New build wont boot, from dvd can you help

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(Solved) New build wont boot from dvd can you help

Ive just built my tower and it will boot to bios but when i set it to boot from my IDE DVD it wont, im waiting on a sata dvd as we speak but I want to get things installed.

Asus Maximus II Formula P45 Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield'
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB
Samsung SpinPoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB Hard Drive
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB)
LG GSA-H42N Super Multi DVD ide

I have set the boot priority in bios and it sees the LG dvd drive
When I start up it accesses the dvd for a few seconds the cursor jumps down one line then it just lies there and nothing happens,

Can you advise me on what I should do,
 
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hyperst said:
recheck your connections to both cables and to both ends
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I tried that too, took the ide out and made sure it was pushed back in tight, both ends, the power is fine as the drive starts turning as the comp starts,

Ive tried everything i can think of bar getting a sata drive, hopefully it will read through sata as it isn't through ide,

I was sure I had a sata dvd here, but i havent, thats why i had to use the old ide drive,
 
I built a system for my cousin last year and he had trouble with n ide dvd drive he installed, but the sata worked fine

Ill buy a sata tomorrow and try that, I need one, hate ide cables there so ugly, lo
 
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have you enabled the ide controller in bios, think mine was disabled in my board, worth a trawl through the bios, mine is something like intergrated peripherals/on-chip ATA devices/PCI IDE Busmaster. mine was disabled by default, also disable quick boot
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hyperst said:
have you enabled the ide controller in bios, think mine was disabled in my board, worth a trawl through the bios, mine is something like intergrated peripherals/on-chip ATA devices/PCI IDE Busmaster. mine was disabled by default, also disable quick boot
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I couldnt find an option to disable ide anywhere so must be always on, i also disabled quick boot, no difference,
 
I've tried the ide drive out of my old pc in case the drive was faulty still nothing,

I have ran out of ideas, had anyone got any more thoughts,

Do you think a sata drive might work?
 
The ide options for the maximus formula II are in advanced/Onboard Devices Configuration//Marvell IDE/eSATA. But it is enabled by default.

The next steps I would try is to remove anything that isn't essential to the machine, any pci cards, usb devices and just use 1 stick of memory.
 
bobbydigital said:
The ide options for the maximus formula II are in advanced/Onboard Devices Configuration//Marvell IDE/eSATA. But it is enabled by default.

The next steps I would try is to remove anything that isn't essential to the machine, any pci cards, usb devices and just use 1 stick of memory.
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The only thing non essential in there was the sound card that came with the board,i removed that, i tried with one stick of ram then the other, still nothing,

ive noticed that its not seeing my samsung hd also, just the seagate I had spare.
 
I've read on another forum,
Someone else had this problem and asus told them the maximus doesn't read ide drives only sata.
Can anyone confirm this
 
Fixed the problem

Thanks to you all for trying to solve my problem with the IDE DVD drive,

I have now got my tower fully functional, It was a problem with IDE, the Asus Maximus Mobo needs a SATA DVD to boot and install the OS,:confused:

I just put the drive in and it started installing Vista immediately,:p:D;)
 
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