Help me please!

Stevy · 20 Sep 2006 at 15:15

Ok i have a prb, Been building a low spc pc for a few days and finally finished the build last night. Now i went to install windows but low and behold when it loads the disc files for installation it gives me the blue screen of death. The HDD is a ide drive. Can someone try and help? Also it won’t pick up the cd drives in bios and its reading the hdd in slave not master. The jumper it set as master? Im about to go mad and bust the thing up!

wizardmaxx · 20 Sep 2006 at 15:17

Are the two devices on the same cable

vanandjuanunited · 20 Sep 2006 at 15:17

Are they on the same ribbon. Have you swapped out ide cables? Is it a new mobo that you know works?

Stevy · 20 Sep 2006 at 15:18

wizardmaxx said:
Are the two devices on the same cable

yip. main 1 set as master, other slave. But if i need to i will use the 1 cd drive untill i get xp on the hdd

Stevy · 20 Sep 2006 at 15:20

williamw11 said:
Are they on the same ribbon. Have you swapped out ide cables? Is it a new mobo that you know works?

yeah new mobo new graphics new power supply new cpu, old hdd, old cd drive. But i know they work as they are being picked up fine on my main pc.

wizardmaxx · 20 Sep 2006 at 15:28

What motherboard, hdd and opticals.

rpstewart · 20 Sep 2006 at 16:23

OK, take a step back and forget about trying to install windows for a minute - you need to make sure that the BIOS detects all the devices properly first.

Apologies if I'm teaching you to suck eggs here but it's easier to start from basics rather than guess where you are. To get the HDD and the CD working on the same cable one needs to be set as the master and one as the slave, normally the HDD would be set as master and the CD as slave.

So first disconnect the CD so that only the HDD is on the cable, make sure the jumpers on the HDD are set to master. Boot the machine and go into the BIOS, check if the HDD is detected, if it is great, skip the rest of the paragraph. If it isn't detected then you need to figure out why - check the cables (replace it if necessary), make sure they're securely connected at each end and more importantly the right way round.

Once the HDD is being detected repeat the process for the CD drive but make sure its jumpers are set to slave. Again check that it's detected in the BIOS, if not try the same checks as above.

Stevy · 20 Sep 2006 at 16:42

rpstewart said:
OK, take a step back and forget about trying to install windows for a minute - you need to make sure that the BIOS detects all the devices properly first.

Apologies if I'm teaching you to suck eggs here but it's easier to start from basics rather than guess where you are. To get the HDD and the CD working on the same cable one needs to be set as the master and one as the slave, normally the HDD would be set as master and the CD as slave.

So first disconnect the CD so that only the HDD is on the cable, make sure the jumpers on the HDD are set to master. Boot the machine and go into the BIOS, check if the HDD is detected, if it is great, skip the rest of the paragraph. If it isn't detected then you need to figure out why - check the cables (replace it if necessary), make sure they're securely connected at each end and more importantly the right way round.

Once the HDD is being detected repeat the process for the CD drive but make sure its jumpers are set to slave. Again check that it's detected in the BIOS, if not try the same checks as above.

Brill ill try that. Thx