I am building a computer and I am having serious problems. When I booted the computer the 1st time I put in the windows disc, created a partition, formatted, and installed windows. After I completed the setup and configured the bios, I restarted and took the cd out. This is where the problems start. The computer posts fine, but when it gets to the point of loading the os it still says boot from cd. It then says "Nvidia Bootagent 201.0462 C2001-2004 Nvidia Corp.", and after saying this for about 30 seconds it says "PXE-E61: Media Test Failure, Check Cable", then "PXE-M0F: Exiting Nvidia Boot Agent.", Then "Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and Press Enter". If I reboot and put in the Windows disc then it will say "Boot From CD..." and load Windows, but only w/ the cd in the comp. I have tried everything I can think of from reformatting (several times), to changing IDE channels on my drives, to changing bios settings (i.e. only letting the hard drive boot on startup), to trying different RAM (desperation). All help is greatly appreciated. Specs are listed below:
Antec Case W/ 350 Watt PSU
Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard (socket 939)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (socket 939)
OCZ Performance Series PC-3200 Dual Channel RAM 512 MB (256 MB x2)
WD 160 GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM
ATI Radeon GPU
LiteOn CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
NEC Floppy Drive
Windows XP Home SP2
Antec Case W/ 350 Watt PSU
Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 Motherboard (socket 939)
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (socket 939)
OCZ Performance Series PC-3200 Dual Channel RAM 512 MB (256 MB x2)
WD 160 GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM
ATI Radeon GPU
LiteOn CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
NEC Floppy Drive
Windows XP Home SP2
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