Boot Error

[Xephian]

Hello everyone,

I built a new PC with just about all new parts yesterday. Any ideas why I can't boot to any of cd drives? They all turn on; I can hear it. I need to get on it to boot into my Windows XP CD so that I can format my hard drives. The cd is bootable because I used it the other day on another computer. The motherboard detects the DVD drive.

DFI SLi-DR Expert
2GB G.Skill PC-4000
7900 GTX
520W OCZ PowerStream
TDK DVD Drive
Audigy 2
2x200GB WD Cavier
Opteron 165

 

[drum]

obligatory check boot order in BIOS reply.
i'm guessing you've done that...
have you checked jumpers on the drive? is it slaved with any HDD?

 

[essasin]

Sounds like the cd rom is not the first boot device

 

[Xephian]

Yeah, all jumpers are all set... I tried booting to the hard drive and the cd drives.. still no avail.

And yes, my cd drive is the first boot device. In fact, I even disabled everything except the cd drives. I also tried changing the cables and rearraging everything.

I heard that you need to update the bios for the dual core cpus, but I'm not sure if that'd make a difference in booting media like cd's.

Any idea as to how to update the bios?

 

[Xephian]

Also, I Just noticed the light on my cpu fan gets dimmer and brighter.. Like it's fading in and out.

It's a Zalman cnps9500.

 

[Xephian]

Bump..

Please, someone help.

Edit: The mobo fan also stops.

 

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