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I recently came home to find my desktop at BSOD with the error "unmountable boot volume". For whatever reason it looks like the pc rebooted and ended up here. I reset the machine and ended up at the same point again. My boot drive (C:) consists of two WD 74g raptors in a Raid 0 array. Up...

I disconnected the DVD drive still no boot, bios, etc. Then I disconnected a USB cable (attached to an IDE to USB drive enclosure with no HDD present) connected to the front of the case and was able to boot and was sent directly to the windows boot select menu. My USB keyboard did not work...

I originally posted this on the Tech Support board, but it seems it may be a hardware issue so I'm gonna post it here.... In anticipation of a CPU upgrade I was installing some software updates today. I downloaded Nforce 4 drivers from Nvidia's website (Nforce 4 v6.86)and installed them for...

In anticipation of a chip upgrade I was installing some software updates. I downloaded Nforce 4 drivers from Nvidia's website (Nforce 4 v6.86)and installed them for the A8N-SLI deluxe motherboard. I installed the drivers and was prompted for a reboot, which I declined to flash the firmware on...

I'm trying to boot into safe mode with networking on Win XP Pro. The machine boots fine, but I cannot access the internet. I've tried both through the router and directly to the cable modem, but for some reason windows is not seeing the connection and network card. I'm using the Nvidia...

As an update for MichealD who put in a lot of time with me :)......... After researching the problem on ASUS's website, there appears to be a problem with ASUS boards and Antec power supplies, because a lot of people have had the same exact problem I have as seen in these posts...

I'm starting to think it's the PSU.... When I plug in the 2 case fans and the DVD, along with everything else (2 HDD's, Vid card, etc), it won't power up. I've seperated everthing onto it's own modular power cable like this: 1 cable is the PCI-E power cable to the video card 1 cable is to...

I have it set to master since it's the only thing on the IDE cable Could it possibly be the power switch on the case? everything also started fine on the table when I just used a screwdriver to short the power jumper to start it up.. I've just been messing with the PSU cable, moving it...

And another update... WHen I plug the DVD drive power (not the IDE) into my old computer, the drive works.. So, for some reason, the drive won't work in my new build and it's causing the system not to post the DVD drive is a LITE-ON 16x DVD-R ATAPI/E-IDE optical drive

it seems to be something with the modular power running from the top of the PSU to the fans/DVD... as you see in this pic from Antec: http://www.antec.com/productImageBack.php?ProdID=28550# There's 5 modular slots on the top of the PSU...I'm using the 3 middle ones...one to the Video...

here's a new twist... Everything works, and it posts, if I don't plug in the DVD drive and the 2 case fans onto the modular power cable that runs to those items from the PSU...as soon as I plug in the DVD (not even the case fans) I get my same 1 second shut down.. thoughts on this gem? heh

I bundled all the wires away from sharp edges :) I hooked up the front panel connecters as directed. According to Antec (Antec P180B case), all the white wires on the front panel wires are the ground, so when I hooked up the reset, power switch, HDD LED, and power LED lines, I put the white...

when it was outside the case, the only thing that wasn't hooked up where the 2 case fans, the DVD drive, and all the little case->mobo hook ups like USB, LED lights, power switch, etc etc I was very careful screwing in the mobo...I turned until I felt a little resistence, then stopped :(...

welp, I put everything back in the case, and reconnected everything, and I'm back to my original problem :( It looks like all the fingers are touching the outside of the connectors on the mobo propery, too =/ I'm at a loss now heh

well, everything worked when I layed it out on the table....Video card and both HDD's plugged in. So I guess I was shorting it out somewhere....Grrr... Any suggestions on what to look for for shorts? There are only 9 stand offs, and I used them all, and no lose screws underneath the mobo...