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| Thread ID: 47026 | 2004-07-13 08:29:00 | Now, about that CD-Rom. | eef2 (1904) | Press F1 |
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| 252043 | 2004-07-13 08:29:00 | I have a Phoenix Bios 4.0 Release 6.0 4W4SB0X0.15A.0015.P10 from Intel Corp, and I want it to recognise my CD-ROM. I have been on the case for some time now, and decided on an upgrade to the above from an Award AMD Bios. Also, swapping my P1 for a PIII processor and motherboard. Every time I boot up, I hear two beeps instead of the one I used to hear when my CD_ROM worked. Whenever I hear that 2nd beep, I say to myself: "no CD-Rom this session, either." Also, over the past weeks while this has been going on, I get a strange message when windows starts it's desktop icons that says: " Loading System Policies". I have a standalone, and do not have a LAN. I have gone to the trouble of getting 2 x .pdf's off the Phonenix web site that deal with the issue, one calling itself a manual, but I don't understand pieces of it. Basically, I have tried to make the Master boot, the Hard Drive with no slave for the Primary, and the CD_ROM the Secondary boot, no secondary slave. Is this right? Also, in another part of setup (the bios) I have ordered it to boot in the A,C,D, and E sequence where C and D is the hard drive, and E is (should be) the CD-ROM. I would be happy to supply any other details to anyone who could help. |
eef2 (1904) | ||
| 252044 | 2004-07-13 09:15:00 | Is the CD ROM actually physically connected to the Secondary Master channel (ie jumper pins set correctly, cables plugged in properly, power cables secure), and not the Secondary Slave? Is there any way to test that your CD ROM still works - ie a different machine to test it on? |
somebody (208) | ||
| 252045 | 2004-07-13 09:39:00 | >Whenever I hear that 2nd beep, It may tell you in the manual what two beeps means. Those beeps can tell you what is not working. > E is (should be) the CD-ROM. Usually if you wanted to boot from the CDRom you would actually pick that as it is Windows that designates drive letters for the CDRom |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 252046 | 2004-07-13 11:53:00 | Usually for Phoenix Bios's, two short beeps means a post error and it should display the actual error. What does it show? if it goes through too fast hit the pause/break button. This may help us diagnose the problem. When you upgraded the MB did you reinstall the O/S or install the new drivers over/top after connecting the harddrive. The latter makes things very messy and jumbled so would reccomend a clean install if nothing else works. Otherwise check the obvious.. parrallel cable on the right way, jumpers on cd rom set to master (if on cable select). etc |
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