ether.real Posted June 1, 2005 Posted June 1, 2005 I am having issues with drive detection in BIOS on my NF4 Ultra-D. It will sometimes detect one of my 4 drives. THis was OK because Windows would detect the drives. Now it wont detect any, and I can no longer boot. I have checked the jumpers, and swapped out the IDE cables. Everything is plugged in correctly. tia ether Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ether.real Posted June 1, 2005 Posted June 1, 2005 OK, here is what I have done so far: I was finally able to flash to the 510-2 BIOS. The BIOS now seems to detect all the drives correctly. However, after this, the system sits at POST for what seems like an eternity, then gives me a DISK BOOT FAILURE. The only way I can get the system to boot into windows off the HD, is by telling BIOS to boot off CD-ROM *only*, and put the windows CD in the CD-ROM. This really is confusing the heck out of me how it is set to boot off CD but then boots off the HD.....help is really appreciated. BIOS is all defaults except boot order... The OCZ RAM is in the Yellow slots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfossil Posted June 1, 2005 Posted June 1, 2005 is the hard disk with the MBR set as first boot device in the bios? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ether.real Posted June 1, 2005 Posted June 1, 2005 It should be, but it wont boot if i set it like that. It will only boot off the HD if i set it to *only* boot off CD, and put a Windows CD in the drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfossil Posted June 1, 2005 Posted June 1, 2005 are you running in raid? have you tried fixmbr ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ether.real Posted June 1, 2005 Posted June 1, 2005 not running RAID. Never heard of fixmbr, will look for it and try it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ether.real Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 ran fixmbr in the recovery console, it did not fix the issue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 i dont see a psu listed in your sig...we need some more information check the first section of bios also and make sure no drives are detected as CHS make them all Auto, or LBA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ether.real Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 sorry, PSU is NeoPower 480. All Drives are detected correctly in BIOS, and they are all set to Auto. Currently reflashing the BIOS to see if something went hairy after the last time..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freezer26 Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 is the hard disk with the MBR set as first boot device in the bios? Maybe what he is saying here is in your HD selection(I forget what its called) right above boot order, hit enter and make sure the MBR drive is in the 1 position. Hope thats what you meant Cyber... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 is that NeoPower a true 24-pin psu? (I dont have any Antec psu's and not familiar with them other than they have a bad rep as being weak troublesome psu's, but again i dont have one so i can only guess at what they are really like) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ether.real Posted June 2, 2005 Posted June 2, 2005 IT is a 24 pin PSU, and everywhere I have heard this one is good. I just re-flashed the 510-2 BIOS following the instructions in the sticky. Here is the way I have the drives set up: Channel 0 Master: Boot Drive (HD) Channel 0 Slave: CD-ROM Channel 1 Master: HD Channel 1 Slave: CD-ROM Freezer- I know what you are talking about for the HDD Boot Order. THe boot drive is first drive in the list. However, this is irrevelant as it wont boot if HD is anywhere on the boot order. In order to boot I must do this: 1) Set CDROM as First Boot Device and leave all others as Disabled 2) Place Windows XP CD in CD-ROM 3) Boot PC, wait 5 minutes for POST 4) After "CMOS Backup OK!", message to "press any key to boot from CD" appears, I wait. 5) PC promptly boots into Windows as if nothing happened. Really starting to get at wits end now.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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