Disc Boot failure!!!???

psychas · 11 Aug 2007 at 21:18

kk so i build the pc today and when i try when i when i insert windows cd it comes up disc boot failure? i have this mob http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-083-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

and i did set boot device first cdrom 2 hardware

help plz really frustrating

Greenlizard0 · 11 Aug 2007 at 21:24

Have you tried wiping the CD clean?

Have you another optical drive you can try to use?

psychas said:
...build the pc today and when i try when i when i insert...

LOL!

Wiggins · 11 Aug 2007 at 21:52

Check the boot order and the jumper settings of the optical drive.

Also, are your HDD & Optical Drives Sata or IDE?

psychas · 11 Aug 2007 at 21:54

what do you mean like jumper settings? boot order is kk

Wiggins · 11 Aug 2007 at 22:03

psychas said:
what do you mean like jumper settings? boot order is kk

If its Sata 2 drives then there is a jumper to switch it to Sata 1. If its an IDE then on the back there will be a jumper to set to master, slave or cable select.

If you have Optical and HDD on the same IDE lead then you need the Optical set to master and the HDD to Slave. However, you can set both to cable select also.

Edit: Basically, your Optical drive is not reading the disk because when you get boot disk error its booted straight to the HDD and not read the disk.