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Hi,
I keep running into frustrations in trying to wrap up a new build.
It has gone together fine, and all components seem to be working. The fans spin, the LEDs all light up, and I can get to the BIOS with no problem.
I had problems the other night loading Vista Home Premium (32-bit). At first, the changes I was making to the BIOS were not being kept. That is, I was setting the bios to make the DVD to be the first boot device, but when the computer restarted, it was changing the first device to be a floppy drive. This happened several times. Also, upon restart the computer was cycling on/off rapidly 3, 4, 5 times. But eventually I got the bios to keep my change and I started the Vista install process.
But the installation stalled out and I eventually had to just eject the disc and power down.
It was suggested to me that I make a few changes (SATA settings to AHCI, unplug the front-panel USB connector plugged into the motherboard, and increase my RAM voltage setting to 2.1V from the motherboard default setting of 1.8V).
I did that and Vista finally started installing.
Except for when it rebooted and I got a prompt to install from DVD.
Not realizing that the process was continuing, I thought it was starting over for some reason, and so I reinstalled Vista at that point.
In any case, that worked and Vista installed and I was able to look through the new OS for a while.
Until I rebooted.
And now I'm back to square 1.
Upon restart, the computer will not go past the initial post screen. It prompts me to install the CD to boot from the CD drive.
I've gone back to the BIOS and have set the advanced settings to default: Floppy as first boot device, DVD as second device, and hard drive as third device.
But it's apparently not passing over the DVD and getting to the hard disk.
When posting, I see the message that no drives are found as it continues the post.
But the drives are being recognized and seen in the BIOS. As I recall (I'm at work now), the hard drive is on SATA 2 and the DVD is on SATA 6.
So, a long post, but wanted to give all of the details that I can think of.
How can I get past this? The comp wants to boot from the CD drive and does not recognize the hard drive on startup.
Thanks for any help.
Anybody live in San Jose and wanna drop by this weekend to take a look
steve
I keep running into frustrations in trying to wrap up a new build.
- IP35-Pro
- 2x1 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-800
- E6850
- Corsair 520 W PSU
- Thermalright Ultima-90
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB
- MSI 8600GTS
It has gone together fine, and all components seem to be working. The fans spin, the LEDs all light up, and I can get to the BIOS with no problem.
I had problems the other night loading Vista Home Premium (32-bit). At first, the changes I was making to the BIOS were not being kept. That is, I was setting the bios to make the DVD to be the first boot device, but when the computer restarted, it was changing the first device to be a floppy drive. This happened several times. Also, upon restart the computer was cycling on/off rapidly 3, 4, 5 times. But eventually I got the bios to keep my change and I started the Vista install process.
But the installation stalled out and I eventually had to just eject the disc and power down.
It was suggested to me that I make a few changes (SATA settings to AHCI, unplug the front-panel USB connector plugged into the motherboard, and increase my RAM voltage setting to 2.1V from the motherboard default setting of 1.8V).
I did that and Vista finally started installing.
Except for when it rebooted and I got a prompt to install from DVD.
Not realizing that the process was continuing, I thought it was starting over for some reason, and so I reinstalled Vista at that point.
In any case, that worked and Vista installed and I was able to look through the new OS for a while.
Until I rebooted.
And now I'm back to square 1.
Upon restart, the computer will not go past the initial post screen. It prompts me to install the CD to boot from the CD drive.
I've gone back to the BIOS and have set the advanced settings to default: Floppy as first boot device, DVD as second device, and hard drive as third device.
But it's apparently not passing over the DVD and getting to the hard disk.
When posting, I see the message that no drives are found as it continues the post.
But the drives are being recognized and seen in the BIOS. As I recall (I'm at work now), the hard drive is on SATA 2 and the DVD is on SATA 6.
So, a long post, but wanted to give all of the details that I can think of.
How can I get past this? The comp wants to boot from the CD drive and does not recognize the hard drive on startup.
Thanks for any help.
Anybody live in San Jose and wanna drop by this weekend to take a look
steve