New Build Boot Problems from SATA DVD

samhain · 16 Jun 2009 at 20:18

Hi,

I have just purchased the following;

However, I have connected the HDD and the SATA DVD up to the machine, the HDD is on a normal SATA controller and I thought I would split the DVD to the other controller that is on the Gigabyte motherboards.

I cannot get the machine to boot from the DVD at all. I am not even sure I have settings right, although for HDD I have AHCI set for that and under GSATA II I have IDE (DVD connected here but nothing).

Does the system see it as a DVD or does it think it's another HDD?

HELP

STewart

siumatfung · 16 Jun 2009 at 21:24

have you set the first boot device to sata DVD RW?

try pluggin the DVD drive in another slot?

all the cables fastened and plugged in properly?

samhain · 16 Jun 2009 at 21:58

siumatfung said:
have you set the first boot device to sata DVD RW?

try pluggin the DVD drive in another slot?

all the cables fastened and plugged in properly?

Settings;

Standard CMOS - IDE Channel 1 Pioneer DVD
Advanced Bios
HD Priority
1. SCSI 0 - Hard Disk
2. Bootable add in cards

First - CD
Second HD
3rd disabled

Integrated Peripherals

Onchip ide Enabled
Sata controller Enabled
SATA type AHCI
SATA Port 4/5 IDE

I think the DVD drive is now in port 4 or 5.

No discs are recognised by drive.

siumatfung · 16 Jun 2009 at 22:35

strange u tried the disc on a different pc ?

samhain · 16 Jun 2009 at 22:43

went one step further, just changed drive over to an old dell pc and it worked using the second sata connector, so I have something set up wrong, but I think I have tried everything, clearly not

did last resort and cleared the CMOS and loaded default settings and it worked!!

How bizzare, cheers for your interest though