8RDA+ Stuck in Post code 75 -HELP!

[JohnnyT]

New system sticks on detection of IDE devices... (code 75)

Can't seem to enter bios.

Thoughts?

 

[Johneverd]

Sometimes an old CD ROM will cause the IDE to hang on boot up. Try disconnecting everything from the IDE ports and see if it will boot to the floppy.

 

[JohnnyT]

Changed Jumper to Cable select on CDRom (was set to master on IDE 2). That allowed drived to be detected.

Now I can get into Bios, but not much further.... Oh well, haven't fried it yet...

 

[Johneverd]

Will it boot to a floppy now? Is it an old CD ROM (like 3 or more years old)? What hard drive model are you using?

 

[MARMADUKE]

what do you have in the build? do not use slots 2&6, more info needed!
The HDD should be set to primary IDE-0

 

[mechBgon]

Yeah, and if one of the drives happens to be a Western Digital that has a Single-Drive jumper option, try that (consult label). There's also another rare nForce2/WD issue that can be cured by cutting wire1 and the ground wire adjacent to it, on the IDE cable.