Boot from CD ROM failure Help!!

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:35 pm

Just restarted that POS that I own and got a blue screen similar to what Gixxer got in his thread.

I have another drive that I will install the OS on. However, I get a failure when I try to boot from a CD.

I think the jumpers are wrong on the HD and the CD rom. What is the right config here?

The HD is a Western Digital that is set to CS at the moment. The CD rom is set to Master. Both are on the same connector

RoundEye · Post by **RoundEye** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:12 am

Try setting both drives to cable select or master/slave.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:00 am

Some motherboards don't like Cable Select. I'd set the HDD as Master and move the CD to a separate IDE channel if that's an option. If not, set the CD to Slave.

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:43 am

also CS only works if your using the ultra 80 wire cable or whatever its called. the ide ribbon with the 80 smaller wires ver the thicker 40 wire kind.
i would stick with the HDD at the end of the ribbon and and cd rom in the middle with HDD set to master and cd rom set to slave. Ideal setup. HDD as master on IDE channel 1 and cd-rom as master on IDE channel 2 (primary secondary i guess)

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:09 am

RoundEye wrote:Try setting both drives to cable select or master/slave.

Yeah...I never leave CS to figure it out...many times taking control and telling it what you want is best.

Drive..Master.
CD on 2nd IDE controller if possible...to Master. If having to share same IDE controller/ribbon cable with HD...slave the CD.

Reset BIOS to defaults, reseat everything.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:39 am

Thanks everyone. Will try what was posted.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:29 am

HD is set to Master. CD ROM is set to slave. Still getting boot failure on if I need to boot off a CD. I don't think the drive is bad because I used this drive to install Windows the other day.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:09 am

I should have mentioned the I need to use the 4 Windows 2000 boot disks in order to get the OS installed.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:57 pm

CableDude wrote:I should have mentioned the I need to use the 4 Windows 2000 boot disks in order to get the OS installed.

fail

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:19 pm

Sava700 wrote:fail

That was helpful.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri May 29, 2009 12:51 pm

I have tried three different CD-ROMS... Nothing.
Switching cables... Nothing.
Different Jumper settings... Nothing.

Going too try pc that is the same.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri May 29, 2009 1:01 pm

CableDude wrote:I have tried three different CD-ROMS... Nothing.
Switching cables... Nothing.
Different Jumper settings... Nothing.

Going too try pc that is the same.

Other PC has same jumper settings on both CD drive and hard drive as the problem PC.

Must be something in the bios on problem PC.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:59 pm

Tried to make the CDROM be the secondary master. Separate IDE cable set to secondary master in the bios.

Set CD ROM jumper to Master. Boot failure still ensues.

I give up.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:04 pm

BIOS version

Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG aNMP2-BX-X Version 1.50

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Fri May 29, 2009 10:29 pm

I removed most of the cards (Modem, Sound, SCSI for scanner). Left network and video....Tried again.

No luck.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri May 29, 2009 11:10 pm

sorry to sound like an azz, but are you sure the CD is bootable ?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat May 30, 2009 7:20 am

Worlds longest troubleshooting project..."Engage"

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat May 30, 2009 8:04 am

Mark wrote:sorry to sound like an azz, but are you sure the CD is bootable ?

Sure. I have tried several... UBCD, Knoppix 5.1, Knoppix 3.7, Windows 98 & 2000 cd's & 3 different CD drives.

I think something is wrong with the bios and IDE connectors on the board.

I have checked the jumpers on the HD and CD drive many times, used two different IDE cables...Nothing.

The only other thing I'm not sure of is this ever worked after switching from a 400 mhz processor to a 600 mhz processor. I may swap those out to see what happens.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat May 30, 2009 8:06 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Worlds longest troubleshooting project..."Engage"

I was bored & wanted to try a few Linux Live CD's today.

This originally started when this PC was my main PC. It no longer is.