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Thread ID: 66816 2006-03-08 00:19:00 Hard Drive boot failure Jimmy D (2061) Press F1
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436534 2006-03-08 00:19:00 when i turn on the computer the BIOS detects the hard drive, windows setup boots from cdrom and loads files but when i choose new setup it says there is no hardrive in and to reboot, so i ejected the cd to see if it would boot to the hard drive, the computer turns on, it detects the hard drive and continues loading but then it says DISK BOOT FAILURE, insert system disk blah blah enter, u know the one. anyway, i have tried multiple hard drives (that i know work) and different IDE cables, a different PSU (that i know works) and nothing seems to change the DISK BOOT FAILURE error. Does anyone have any suggestions? it is a newly purchased motherboard so it shouldnt be but could be faulty

cheers
James
Jimmy D (2061)
436535 2006-03-08 00:33:00 You haven't got RAID turned on in the BIOS by mistake have you? CYaBro (73)
436536 2006-03-08 00:54:00 SATA and RAID are disabled (using IDE) Jimmy D (2061)
436537 2006-03-08 01:38:00 It looks as if you have done all the right trouble shooting so it is pointing towards a faulty mainboard.
One last thing you could do is check the manufactures website for a BIOS update for the mainboard.
CYaBro (73)
436538 2006-03-08 01:55:00 Could BIOS boot sector protection being enabled during OS installation produce this error? Graham L (2)
436539 2006-03-08 02:37:00 Thanks for the support guys, i'm now sendind the motherboard back

Cheers
James
Jimmy D (2061)
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