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| Thread ID: 81366 | 2007-07-25 10:24:00 | stumped! | LazDang (12427) | Press F1 |
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| 572662 | 2007-07-25 10:24:00 | Hey guys, have a problem i've been handed so thought i'd gather some ideas as to what it could be. My friend thought he'd have a go at reformatting his computer and nw wit nothng on the disk, the computer will not boot up properly. I took the case off, and unplugged all the extraas, and proceeded to boot, but it would not recognise the hdd's so after a bit of tootooing around, i disconnected the cd-rom drive and now it recognizes the hdd's but thats use;ess to me as i need a cd-rom to install windows. Why would it be doing this? it was working beforehand.... there is no beep codes or anything being made either motherboard is a asus p4s533-x, and the dvd-rom a btc-4816im |
LazDang (12427) | ||
| 572663 | 2007-07-25 13:36:00 | Checked the boot order in the BIOS? | apsattv (7406) | ||
| 572664 | 2007-07-25 13:37:00 | Is the CD from drive connected to the motherboard using the same IDE cable as the HDD? I mean is it a master/slave situation or does it have its own IDE channel? I would check the jumpers on the HDD and the CD-ROM, although i do not see why just a reformat would cause a working system to behave this way. Also why did he reformat? was it due to problems or did he just want to clean up? |
Mamaz (10231) | ||
| 572665 | 2007-07-25 13:40:00 | sorry just noticed you wrote hdds.. how many? if the HDD's are being detected intermittently regardless of whether cd-rom is plugged in or not then it could be either the motherboard or ne of the HDD's or even both. You will need to go through process of elimination.. i woud check hdds on a another comp.. plugged in separate, then together. Also don't forget to check jumpers on them. | Mamaz (10231) | ||
| 572666 | 2007-07-25 19:15:00 | 2 hdd's, one with jumpers set as master, and the other as a slave. Am looking for the jumper settings for the cd-rom right now. Boot order is hdd master, then cd-rom (disabled) as it cannot be detected. he re-formatted because he thought there was too much rubbish on it and wannted to start a fresh THe 2 hdd's are one ide channel (ide1), and the cd-rom is on another (ide2) |
LazDang (12427) | ||
| 572667 | 2007-07-25 19:28:00 | Possiblitity that the motherboard (in particular the IDE controller) is on its way out. Reconnect the cd drive, and double check all other connections. CD drive should be set to master on its ide channel. Double check the settings in the CMOS setup. You could also try setting it up so that one harddrive (the slave) shares an IDE channel with the cd drive |
Myth (110) | ||
| 572668 | 2007-07-25 21:03:00 | just a thought but how old is the hardware? older motherboards don't support booting from optical drives or recognise them at a BIOS level or bootup, this doesn't affect windows "seeing" them however If this is the case you need to use a floppy boot disk with cdrom drivers and boot from that. If you don't have one use google and download one from the net. otherwise a bit more explanation as to what he's done and whats happening now would be useful |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 572669 | 2007-07-25 21:41:00 | just a thought but how old is the hardware? older motherboards don't support booting from optical drives or recognise them at a BIOS level or bootup, this doesn't affect windows "seeing" them however It would have to be absolutely ancient for that to be the case. All the Win98 PCs I've done in the last few years do. Was this CD drive working before you messed about? Could be dead........ |
pctek (84) | ||
| 572670 | 2007-07-25 22:20:00 | One of the IDE cables could be faulty, you could try swapping them around & see if any change. The DVD drive could be dead - swap it with another & see if that makes any difference. Failing that, remove the 2nd HDD and plug the DVD drive in as a slave on the same IDE channel as the master OS drive. Build the PC & reconnect the 2nd disk. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 572671 | 2007-07-25 23:50:00 | All the BTC cd drives I have ever known die very quickly. Never used them after that. | intel hunter (6666) | ||
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