I have a feeling I know the answer, but I figure I will pose my question to the forum and see if my suspisions are correct.
I'm building a new HTPC (the specs are below). This past weekend I had an issue with the Ultra X-Connect PS that I had installed. After replacing it, I was able to reload Win Media Center and the MB drivers. All seemed good, but when the computer would reboot, during POST, I would get an error about EXITING NVIDIA AGENT, Boot disk failure, insert system disk and press enter'. I was able to use the MB driver disk a couple of times, but the last time I tried, that didn't work either. Regardless, I shouldn't be getting this error.
In addition to that, when I originally installed the OS, I did a full format - this took FOREVER - like 2 hours.
I used the IDE cable that came with the MB. I also bought some rounded cables from Directron and tried them. So I don't think it's the cable.
I'm pretty sure that I have the jumper set to master on the hard drive and it IS the only item on the IDE cable.
I think the hard drive is bad. What do you think?
Oh yea, I almost forgot - I activated Windows when I was installing drivers. Is this going to be a big problem with Microsoft?
Here are my specs:
Model Name : GA-M55SLI-S4
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M/B Rev : 1.0
BIOS Ver : ?
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VGA Brand : ATi Model : All-in-Wonder X1900 PCI-E
CPU Brand : AMD Model : ATHLON Speed : X2 4200+
Operation System : Windows Media Center 2005
Memory Brand : Wintec Type : DDRII
Memory Size : PC2-4200 Speed : 1GB
Power Supply : ULTRA X-CONNECT 500 W
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 250GB
Optical Drives: (2) Samsung DVD-RW drives
I'm building a new HTPC (the specs are below). This past weekend I had an issue with the Ultra X-Connect PS that I had installed. After replacing it, I was able to reload Win Media Center and the MB drivers. All seemed good, but when the computer would reboot, during POST, I would get an error about EXITING NVIDIA AGENT, Boot disk failure, insert system disk and press enter'. I was able to use the MB driver disk a couple of times, but the last time I tried, that didn't work either. Regardless, I shouldn't be getting this error.
In addition to that, when I originally installed the OS, I did a full format - this took FOREVER - like 2 hours.
I used the IDE cable that came with the MB. I also bought some rounded cables from Directron and tried them. So I don't think it's the cable.
I'm pretty sure that I have the jumper set to master on the hard drive and it IS the only item on the IDE cable.
I think the hard drive is bad. What do you think?
Oh yea, I almost forgot - I activated Windows when I was installing drivers. Is this going to be a big problem with Microsoft?
Here are my specs:
Model Name : GA-M55SLI-S4
--------------------------
M/B Rev : 1.0
BIOS Ver : ?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VGA Brand : ATi Model : All-in-Wonder X1900 PCI-E
CPU Brand : AMD Model : ATHLON Speed : X2 4200+
Operation System : Windows Media Center 2005
Memory Brand : Wintec Type : DDRII
Memory Size : PC2-4200 Speed : 1GB
Power Supply : ULTRA X-CONNECT 500 W
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 250GB
Optical Drives: (2) Samsung DVD-RW drives
