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| Thread ID: 98706 | 2009-04-04 01:15:00 | Boot issue - NEED HELP | darthcarnate (14113) | Press F1 |
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| 762202 | 2009-04-04 01:15:00 | Hey everyone, Just put in my new mobo, parts, etc., and encountered two problems: 1) Not recognizing keyboard: the CAPS LOCK, SCROLL LOCK, etc. lights don't go on when the key is pressed, and doesn't respond to ENTER or any other keys while in BIOS. Tried at least 5 of the 10 USB ports, both back and front header 2) First it claimed there was no start-up/boot disk, and now it says "error in startup disk" or something similar, followed by "Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart" - except that the keyboard isn't responding, so I have to hit the mobo power button again. 3) Just tried again, and hit F12 (boot menu) as it was starting up. The boot menu DID come up, but the keyboard won't respond NOW, so I can't scroll down to hard drive. I tried putting in the Gigabyte disk that came with the mobo, but to no effect. What should I do? HDD is Master, DVD-RW drive Slave (on IDE channel), DVD drive DEFINITELY working (or got power at least), HDD-I can't see, as is hidden in slot. |
darthcarnate (14113) | ||
| 762203 | 2009-04-04 01:29:00 | Try another keyboard. What parts have you installed? And what OS is installed? Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 762204 | 2009-04-04 01:33:00 | You may need to use a PS2 keyboard at first - sometimes unless the BIOS is set to accept USB devices the USB keyboard wont work. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 762205 | 2009-04-04 01:40:00 | Hit the CMOS CLEAR button - managed to get into the BIOS, and found there was no HDD recognized (keyboard was working!). Checked the HDD - found the Jumper settings were wrong - I had the jumper on "limits capacity to 32GB", so I switched it to "Master = ON, Slave = OFF", as the other options were CABLE SELECT and SLAVE. Now it freezes on the Gigabyte load screen - not responding to keyboard again. Tried the CMOS CLEAR again - doesn't help. I'm running XP on an IDE HDD. CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200. RAM: 1X2GB DDR2. VGA: Nvidia 9600GT 512MB. IDE DVD-RW and 40GB Seagate HDD. Mobo: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS4P. |
darthcarnate (14113) | ||
| 762206 | 2009-04-04 01:41:00 | Have tried another USB keyboard: wireless one. Didn't work either. | darthcarnate (14113) | ||
| 762207 | 2009-04-04 01:45:00 | You may have installed some hardware that the motherbaord bios does not currently support. Try to get hold of a keyboard that works-then update the bios: tw.giga-byte.com here are some user guides: tw.giga-byte.com DO NOT interrupt it while it is updating, it will corrupt the BIOS! Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 762208 | 2009-04-04 01:50:00 | None of those appear to relevant to my current config. I have tried switching the HDD to Cable Select, and it accepts input from the keyboad, and went into the BIOS, which showed it accepted the DVD drive, but still no HDD. | darthcarnate (14113) | ||
| 762209 | 2009-04-04 01:51:00 | Just checked back and found I have a screen full of "Press any key to startup Express Recovery 2". | darthcarnate (14113) | ||
| 762210 | 2009-04-04 01:53:00 | Even tho its only got 1 IDE connector on the mobo, I wouldnt really put a dvd on the same connector as the hdd. I would either get a SATA hdd or SATA burner |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 762211 | 2009-04-04 02:00:00 | YES! Put the HDD on the END of the IDE cable, and left the DVD burner off, and I just got a face full of Windows XP! YES! | darthcarnate (14113) | ||
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