disk boot failure insert system disk...help

[jhebi]

So I am builidng my computer and everything is connected properly, mobo reading my hard drive, cd roms everything.....So when i start it syas verified pool (i think) and than that error comes out...

I tried to put my OS cd and still doesnt want to boot from it.......i try 2 different cd roms and same thing happen........it gives me the same error....


Can anyone help a newbie ???

thanks very much

alex

[minsonngo]

Do you have the optical drive set in the BIOS setup as the FIRST boot device?

If not... go ahead and do that... save your changes... pop in the OS cd... reboot and boot from the CD drive to start the OS installation.

[jhebi]

Originally Posted by minsonngo Do you have the optical drive set in the BIOS setup as the FIRST boot device? If not... go ahead and do that... save your changes... pop in the OS cd... reboot and boot from the CD drive to start the OS installation.

yes i do....i have first to boot from my cd rom, but it seems the cd roms are not reading....

i try with 2 different ones

[pam123]

Please post your specs.

[minsonngo]

What OS are you trying to install? Is it a valid copy of the OS?

Do you know if the CD drives are working? Have you tried another IDE cable? What do you have the CD drive jumpered as? How about the HDD?

[jhebi]

500w hercules p. supply
pc chip mobo via kt266a/8235 - athlon xp 2200
maxtor hard driver 200gig
512mb
memorex dvd rom/ cd-rw

Its an original copy of windows xp

I try to connect with another hard drive just now and it gets stuck on the veryfing dmi pool data...

[minsonngo]

Not sure if this is related to your boot issue... but the power supply is a very cheap brand with generally a bad track record. I would swap that out ASAP with a quality unit from this list: What Power Supply should I get? How many Watts? Who made it? Guide Inside

PC Chip motherboards are also on the unreliable side.

[jhebi]

i also try different power supply, but same error comes out....I am trying everything, dunno what else can i do....it keeps giving me this error....

[minsonngo]

What do you have the HDD and CD drive jumpered as? Is the HDD and CD on the same IDE cable?

Are you using the 40 pin 40 wire cable OR 40 pin 80 wire cable? Try using another IDE cable to confirm the original cable is not bad.

[Cricket]

Go over the PC Chips motherboard manual and make sure the motherboard has been set up properly. I think I heard PC Chips ships their motherboards with the CLEAR CMOS jumper in the CLEAR position, not the NORMAL position.

Also make sure you only have 1 hard drive and 1 optical drive connected while you install the OS. Remove any other non-essential component not necessary to the OS installation process.

Make sure the drives are jumpered properly for the type of cable you're using?

What brand RAM are you using? Is it compatible with that motherboard?

Cricket

[jhebi]

Originally Posted by minsonngo What do you have the HDD and CD drive jumpered as? Is the HDD and CD on the same IDE cable? Are you using the 40 pin 40 wire cable OR 40 pin 80 wire cable? Try using another IDE cable to confirm the original cable is not bad.

no..they are not on same cable....

i try different cables, same thing.......

[jhebi]

[QUOTE=Cricket]Go over the PC Chips motherboard manual and make sure the motherboard has been set up properly. I think I heard PC Chips ships their motherboards with the CLEAR CMOS jumper in the CLEAR position, not the NORMAL position. whats the normal position? i saw the manual, it looks ok..

Also make sure you only have 1 hard drive and 1 optical drive connected while you install the OS. Remove any other non-essential component not necessary to the OS installation process.
ok will try that

Make sure the drives are jumpered properly for the type of cable you're using? the cable that came with the motherboard

What brand RAM are you using? Is it compatible with that motherboard? it is pc2100, compatible

[pam123]

How are the jumpers on your drives set?
Check them and tell us what cable you're using (the 80 wire is smooth when compared to the 40 wire.) for the optical drives (cd-rom drives).

[jhebi]

Originally Posted by pam123 How are the jumpers on your drives set? Check them and tell us what cable you're using (the 80 wire is smooth when compared to the 40 wire.) for the optical drives (cd-rom drives).

normal
jump 1 - normal settings pin 1 - 2 (and already clear the cmos, but still same problem)
jump 2 - 133mhz pin 2 - 3

The cables are the one that came with the motherboard, it's the 80wire....I also have extra ones that are black from ABIT and they are also 80.....

help, cant boot, just gives me error....thanks all

[minsonngo]

Originally Posted by jhebi normal jump 1 - normal settings pin 1 - 2 (and already clear the cmos, but still same problem) jump 2 - 133mhz pin 2 - 3 The cables are the one that came with the motherboard, it's the 80wire....I also have extra ones that are black from ABIT and they are also 80..... help, cant boot, just gives me error....thanks all

We are trying to find out what are the jumpers settings on the HARD DRIVE and CD DRIVE itself. Not your motherboard.

Do you have your HARD DRIVE and CD DRIVES set to MASTER, SLAVE, CABLE SELECT, or what?

[flanzig1]

Normal Setting is the place to leave the CMOS jumper.
For the IDE cable(80wire), the standard jumper setting is CS(cable select), blue connector to the mobo, the black or end connector is the master position and the gray or middle is the slave position.
check in the BIOS for DMA setting and try in AUTO.

[jhebi]

Originally Posted by minsonngo We are trying to find out what are the jumpers settings on the HARD DRIVE and CD DRIVE itself. Not your motherboard. Do you have your HARD DRIVE and CD DRIVES set to MASTER, SLAVE, CABLE SELECT, or what?

yes i do.....

i have ide 1 connected to hard drive, blue end to mobo and the other end connected to hard drive, jumper on hard drive is master
i have idle 2 connected to cd rom, cd rom is also on master, but secondary....

[minsonngo]

When you go into the BIOS setup... are both the HDD and CD drive detected?

[jhebi]

Originally Posted by minsonngo When you go into the BIOS setup... are both the HDD and CD drive detected?

yes they are....thats the funny thing....the bios detect evertyhing.....

And also i just try to connect with another hard drive, and it reads everything, but than it goes veryfying data pool, no disk failure error....but than it deosnt go to the boot from cd window....it just get stuck on the veryfing data pool

[pam123]

The jumper positions are silk screened on the ends of the drives where the power and cable connectors are.
Pull the drives and check them use the photo here for reference : http://www.pchell.com/hardware/maste...leselect.shtml

[doubledragon5]

If you only have one optical drive, try setting it to cable select.. If all else fails then rma the board.. Better yet spend the extra and get a quality board....

[jhebi]

Returned the board....
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thanks