Can't make my new computer working help!

[leonidas]

I've bought part of the computer separatly, I've got a motherboard Asus a7n8x-x, AMD Barton 2500, nvidia geforce 64 mo, 256 DDR ram, 160 go seagate HDD, and I can't make everything working.
I've tried to install Win XP Pro Corp with the 6 boot disks, then Win98, then a bootable version of Xp Pro Corp, nothing worked. Sometimes The computer doesn't even Make the sound "beep"when turning it on, sometimes it does, sometimes it's looking for DMI pool data or something. Right now it just displays "08-19-2003 Nvidia-nf".

I don't know what 's wrong. It may come from the bios setting as I once exit the bios saving changes, thinking it was going to work.

Does someone knows what I would have to check in the bios?

Do I have to flash the bios maybe ?

Any help would be much apreciated
Thanks in advance.

Leonidas

[Virtualbody1234]

Je pense qui faut faire un "Clear CMOS". Ça doit être expliqué dans le manuel.

Télécharge le manuel français: Clicker à drote sur --> http://www.asus.com.cn/pub/ASUS/mb/socka/nforce2/a7n8x-x/f1461_a7n8x-x.pdf et sauver le fichier sur ton disque dur.

Ou tu peut te servir de celui qui vien avec la carte maitresse, si tu la.

[Spicker]

bonjour?

[leonidas]

I've been doing both clear Cmos and bios flashing, corectly I hope, and know the computer starts all the time, but ever stops at the fucking step of : "verifying DMI pool data"

Does someone knows how to fix that?

[Sasage]

That happened to my PC as well. Try the disks one last time, if not, then format your drive. After I formatted my drive I was able to install windows.

[leonidas]

for the clear Cmos I had to quit the little batery on the mother board and shift the Cmos jumper to thge right, right ? like with all motherboards. No?

[tesco]

for the clear Cmos I had to quit the little batery on the mother board and shift the Cmos jumper to thge right, right ? like with all motherboards. No?
you don't have to do both.
it's one or the other.


edit: What is the boot order set to? (in bios)

it should go something like:
floppy
optical (cdrom)
hard drive

it will then boot from the cd.
also make sure that the bios is detecting the cd drive(s) and hard drive(s) correctly.

[leonidas]

you don't have to do both.
it's one or the other.


edit: What is the boot order set to? (in bios)

it should go something like:
floppy
optical (cdrom)
hard drive

it will then boot from the cd.
also make sure that the bios is detecting the cd drive(s) and hard drive(s) correctly.


I've set the priorities in that order, no changes...
The computer detects also the hdd and the cdrom in the list when the computer starts up, you know.. primary master hdd...etc...

[Samurai]

set them all to CD only then change back after boot

[leonidas]

I've just tried with two version of xp pro corp, one bootable (So no bootdiskquette needed I guess), and one more old, not bootable, so I put the 3/2 floppy boot disquette in the computer, with the cdrom of xp.

none of the two worked

-With the bootable cd, It stops after
"verifying DMI pool data"
and
"boot from cd"

With the non bootable cd, I got this:

"verifying DMI pool data"
and
"Setup is inspecting your computer's ......" (can't finished to read the sentence cause the computer restarts at this time)

And it will restarts for ever if I don't stop it.

[Samurai]

have you tried using a different hard drive?

[leonidas]

set them all to CD only then change back after boot

It does not change anything

[Samurai]

see above post regarding hdd

[leonidas]

have you tried using a different hard drive?

The one I'm using is new, I don't think it could be broken, how could I have damaged it?

I've got a very old 4 gb one, I'm gonna try it now.

[Samurai]

worth a shot at the very least.

[clocker]

Check the jumpers on your HDD.
Check the connections (power and IDE).

UNplug the floppy and optical drives.
If it will go beyond the verifying stage and give you the message " invalid system disk or OS cannot be found" then reconnect the CD drive and try again.

[RPerry]

just out of curiosity, are you using a pci ata card for the HD ? :unsure:
My girlfriend bought a new asus mb last month and had problem like this, and it only corrected when she plugged the hd into the ide slot...

[leonidas]

Damn !! I've put this very old hard disk, with windows98 on it, and windows98 started, now it's recongnizing the new material on the computer

[clocker]

Aha!
So your machine prefers Win 98, eh?

Don't fight it, Luke.

[leonidas]

just out of curiosity, are you using a pci ata card for the HD ? :unsure:
My girlfriend bought a new asus mb last month and had problem like this, and it only corrected when she plugged the hd into the ide slot...


What do you call a pci ata card ?


know it's strange because win 98 (the splashscrenn) starts, and I've got lots of new materiel which needs to be recognize, but I still can't install xp, it happen the same as before when I put the xp cds on the drives (with both xps).

[leonidas]

I don't think it's a problem of jumper as I just have the hdd & the cd rom plugeed in two diferent slots, so master/slave stuff won't matter right?

[clocker]

No...it still matters.
The hard drive should be jumpered as a master and connected to the last plug on the cable.

[leonidas]

Ok. Right now I'm waiting the end of the dirty instalation of xp up on the windows98 of my old hard disk, and then I will try what youn say clocker.

[leonidas]

Ok. Right now I'm waiting the end of the dirty instalation of xp up on the windows98 of my old hard disk, and then I will try what youn say clocker.


Ok, so the instalation crushed.

I've set to "master" my new hdd, and plugged it on the last plug on the cable.
No changes .... I'm gonna cry.. bouh.

[fkdup74]

actually....
if its the only drive on the channel,
you can just take the jumper out, it dont need it
and setting it to master w/o a slave present
can actually confuse some mobos
you can try that

or....
what you can do is this....
get your 4 BG HDD going again, with Win 98 or whatever will install
have those jumpers set to master,
assuming its a 10 pin connector, those are the middle pins (5 & 6)
on the same IDE channel...
set the 160 to slave, one set of pins in from the right (3 & 4)
see if it recognizes it, then you can run diagnostics, format, whatever

if that works out, then take the jumper out,
take the 4 GB drive out, put the 160 in its place and see what happens :p

[Virtualbody1234]

160 GB Seagate? What model HDD is it?

[leonidas]

actually....
if its the only drive on the channel,
you can just take the jumper out, it dont need it
and setting it to master w/o a slave present
can actually confuse some mobos
you can try that

or....
what you can do is this....
get your 4 BG HDD going again, with Win 98 or whatever will install
have those jumpers set to master,
assuming its a 10 pin connector, those are the middle pins (5 & 6)
on the same IDE channel...
set the 160 to slave, one set of pins in from the right (3 & 4)
see if it recognizes it, then you can run diagnostics, format, whatever

if that works out, then take the jumper out,
take the 4 GB drive out, put the 160 in its place and see what happens :p

Thanks!
Actually that worked!!!

I could setup winxp pro on my new hdd, the only and quite important problem that I can only make it working when the old hhd is plugged,then I have to choose during the startup of windows. The 4 gb makes really to much noise.

To Virtual Body/----

http://www.rue-montgallet.com/prix/75012/acheter/6702/Seagate-160Go-7200-RPM-UDMA100-8Mo-Barracuda-7200.7-/

[Virtualbody1234]

To Virtual Body/----

http://www.rue-montgallet.com/prix/75012/acheter/6702/Seagate-160Go-7200-RPM-UDMA100-8Mo-Barracuda-7200.7-/
I have exactly the same model drive. I connected it as Master on my Primary IDE. No problems. I don't understand why it would be different for you. :unsure:

[leonidas]

I have exactly the same model drive. I connected it as Master on my Primary IDE. No problems. I don't understand why it would be different for you. :unsure:

where is the master postion on our hdd ?

[leonidas]

I've tried to plugg the jumper on all positions, but each time it didn't worked.
It display all the time boot from cd (I don't know why), says a few more words, and stops.

It won't start if I don't plug the other hard disk with it. I'm lost.

[leonidas]

Everybody went to bed baouw.

[Virtualbody1234]

where is the master postion on our hdd ?

I set mine like the top one in this diagram:

http://www.proside.co.jp/support/faq/kihon/img/02/HDD-Jumper_b.gif

[fkdup74]

hey! thats no 10 pin connector ffs :P
guess my jumper setting wont work on that :lol:

if you cant get it goin w/o the other drive...for now...
you can always format the 4 GB drive and use it for swap space i guess :unsure:

and yeah, i know the old drives are loud
i just did some work on a pc for my brother...
an older WD 20 GB drive...
sounds like there's freakin gravel or somethin in it :lol:
but all diagnostics say its ok, so what the hell :P