Nvidia Boot agent error on A7N8X-E Deluxe!

[DoctorCarta]

I just switched from a 9500np to a 9800xt on a A7N8X-E Deluxe.I installed the 4.2's and then shut down.Put in the 9800xt and turned on and everything was running fine.Then right when it is about to load windows - i get this error:

"Existing Nvidia Boot Agent"
it does some client mac address stuff....but it will never load to windows.

Whats going on?

Thanks

 

[DoctorCarta]

*update*

it isnt picking my sata hard drive anymore - says the utility is disabled?brand new hard drive - was working perfectly.anything in the bios i can do?

 

[mechBgon]

For whatever reason, the system is attempting to remote-boot from the network. Unless you have a very very unusual home network it is not going to find what it's looking for.

Why it's doing that remains to be seen. Start by looking at the boot-device priorities in the Advanced BIOS Features part of the motherboard's BIOS to ensure that it isn't set to boot from LAN. While you're at it, confirm that it IS set to boot from SCSI (which is how the mobo is going to view your SATA controller, since it's a PCI disk controller).

Hope that helps, but I have a feeling something is haywire... installing a new video card usually doesn't make one's BIOS freak out

 

[MDE]

Make sure all of your cables are in tight and recheck everything. My spare A7N8X Deluxe is going wacko, and was showing the same symptoms (would detect the hard drive, but wouldn't boot off of it) but now it won't POST at all... (I verified everything else as working.)

 

[MDE]

dp... twitchy mouse finger .