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Query on new computer
Hi all..
Just made myself a new computer P4 2.4Ghz with 256mb ddr ram and the installation of w2k went very well. Problems arose when i disconnected the cd-rom that was used to install the o/s. Basically the computer wouldn't load up. At the hard disk check it would just pause as if looking for the cdrom. So i decided to put in a different cd rom. This time it loaded (after again pausing at the bios screen for some time) and then said that there was an 'error loading the operating system'. I put back the original cd-rom device that was used to install the o/s and it worked like a charm. Windows was loading up and everything seemed to be fine. I take out the cd-rom and it won't budge. I have looked through both W2k system properties and the bios settings but nothing i seem to do works. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8GE800 and the CPU is just a Intel P4 Processor. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- aNdY |
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Your BIOS is probably set wrong for booting. check the boot sequence and
make sure that the HD is listed first. "aNdY_05" wrote in message . au... I forgot to mention that the computer will load only if the cd-rom is connected as primary slave, if its on any other connection it will not load the computer. -- aNdY "aNdY_05" wrote in message . au... Hi all.. Just made myself a new computer P4 2.4Ghz with 256mb ddr ram and the installation of w2k went very well. Problems arose when i disconnected the cd-rom that was used to install the o/s. Basically the computer wouldn't load up. At the hard disk check it would just pause as if looking for the cdrom. So i decided to put in a different cd rom. This time it loaded (after again pausing at the bios screen for some time) and then said that there was an 'error loading the operating system'. I put back the original cd-rom device that was used to install the o/s and it worked like a charm. Windows was loading up and everything seemed to be fine. I take out the cd-rom and it won't budge. I have looked through both W2k system properties and the bios settings but nothing i seem to do works. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8GE800 and the CPU is just a Intel P4 Processor. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- aNdY |
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No i have checked the BIOS settings for booting sequence and the HDD is the
only one that i have made as a booting option -- aNdY "Dan G" wrote in message ... Your BIOS is probably set wrong for booting. check the boot sequence and make sure that the HD is listed first. "aNdY_05" wrote in message . au... I forgot to mention that the computer will load only if the cd-rom is connected as primary slave, if its on any other connection it will not load the computer. -- aNdY "aNdY_05" wrote in message . au... Hi all.. Just made myself a new computer P4 2.4Ghz with 256mb ddr ram and the installation of w2k went very well. Problems arose when i disconnected the cd-rom that was used to install the o/s. Basically the computer wouldn't load up. At the hard disk check it would just pause as if looking for the cdrom. So i decided to put in a different cd rom. This time it loaded (after again pausing at the bios screen for some time) and then said that there was an 'error loading the operating system'. I put back the original cd-rom device that was used to install the o/s and it worked like a charm. Windows was loading up and everything seemed to be fine. I take out the cd-rom and it won't budge. I have looked through both W2k system properties and the bios settings but nothing i seem to do works. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8GE800 and the CPU is just a Intel P4 Processor. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- aNdY |
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"aNdY_05" wrote in message . au... No i have checked the BIOS settings for booting sequence and the HDD is the only one that i have made as a booting option Since you don't mention how (slave or master) and where (primary or secondary IDE) the drives were connected, this might sound silly, but perhaps the CDROM was originally jumpered to be the master device (thus booting off the CD) and the HDD assumed the slave role. - OR - you had the CDROM on the primary IDE and the HDD on the secondary IDE when installing. aNdY "Dan G" wrote in message ... Your BIOS is probably set wrong for booting. check the boot sequence and make sure that the HD is listed first. "aNdY_05" wrote in message . au... I forgot to mention that the computer will load only if the cd-rom is connected as primary slave, if its on any other connection it will not load the computer. -- aNdY "aNdY_05" wrote in message . au... Hi all.. Just made myself a new computer P4 2.4Ghz with 256mb ddr ram and the installation of w2k went very well. Problems arose when i disconnected the cd-rom that was used to install the o/s. Basically the computer wouldn't load up. At the hard disk check it would just pause as if looking for the cdrom. So i decided to put in a different cd rom. This time it loaded (after again pausing at the bios screen for some time) and then said that there was an 'error loading the operating system'. I put back the original cd-rom device that was used to install the o/s and it worked like a charm. Windows was loading up and everything seemed to be fine. I take out the cd-rom and it won't budge. I have looked through both W2k system properties and the bios settings but nothing i seem to do works. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8GE800 and the CPU is just a Intel P4 Processor. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- aNdY |
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Hi,
The mobo must have ATA100 or 133. Then you'd use 80 wire cable with CS instead of master/slave jumpers. When CS is used, the connector is specific(like first drive has to be at specific connector; color coded) Tony alvin york wrote: "aNdY_05" wrote in message . au... No i have checked the BIOS settings for booting sequence and the HDD is the only one that i have made as a booting option -- aNdY connected as primary slave, if its on any other connection it will not load the computer. -- aNdY "aNdY_05" wrote in message . net.au... Hi all.. Just made myself a new computer P4 2.4Ghz with 256mb ddr ram and the installation of w2k went very well. Problems arose when i disconnected the cd-rom that was used to install the o/s. Basically the computer wouldn't load up. At the hard disk check it would just pause as if looking for the cdrom. So i decided to put in a different cd rom. This time it loaded (after again pausing at the bios screen for some time) and then said that there was an 'error loading the operating system'. I put back the original cd-rom device that was used to install the o/s and it worked like a charm. Windows was loading up and everything seemed to be fine. I take out the cd-rom and it won't budge. I have looked through both W2k system properties and the bios settings but nothing i seem to do works. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-8GE800 and the CPU is just a Intel P4 Processor. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- aNdY You should always offer more than one choice for bootup. I use sequence " Adrive, Cd-rom drive, Hard Drive" |
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