Help Getting New Pc To Work.

Sparco1001 · 9 Aug 2007 at 13:59

Iv built a pc for my mate some are old bits of mine others are new, iv put everything in corectly but when friend built it the last time he used a floppy disk to get it to work. The mobo is a Asrock 939 Dual Sata

All iv got now is a black screen with a white flashing line.

Any Advice Please?

gyro · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:04

You installed windows yet, need more info that that

Lee

split · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:07

Your post is very short.

Is the hard disc new or?

You need access the BIOS and set boot order etc.

Sparco1001 · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:09

HDD is not new but is clean.

Windows is not installed yeh when i press the power button the screen flashes with information then goes black with a white flashing line in the top left hand corner.

Need any more info just ask.

Thanks.

split · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:17

Sparco1001 said:
HDD is not new but is clean.

Windows is not installed yeh when i press the power button the screen flashes with information then goes black with a white flashing line in the top left hand corner.

Need any more info just ask.

Thanks.

Have you got the motherboard manual?
I can't seem to get to the Asrock site at the mo, but I would guess it doesn't know what it's booting to.

I can get to http://www.asrockamerica.com/products.htm but no more

Something like this ...

A nice feature of this BIOS is that after pressing F11 on the POST screen you get a list of detected devices and can chose from which to boot.

Sparco1001 · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:27

Yeh iv got the manual.

Iv also tried the Asrock website but couldnt get on.

Sparco1001 · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:35

When i press F11 I get a small box in the centre of the screen that says:

Please select boot device:
1st Floppy Drive
CD/DVD Drive
HDD

split · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:40

Well assuming you don't have windows installed, select CD/DVD Drive as first boot device and HDD as second.
Stick windows CD in CD drive, and boot to it and install (assuming you windows CD is boot able)

Sparco1001 · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:55

Thanks a lot split.

Windows is setting up now just needed a few reminders along the way

Sparco1001 · 9 Aug 2007 at 15:12

Problem again, now i cant press F8 to agree to install.

Coldfox · 9 Aug 2007 at 15:14

usb keyboard?

Growlingfish · 9 Aug 2007 at 15:15

Sparco1001 said:
Problem again, now i cant press F8 to agree to install.

Using a USB or a PS2 keyboard? Sometimes USB won't work prior to Windows being loaded so you might have to switch to the older type connection.

melbourne720 · 9 Aug 2007 at 15:18

Sparco1001 said:
HDD is not new but is clean.

Windows is not installed yeh when i press the power button the screen flashes with information then goes black with a white flashing line in the top left hand corner.

Need any more info just ask.

Thanks.

Yeah, it works, you just need to install the operating system.

1. Insert the windows CD into the DVD ROM drive.
2. Reboot the PC
3. Press the button it says to go into BIOS
4. Change the boot device to CD
5. Reboot and follow instructions

edit: way too slow there. Try PS2 keyboard