abit IP35-E - Can't boot from SATA DVD-RW

[stvboy]

Hi,

I setup a box with an IP35-E. Everything's fine except that I can't boot from the SATA DVD-RW drive. It reads for sometime and then says "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" - this CD (Ubuntu 7.1, btw) works fine on other boxes.

Config:

E2180 M0
IP35-E with all default BIOS settings
Patriot 2x1GB DDR2 800 (dual channel mode, in DIMMs 1,3)
Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA
Antec Earthwatts 430 PSU
BFG-TECH GeForce 8500GT
ASUS DRW-1814BLT DVD-RW

The behavior is the same whether I attach the hard disk or not. I tried booting from a flash drive with Ubuntu Linux, but it said "Boot Error" I disabled the Quick POST to make sure that the memory had no problems, and the check ran fine. I did a little bit of searching online and found that some users did see the exact device name in the boot order selection, however, I didn't, so I set the first choice to SATA CDROM and the second to hard disk. My bios version is the default one, and I have the double boot issue too.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
~Steve

 

[Heidfirst]

as you mention scroll right down to the bottom of the BIOS boot priority section & you'll probably find your ODD by name (rather than just generic CDROM) as the 2nd or 3rd last item.

 

[stvboy]

Nopes, not there

Thanks,
~Steve