unable to change boot sequence on poweredge T110

[MG1792]

I have recently purchased a Dell poweredge T110 and I'm wishing to install windows server 2003, however I have found that I cannot change the boot sequence so that it boots from the CD drive first.

I have gone into setup using the F2 key and I have gone into the change boot sequence section and noted that it does recongnise the CD rom as the third boot device, the first being the HDD and the second the NIC. I have tried as from the instructions at the bottom to use the +, - keys to no avail. I have also tried pressing enter first but it then takes me back to the main setup menu and I have tried the arrow keys but that just scrolls up and down the boot options with out changing the boot order.

If anyone has come across this problem and has found the solution I would greatly appreciate this as I'm thinking of removing the harddrive and putting it into my desktop computer and attemting to install windows server 2003 and then re-installing it back into the poweredge t110. I cannot use the desktop permanently as the motherboard does not support the network interface drivers and supposedly this Dell does. But who knows as it will not even let me do a simple procedure.

So frustrated

MG

 

[theevilsharpie]

Doesn't the BIOS give you an option to choose your boot media during the POST process?

 

[MG1792]

Doesn't the BIOS give you an option to choose your boot media during the POST process?

No (rechecked). If it did that I would choose the CD.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Tried using the numeric keypad versions of + and -? Those usually do the trick. Otherwise, try the F5 and F6 keys, that is, if they don't already do something else in that BIOS screen.