Problem with first build

saintssuperstar · 1 Sep 2006 at 16:02

Well its not really my first build just switched mobo and cpu but have to put everything together

I put all the components togther and hit the power button. The screen has the info of the bios and cpu and ram, and 2 option 'press f2 to run setup' or 'press f11 for boot menu' . When i go to the boot menu i can only choose the floppy drive and then i am told ' reboot and select proper boot device'.

I looked in the setup at the IDE drives and my hard disk and cd rom are not being detected.

Any ideas guys?

lordedmond · 1 Sep 2006 at 16:08

plugged them in molex as well?

clear bios and try again , but more info would be nice

saintssuperstar · 1 Sep 2006 at 16:16

thanks will try that but have to log off now as on someone else pc!!!! :confused:

flying grouse · 1 Sep 2006 at 19:50

I would run setup in bios first, check what drives are Installed,(sata, IDE) set date and time, then make your DVD drive first boot option for Installing OS.............

saintssuperstar · 2 Sep 2006 at 10:09

Sorry for the lack of info I was in a rush last night! Right i dont need to install an OS can the hard drive already has 1 installed on it.

Specs :
FX 5900 graphics card
!gb of crucial ram
AMD Athalon 64 3200
Asrock 939Dual-SATA2

I tried starting up the computer without the DVD drive connected to the mobo. It actually starts up and detects the hard drive, but it only gets as far as the 'windows did not start successfully screen' i tried every option it gives me and i still cannot get past this screen with the the dvd drive not connected.

noxidjkram@hotm · 2 Sep 2006 at 10:19

You will need to re-install windows.

A new motherboard will need new drivers for its devices.

Windows will be trying run the new motherboard using the old motherboards drivers == CRASH!

Have you got the DVD drive and HDD on the same IDE lead (channel)? Have you got the drives set to be master/slave?

If drives are on the end of an IDE lead they are masters, if they are on the middle connector they are slaves. IIRC if you only have one device on an IDE cable it must be a master (and therefore plugged onto the end of the IDE lead).

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saintssuperstar · 2 Sep 2006 at 10:28

They are on different cables,but both are connected on the end of each cable. So do I have to connect the DVD drive up using the middle connecter to set it as a slave??

noxidjkram@hotm · 2 Sep 2006 at 10:42

saintssuperstar said:
They are on different cables,but both are connected on the end of each cable. So do I have to connect the DVD drive up using the middle connecter to set it as a slave??

You should check to make sure both drives are set to Master, and keep them on the ends of the cable.

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saintssuperstar · 2 Sep 2006 at 10:46

how do i know they are set to master???

noxidjkram@hotm · 2 Sep 2006 at 10:47

saintssuperstar said:
how do i know they are set to master???

On the back of the drives there are sets of pins - usually you need to put a jumper across a pair of these pins to tell it whether it is a master or slave.

there will likely be a picture on top of the drive depicting the required jumpering.

M