Clocker? Vb123? Anybody? Help?

[Smurfette]

Hold on a minute before you junk the HDD.

WTF has drive content got to do with getting to the BIOS?
It doesn't matter what is on the HDD, it should still get to BIOS.

Can you tell us what CD/DVD drives you have installed?
What about which IDE channels the devices are on, and which are master/slave?
What's the exact model of the mobo & gfx card?

[Smurfette]

Originally posted by clocker@14 December 2003 - 07:45
Your old HDD is already polluted with all the applicable info (HAL- hardware application layer) for your other board, chip, vid drivers, etc.
That would just drive your new hardware crazy.

Clocker, you must know better than this with all you done with hardware. I'm sure you're ill or something.

[raiserblade2003]

Originally posted by Smurfette@14 December 2003 - 08:20
Can you tell us what CD/DVD drives you have installed?
What about which IDE channels the devices are on, and which are master/slave?
What's the exact model of the mobo & gfx card?

amd xp 2200+
256mb ddr pc2100
shuttle nforce2 ultra 400
the hdd was a western digital
pci mx440 64mb (from old machine)

all the ohter non needed stuff is not connected, i disconnected them one by one, unless the cold cathode light is the source of this....then i have no clue waht to do.

if you want me to qoute some more stuff from the first few post....just say so.....

[adamp2p]

raiser blade, all you need to do is configure your bios to boot from CD.

Then just reformat the disk altogether (as long as you don't care about the data)

[ck-uk]

It is abit strange mate..

With the hd does it still post.(do you hear any test beeps when you turn it on.)You can find the meaning of the beep codes on google.

are you using the correct/or same cables on both pcs

is it pluged in to ide1

Have you gone through all the setting in the bios are correct

[Virtualbody1234]

Did you read my post on the previous page?

You have not answered my questions.

So you say that it boots up fine without the drive connected?
And doesn't as soon as it is?

Is the drive set to Master, Slave or Cable Select?

Have you tried with another IDE cable and be sure that pin #1 is connected to the same side as the stripe on the cable. Check it at both ends.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally posted by adamp2p@14 December 2003 - 03:33
raiser blade, all you need to do is configure your bios to boot from CD.

Then just reformat the disk altogether (as long as you don't care about the data)

GOOD LORD! I've been thinking this all along! And when he even stated it more clearly noone seemed to answer except Adam. You CANNOT take a HDD with another OS and data from another computer...and put it on a NEW ONE! It will have all of the wrong drivers! YES! THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM

Go in your bios and make it boot from CD and have a WINDOWS O/S CD in there...FORMAT your harddrive and then INSTALL WINOWS! Everything will now work

[Virtualbody1234]

@bigdawgfoxx, from my understanding... You have missed one small detail. He is trying to boot PC with the HD in and it won't even get to the BIOS. So how would a CD launch if it doesn't even Power On Self Test ?

[bigdawgfoxx]

Um..i duno what that means really...but I think it would at least boot to a CD with his HDD in...he needs to at least try that..cuz he has to reformat it again...

So just switch it to CD, then put the O/S cd in, put your HDD back in, and see if it will boot to cd. If not then I duno

[clocker]

Originally posted by Smurfette@14 December 2003 - 01:23

Clocker, you must know better than this with all you done with hardware. I'm sure you're ill or something.

No, not ill.
Confused, maybe.

I did say in my first post that I had no explanation about not being able to enter BIOS with the HDD installed.
You have to give raiser some credit re: cable orientation, etc...after all, he has been swapping the HDD between PCs to try our suggestions and then reinstalling into the machine he was posting on.
So I doubt that it's as easy as a bad cable or loose power connection, eh?