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02-01-2007, 05:27 PM
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New Build: Can't install OS. HELP!!
I have already set my CMOS to the defult settings, set my time/date. I changed the boot order so that the CD/DVD Rom will boot first, then my hard drive so I can install my OS.
When I boot up I get the following message: Media test failure check cable. Exiting NVIDIA Boot Agent. DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER. The system disk (Windows XP SP2) is already in the CD/DVD Rom. And when I re-insert the disk the system can't seem to find it. ECS nForce 570 SLIT-A Intel Core 2 Duo ES 6400 Antec Smart Power 2.0 500 Watts eVGA 7600 GT Sony DDR 820 DVD 1 GB of Kingston DDR2 667 Ram |
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02-01-2007, 05:36 PM
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what type of HD are you using? SATA or IDE
If SATA, make sure it is plugged into the first SATA socket/if IDE set jumper to CS and put at the end of the cable.
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02-01-2007, 05:39 PM
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Im using a Seagate SATA 7200.9 250 GB drive. Its plugged into the first SATA header, and still nothing
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02-01-2007, 05:46 PM
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Is the hard drive jumpered to CS (Cable Select), as Flanzig already asked?
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02-01-2007, 05:54 PM
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NB: the HD is SATA, he probably needs to set the DVD jumper to CS.
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02-01-2007, 06:04 PM
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I've tried the Master setting and also the CS(Cable Select) jumper, and neither worked. I know the DVD drive works, I just used it in another system today set on CS.
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02-01-2007, 06:13 PM
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Perhaps the XP disc is damaged? Try it in another PC.
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02-01-2007, 06:22 PM
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That was my first thought. But the disk works in my other computer. I even switched the opitical drives. But I recieved the same error message.
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02-01-2007, 07:00 PM
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Try a different IDE cable. If that doesn't work, RMA the motherboard, the IDE controller is defective. We don't recommend ECS boards, by the way.
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