Can't boot from DVD drive
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From: VanguardLH on 18 Jan 2010 08:33 Well, I've gone as far as I can on a *generic* host since you never have identified your make and model. Could be you have SATA hard disks and IDE optical drives and somehow SATA devices get booted first, or you SATA optical drives and IDE hard disks and the BIOS defaults to using IDE devices first.
From: Flip Wilson on 18 Jan 2010 17:45 VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in news:hj1nun$ou5$1(a)news.albasani.net: > Well, I've gone as far as I can on a *generic* host since you never > have identified your make and model. Could be you have SATA hard > disks and IDE optical drives and somehow SATA devices get booted > first, or you SATA optical drives and IDE hard disks and the BIOS > defaults to using IDE devices first. > My motherboard is an XFX nForce 610I GEFORCE 7050 SOCKET775 DD
From: mike on 18 Jan 2010 18:57 Flip Wilson wrote: > VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in news:hj1nun$ou5$1(a)news.albasani.net: > >> Well, I've gone as far as I can on a *generic* host since you never >> have identified your make and model. Could be you have SATA hard >> disks and IDE optical drives and somehow SATA devices get booted >> first, or you SATA optical drives and IDE hard disks and the BIOS >> defaults to using IDE devices first. >> > > My motherboard is an XFX nForce 610I GEFORCE 7050 SOCKET775 DD IF you installed the OS from the DVD. AND you didn't change ANYTHING, I can't see any way windows could have affected the system unless it reflashed your BIOS. I don't think it did that. I'm too lazy to reread the thread, so some of this may be redundant... Did you unplug the hard drive and see if it would boot from DVD? Did you swap the DVD to the primary port? I have seen situations where the system would skip the DVD and boot directly from the HD. But if I removed the HD, it would boot from the DVD. I'm just guessing that my DVD drive was marginal. With no other available boot options, it may try more times before giving up. There's a thing called PLOP boot manager. I've used it on older systems where the bios didn't let me boot the way I wanted. I booted PLOP from a floppy and used it to select the boot device. http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagerdl.html
From: Jan Alter on 18 Jan 2010 19:16 "mike" <spamme0(a)go.com> wrote in message news:hj2sj8$5vg$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Flip Wilson wrote: >> VanguardLH <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in news:hj1nun$ou5$1(a)news.albasani.net: >> >>> Well, I've gone as far as I can on a *generic* host since you never >>> have identified your make and model. Could be you have SATA hard >>> disks and IDE optical drives and somehow SATA devices get booted >>> first, or you SATA optical drives and IDE hard disks and the BIOS >>> defaults to using IDE devices first. >> >> My motherboard is an XFX nForce 610I GEFORCE 7050 SOCKET775 DD > > IF you installed the OS from the DVD. > AND you didn't change ANYTHING, > I can't see any way windows could have affected the system unless > it reflashed your BIOS. I don't think it did that. > > I'm too lazy to reread the thread, so some of this may be redundant... > Did you unplug the hard drive and see if it would boot from DVD? > Did you swap the DVD to the primary port? > > I have seen situations where the system would skip the DVD > and boot directly from the HD. But if I removed the HD, it would > boot from the DVD. I'm just guessing that my DVD drive was marginal. > With no other available boot options, it may try more times before > giving up. > > There's a thing called PLOP boot manager. > I've used it on older systems where the bios didn't let me boot > the way I wanted. I booted PLOP from a floppy > and used it to select the boot device. > > http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanagerdl.html That sounds like a terrific utility and a winner if it works. Earlier in the thread I'd mentioned to the OP to take a look at the support site for his mb and see if there happens to be a newer bios for his mb, and if so to see what it fixes. He recently posted the name and number of his mb and I went to XFX (maker of his mb) but found one had to register their product before any downloads would be available. That stopped my search as I had no XFX motherboard serial number to register. About ten years ago I had an Abit KT7 that at some point in its life wouldn't allow booting from the CD, even when I chose the CD as the first device. It had a pretty early bios in the KT7 series and when I flashed it to the newest I was suddenly re-able to boot from the CD. It was memorable to me at least, and I thought perhaps the same possiblity could be true of the OP's mb, should there be a new bios available. -- Jan Alter bearpuf(a)verizon.net
From: VanguardLH on 18 Jan 2010 22:59
Flip Wilson wrote: > XFX nForce 610 I tried going to their support page but I get: Why do I need to register to access Support Central? We request that you register to gain access to Support Central so that we can provide the drivers, utilities and manuals that apply to your specific product serial number. By knowing your specific serial number, we can provide you with support tailored to your specific needs. Oh yeah, like I'm not supposed to noticed when some perp wants to fondle my package. No thanks. They don't get my e-mail address. Nor do I have a serial number to give them. I was going to see if they had a good online manual but it looks like you'll have to do the reading. |