GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard, How to set BIOS to boot from CD drive

[JBS]

I just bought a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev.1.0) motherboard and an AMD 4850e processor, and I am trying to install my operating system (Windows 2000) using the operating system CD-rom. I selected the 'Fail-safe' settings in the BIOS, and then changed the system boot order to CD drive, floppy, HDD.

However when I turn on my computer with the operating system disc in a CD-ROM drive, my system will not boot from either CD drive. I have tried unplugging the IDE cable and plugging it back in securely (at all points), as well as trying 2 other different IDE cables, but that didn't help. I have also tried using 3 different CD-ROM drives, in case the drive itself was the problem, but the system still wouldn't boot from any of them. I have to believe something in the BIOS needs to be changed, I just haven't been able to figure out what. I have tried contacting Gigabyte support, but have not gotten an answer yet.

How should I configure the BIOS in this motherboard so that it will boot from a CD-ROM drive (IDE).


motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev.1.0), http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Pro...ew.aspx?ProductID=2758
CPU: AMD am2 4850e, http://products.amd.com/en-us/...pCPUDetail.aspx?id=426
RAM: Mushkin ddr2-800 996603, http://www.mushkin.com/doc/pro...mory_detail.asp?id=656
CD drives: Pioneer 111D (master) and Asus E616A2 (slave) on same IDE channel

 

[FireTech]

Working through the manual:
Maybe something set wrong in the 'hard disk boot priority' option or you could try having 2nd & 3rd boot devices set to disabled?
Is the IDE channel set to enabled?
Or maybe there is an issue with your W2k OS CD, have you tried loading up with a linux CD for example?

 

[JBS]

The system won't even recognize my two IDE CD-ROM drives. They are set properly as master/slave, and plugged into the one IDE socket on the motherboard by an 80-wire IDE cable. In the BIOS the IDE channel is enabled, but the drives aren't being recognized.