HELP!!!!!!!!!

[darrontrask]

I just purchased and installed an new chaintech vnf3-250 mobo w/ athlon 2800+ 64 bit processor. I cannot get my pc to boot now. I swapped out my hdd from my old pc, which was working fine. I do not want to setup a raid configuration is htere a way to just use the IDE channels? I have heard such good things about this board i do not want to send it back but I am at my wits end. I get a disk read error when it boots. do i need to reinstall windows xp home or what?

 

[jpeyton]

Have you tried connecting your hard drive using an EIDE cable to IDE 0 connector on the motherboard, and resetting the BIOS using the CMOS jumper? You don't need to set up RAID.

 

[Lyfer]

Do you have a sufficient high quality 300W+ psu? Is the heatsink installed properly and connected to the fan header? Did you connect the 12v-4 pin powersupply wire to the board? Is that ram/video card properly installed?


And most importantly is the computer plugged in?

 

[darrontrask]

i have the hds connected to the ide connectors on the mobo it just will not read the drives

 

[jpeyton]

They weren't in RAID config before, right?

 

[darrontrask]

no they were not

 

[darrontrask]

it get to the verifying dmi data then i get a dsk read error

 

[jpeyton]

Boot into safe mode. Hit F8 repeatedly after your system POSTS.

When you changed motherboards, you typically do have to reinstall windows, but you could also try installing your motherboard/chipset drivers once in safe mode.

 

[darrontrask]

ok i will try that and let you know. Thanks