Cant get computer working Properly

Mark403 · 10 Feb 2007 at 14:58

The set up:-

Sata Hard Disc Drive

IDE DVD Drive

EVGA 680i Mobo

So, i have the sata hard disk plugged in with the sata cable.
I have the dvd drive plugged in with the IDE Cabel
They are both detected in the bios screen.

but when i "press F1 to continue" and I put in the windows Vista CD i get the following.

PXE-E61: Nedia Test Failed: Check Cable
PXE-M0F: Existing Nvidia Boot Agent

I've tried swapping the DVD drive from master to slave, ive removed and reinserted the IDE cable just incase of a loose connection, but it still gives the error.

Is there something im doing wrong?
What needs to be done to coreect the problem ?

edit:... I do not yet have windows installed on the hard disk, because of this problem.

t31os · 10 Feb 2007 at 15:04

Turn off other boot devices and check your boot order.

From what i can gather from google, its usually related to the bios trying to boot from another device.

Also check memory is seated correctly.

Could be wrong, but it was a quick google....

Mark403 · 10 Feb 2007 at 15:19

I did what you said and it elped a bit, i didnt get the errors, but it just flashed "boot from CD" and it wouldnt advance any further.

so i tried inserting my XP disc from m old PC , and it worked, it loaded the disc fine.

this leads me to believe my vista disc is broke, it did arive to me with the case damaged and the disc not in the middle spindle with some scratches on it.

Do overclockers allow you to return faulty software?

masslac · 10 Feb 2007 at 15:20

Mark403 said:
Do overclockers allow you to return faulty software?

Yes

t31os · 10 Feb 2007 at 15:22

If it arrived damaged then it shouldnt be a problem sending it back, the only thing they may query is wether you signed for it as 'damaged/faulty' when you recieved it.

Mark403 · 10 Feb 2007 at 15:24

when i recieved it it came in a giant carboard box with all the rest of my PC components (the CPU , fans etc etc) so there was no way to know at the time if it was faulty.

t31os · 10 Feb 2007 at 15:28

Then you are not at fault, ring OCuk on Monday and explain the steps you've taken to know the disk is at fault and they should instruct you on what to do next. They may get you to fill out an RMA form on the site, or sometimes they do that for you while on the phone.