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11-18-2006, 10:40 PM
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Trying to install OS -- won't boot from DVDRW
Well I'm making good progress with my new build but I've hit a new roadblock. The subject says it all. The bios sees both DVD drives and the hard drive and the DVDRW is set first in the boot order (and it is the master). The LED on the DVDRW comes on occassionally, but unless this Liteon drive is the quietest in the world, it seems that it is not spinning at all. I've also tried disconnecting the DVD-ROM and the HDD just to see what would happen -- no luck. I've also tried clearing the CMOS -- also no luck. I've read a number of very similar posts throughout the forums and I'm having some of the same symptoms and tried all the fixes I can find with no luck. Any ideas?
Thanks! Mobo Asus P5W DH Deluxe CPU Intel Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Conroe 2.66GHz 4M sharing L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor HDD1 Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 RAM Corsair XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel DVD1 LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM ATAPI/E-IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model SHD-16P1S DVD2 LITE-ON Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache ATAPI/E-IDE 16X DVD Burner |
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11-18-2006, 11:09 PM
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How did you clear the CMOS? Remove battery, switch jumper temporarily, replace jumper, and insert battery again. If that didn't work, you may have bad RAM, that happened to me...
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11-18-2006, 11:19 PM
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11-19-2006, 01:24 PM
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Good news...the memtest passed with no errors! And then I figured out what I was doing wrong...but I can't bear the shame of sharing it (it might have something to do with trying to install Windows using the wrong CD though). DOH!!
 I'm really not that stupid...I promise.  Thanks for the suggestions along the way. hawkeye |
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