the same error, could it just be the CD drive itself? i mean bios is reconizing there is a cdrom there.

i have my cdrom audio jumper going to the sound card, should i switch that and put that on the mobo?

[Cricket]

What is the exact wording of the error message?

Cricket