Intel DP35DP won't open BIOS

[josh]

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl], but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...

E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
to the IDE cable.

Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.

Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...

Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.

...
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed

 

[Ken]

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl], but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...

E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
to the IDE cable.

Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.

I don't know if this will help, but once I had difficulty in entering
CMOS setup (I assume that is what you are trying) and my keyboard was
not functioning for the key necessary to do it. Sometimes the obvious
is overlooked. Also, I assume no loading of a driver is necessary for
the keyboard to function properly?

 

[sdlomi2]

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl], but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...

E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
to the IDE cable.

Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.

Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...

Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.

..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed

Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down. Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start "raking" the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger. Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam

 

[Josh]

The keyboard is functioning as I can hit [Crtl] and the RAID
configuration program starts (note: sometimes even this command is not
accepted.) I'm using a new Logitech Classic Keyboard 200 (the DP35DP
doesn't have PS2 connectors, so I needed to get a USB keyboard...) I
have tried only connecting the keyboard, and not the mouse, but there
was no difference.

As for the F2 key not functioning, it is, because when the final
screen is appearing, my tapping F2 over and over results in the
motherboard beeping each time I strike the key.

 

[Josh]

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl], but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...

E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
to the IDE cable.

Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.

Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...

Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.

..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed

Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down. Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start "raking" the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger. Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam

I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.

As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...

 

[Josh]

news:[email protected]...

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl], but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...
E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
to the IDE cable.
Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.
Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...
Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.
..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed

Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down. Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start "raking" the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger. Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam

I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.

As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...

Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.

 

[sdlomi2]

news:[email protected]...

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...

E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
to the IDE cable.

Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.

Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...

Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.

..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed

Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start "raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger. Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam

I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.

As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...

Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.

Sure sounds like your "F"-ing keys are not working! s

 

[sdlomi2]

news:[email protected]...

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...

E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
to the IDE cable.

Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.

Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...

Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.

..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed

Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start "raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger. Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam

I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.

As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...

Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.

What happens when you try booting off the System Disc/CD? sam

 

[Josh]

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...
E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
to the IDE cable.
Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.
Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...
Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.
..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed
Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start "raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger. Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam
I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.
As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...

Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.

What happens when you try booting off the System Disc/CD? sam

It ignores the bootable disc. I've tried giving it a BIOS upgrade ISO
CD, and the Windows XP CD. It just ignores them and stays at the
"AHCI BIOS not installed" screen.

 

[meerkat]

snipped
Hi Josh.
Go to www.google.com , and type in...AHCI BIOS not installed
you`ll get some hits, and will have to start reading what fits your
problem/case.
bw..

 

[sdlomi2]

On Sep 16, 9:36 am, "sdlomi2" <[email protected]> wrote:

news:[email protected]...

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can
sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...

E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner
attached
to the IDE cable.

Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.

Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...

Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.

..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed

Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start
"raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger.
Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam

I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.

As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...

Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.

What happens when you try booting off the System Disc/CD? sam

It ignores the bootable disc. I've tried giving it a BIOS upgrade ISO
CD, and the Windows XP CD. It just ignores them and stays at the
"AHCI BIOS not installed" screen.

Have u tried shutting off and booting from "OFF" with the XP CD already
in the cd drive? That should cause it to try & boot from the cd.
[Putting it in at the " "AHCI BIOS not installed" screen" is not what I
meant.] s

 

[Josh]

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can
sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...
E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner
attached
to the IDE cable.
Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.
Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...
Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.
..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed
Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start
"raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger.
Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam
I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.
As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...
Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.
What happens when you try booting off the System Disc/CD? sam

It ignores the bootable disc. I've tried giving it a BIOS upgrade ISO
CD, and the Windows XP CD. It just ignores them and stays at the
"AHCI BIOS not installed" screen.

Have u tried shutting off and booting from "OFF" with the XP CD already
in the cd drive? That should cause it to try & boot from the cd.
[Putting it in at the " "AHCI BIOS not installed" screen" is not what I
meant.] s

sdlomi2,
Yes, I have tried starting the computer with the WinXP CD already in
the drive. The drive lights up, but it still results in the same
"AHCI BIOS not installed".

snipped
Hi Josh.
Go towww.google.com, and type in...AHCI BIOS not installed
you`ll get some hits, and will have to start reading what fits your
problem/case.
bw..

meerkat,
That was my first action, but none of the ideas suggested have had any
effect.

At this point, I'm really thinking I got a bad board. Just can't
believe I'd get a bad Intel board after having so much success with
them in the past.

 

[JAD]

you have a dual monitor vid card? change the VGA to the other connector. Digital LCD
connection? change to VGA

On Sep 16, 9:36 am, "sdlomi2" <[email protected]> wrote:

news:[email protected]...

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can
sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...

E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner
attached
to the IDE cable.

Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.

Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...

Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.

..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed

Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start
"raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger.
Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam

I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.

As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...

Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.

What happens when you try booting off the System Disc/CD? sam

It ignores the bootable disc. I've tried giving it a BIOS upgrade ISO
CD, and the Windows XP CD. It just ignores them and stays at the
"AHCI BIOS not installed" screen.

Have u tried shutting off and booting from "OFF" with the XP CD already
in the cd drive? That should cause it to try & boot from the cd.
[Putting it in at the " "AHCI BIOS not installed" screen" is not what I
meant.] s

sdlomi2,
Yes, I have tried starting the computer with the WinXP CD already in
the drive. The drive lights up, but it still results in the same
"AHCI BIOS not installed".

snipped
Hi Josh.
Go towww.google.com, and type in...AHCI BIOS not installed
you`ll get some hits, and will have to start reading what fits your
problem/case.
bw..

meerkat,
That was my first action, but none of the ideas suggested have had any
effect.

At this point, I'm really thinking I got a bad board. Just can't
believe I'd get a bad Intel board after having so much success with
them in the past.

 

[Josh]

you have a dual monitor vid card? change the VGA to the other connector. Digital LCD
connection? change to VGA

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can
sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...
E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner
attached
to the IDE cable.
Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.
Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...
Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.
..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed
Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start
"raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger.
Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam
I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.
As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...
Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.
What happens when you try booting off the System Disc/CD? sam
It ignores the bootable disc. I've tried giving it a BIOS upgrade ISO
CD, and the Windows XP CD. It just ignores them and stays at the
"AHCI BIOS not installed" screen.
Have u tried shutting off and booting from "OFF" with the XP CD already
in the cd drive? That should cause it to try & boot from the cd.
[Putting it in at the " "AHCI BIOS not installed" screen" is not what I
meant.] s

sdlomi2,
Yes, I have tried starting the computer with the WinXP CD already in
the drive. The drive lights up, but it still results in the same
"AHCI BIOS not installed".

meerkat,
That was my first action, but none of the ideas suggested have had any
effect.

At this point, I'm really thinking I got a bad board. Just can't
believe I'd get a bad Intel board after having so much success with
them in the past.

There are two DVI ports, and I am using the DVI -> VGA adapter that
came with the video card. I don't own an LCD. I did try switching
which port I plugged the monitor in to, no effect.

Also... shouldn't setting the BIOS Configuration jumper to
"Configuration" FORCE the BIOS menu to load?? It's not on mine. It's
like BIOS doesn't exist...

 

[sdlomi2]

you have a dual monitor vid card? change the VGA to the other connector.
Digital LCD
connection? change to VGA

On Sep 16, 9:36 am, "sdlomi2" <[email protected]> wrote:

news:[email protected]...

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can
sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing
[Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...

E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB
drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner
attached
to the IDE cable.

Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter
BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.

Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...

Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.

..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02
Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed

Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp
down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start
"raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger.
Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until
you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam

I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by
another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at
least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got
about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.

As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a
CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is
still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid
green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the
fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in
case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much
trouble
with an Intel board...

Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an
hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.

What happens when you try booting off the System Disc/CD? sam

It ignores the bootable disc. I've tried giving it a BIOS upgrade
ISO
CD, and the Windows XP CD. It just ignores them and stays at the
"AHCI BIOS not installed" screen.

Have u tried shutting off and booting from "OFF" with the XP CD
already
in the cd drive? That should cause it to try & boot from the cd.
[Putting it in at the " "AHCI BIOS not installed" screen" is not what
I
meant.] s

sdlomi2,
Yes, I have tried starting the computer with the WinXP CD already in
the drive. The drive lights up, but it still results in the same
"AHCI BIOS not installed".

snipped
Hi Josh.
Go towww.google.com, and type in...AHCI BIOS not installed
you`ll get some hits, and will have to start reading what fits your
problem/case.
bw..

meerkat,
That was my first action, but none of the ideas suggested have had any
effect.

At this point, I'm really thinking I got a bad board. Just can't
believe I'd get a bad Intel board after having so much success with
them in the past.

There are two DVI ports, and I am using the DVI -> VGA adapter that
came with the video card. I don't own an LCD. I did try switching
which port I plugged the monitor in to, no effect.

Also... shouldn't setting the BIOS Configuration jumper to
"Configuration" FORCE the BIOS menu to load?? It's not on mine. It's
like BIOS doesn't exist...

Your mobo requires bios number 0267 or greater to run your e6750 cpu.
If you don't know what it has, you can upgrade to 0267 (see Intel Support
for DP35DP) via cd & w/o booting. I'd rather remove raid system and try
another hd and attempt to enter bootup w/as simple a system as possible.
(Could be someone attempted an update to bios and failed. If so, you may be
able to recover the bios via instctns. from Intel Support.) If you can now
enter bios, you can ensure/update bios is 0267 or greater. Also, you can
set/install AHCI BIOS and reconfigure raid array from scratch. At least
that's what I'd do at this point. HTH, s

 

[Josh]

you have a dual monitor vid card? change the VGA to the other connector.
Digital LCD
connection? change to VGA




I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can
sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing
[Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...
E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB
drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner
attached
to the IDE cable.
Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter
BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.
Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...
Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.
..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02
Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed
Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp
down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start
"raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger.
Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until
you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam
I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by
another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at
least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got
about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.
As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a
CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is
still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid
green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the
fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in
case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much
trouble
with an Intel board...
Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an
hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.
What happens when you try booting off the System Disc/CD? sam
It ignores the bootable disc. I've tried giving it a BIOS upgrade
ISO
CD, and the Windows XP CD. It just ignores them and stays at the
"AHCI BIOS not installed" screen.
Have u tried shutting off and booting from "OFF" with the XP CD
already
in the cd drive? That should cause it to try & boot from the cd.
[Putting it in at the " "AHCI BIOS not installed" screen" is not what
I
meant.] s
sdlomi2,
Yes, I have tried starting the computer with the WinXP CD already in
the drive. The drive lights up, but it still results in the same
"AHCI BIOS not installed".
snipped
Hi Josh.
Go towww.google.com, and type in...AHCI BIOS not installed
you`ll get some hits, and will have to start reading what fits your
problem/case.
bw..
meerkat,
That was my first action, but none of the ideas suggested have had any
effect.
At this point, I'm really thinking I got a bad board. Just can't
believe I'd get a bad Intel board after having so much success with
them in the past.

There are two DVI ports, and I am using the DVI -> VGA adapter that
came with the video card. I don't own an LCD. I did try switching
which port I plugged the monitor in to, no effect.

Also... shouldn't setting the BIOS Configuration jumper to
"Configuration" FORCE the BIOS menu to load?? It's not on mine. It's
like BIOS doesn't exist...

Your mobo requires bios number 0267 or greater to run your e6750 cpu.
If you don't know what it has, you can upgrade to 0267 (see Intel Support
for DP35DP) via cd & w/o booting. I'd rather remove raid system and try
another hd and attempt to enter bootup w/as simple a system as possible.
(Could be someone attempted an update to bios and failed. If so, you may be
able to recover the bios via instctns. from Intel Support.) If you can now
enter bios, you can ensure/update bios is 0267 or greater. Also, you can
set/install AHCI BIOS and reconfigure raid array from scratch. At least
that's what I'd do at this point. HTH, s

I did burn a CD with the latest recovery BIOS, and one with the update
BIOS ISO. Neither disc worked... even when the BIOS jumper was
removed. I'm returning the MOBO for a new one, but this time I will
try to start it with simple setup. Hopefully [F2] will load BIOS
setup this time :/ Thanks.

 

[JAD]

you have a dual monitor vid card? change the VGA to the other connector. Digital LCD
connection? change to VGA

On Sep 16, 9:36 am, "sdlomi2" <[email protected]> wrote:

news:[email protected]...

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can
sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...

E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner
attached
to the IDE cable.

Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.

Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...

Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.

..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed

Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start
"raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger.
Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam

I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.

As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...

Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.

What happens when you try booting off the System Disc/CD? sam

It ignores the bootable disc. I've tried giving it a BIOS upgrade ISO
CD, and the Windows XP CD. It just ignores them and stays at the
"AHCI BIOS not installed" screen.

Have u tried shutting off and booting from "OFF" with the XP CD already
in the cd drive? That should cause it to try & boot from the cd.
[Putting it in at the " "AHCI BIOS not installed" screen" is not what I
meant.] s

sdlomi2,
Yes, I have tried starting the computer with the WinXP CD already in
the drive. The drive lights up, but it still results in the same
"AHCI BIOS not installed".

snipped
Hi Josh.
Go towww.google.com, and type in...AHCI BIOS not installed
you`ll get some hits, and will have to start reading what fits your
problem/case.
bw..

meerkat,
That was my first action, but none of the ideas suggested have had any
effect.

At this point, I'm really thinking I got a bad board. Just can't
believe I'd get a bad Intel board after having so much success with
them in the past.

There are two DVI ports, and I am using the DVI -> VGA adapter that
came with the video card. I don't own an LCD. I did try switching
which port I plugged the monitor in to, no effect.

Is the memtest or anything in the bios hardware screen showing ?
or does it seem to go from startup to windows loading screen?
If you don't see any bios hardware configuration screen, then I suspect that there is no
video output until XP loads the video driver.
I have seen that kind of behavior when using those dvi 2 VGA adapters.
When you tap the DEL key (or whatever launches setup) does the system seem to lock up with
no video?
Do you see the text "Hit (?) to enter setup" during the startup?
When you cleared the MOS did you see a "checksum error" hit (?) to continue?
If your (not) seeing any of this and the screen is blank, I suspect your getting no video

Also... shouldn't setting the BIOS Configuration jumper to
"Configuration" FORCE the BIOS menu to load?? It's not on mine. It's
like BIOS doesn't exist...

Usually after clearing the MOS you should see a
'hold" at boot telling that the CMOS time and settings need to be checked.
At that time you should have a text line asking you to 'continue' or hit(?) to enter
setup.

 

[Josh]

you have a dual monitor vid card? change the VGA to the other connector. Digital LCD
connection? change to VGA




I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can
sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...
E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner
attached
to the IDE cable.
Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.
Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...
Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.
..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed
Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start
"raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger.
Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam
I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.
As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...
Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.
What happens when you try booting off the System Disc/CD? sam
It ignores the bootable disc. I've tried giving it a BIOS upgrade ISO
CD, and the Windows XP CD. It just ignores them and stays at the
"AHCI BIOS not installed" screen.
Have u tried shutting off and booting from "OFF" with the XP CD already
in the cd drive? That should cause it to try & boot from the cd.
[Putting it in at the " "AHCI BIOS not installed" screen" is not what I
meant.] s
sdlomi2,
Yes, I have tried starting the computer with the WinXP CD already in
the drive. The drive lights up, but it still results in the same
"AHCI BIOS not installed".
snipped
Hi Josh.
Go towww.google.com, and type in...AHCI BIOS not installed
you`ll get some hits, and will have to start reading what fits your
problem/case.
bw..
meerkat,
That was my first action, but none of the ideas suggested have had any
effect.
At this point, I'm really thinking I got a bad board. Just can't
believe I'd get a bad Intel board after having so much success with
them in the past.

There are two DVI ports, and I am using the DVI -> VGA adapter that
came with the video card. I don't own an LCD. I did try switching
which port I plugged the monitor in to, no effect.

Is the memtest or anything in the bios hardware screen showing ?
or does it seem to go from startup to windows loading screen?
If you don't see any bios hardware configuration screen, then I suspect that there is no
video output until XP loads the video driver.
I have seen that kind of behavior when using those dvi 2 VGA adapters.
When you tap the DEL key (or whatever launches setup) does the system seem to lock up with
no video?
Do you see the text "Hit (?) to enter setup" during the startup?
When you cleared the MOS did you see a "checksum error" hit (?) to continue?
If your (not) seeing any of this and the screen is blank, I suspect your getting no video

It's a brand new computer with brand new harddrives, I haven't been
able to install XP because it won't read the bootable XP install CD.
I did try tapping DEL and F2, and several other keys, but it just
continues to the AHCI BIOS not installed screen and hangs. When it
starts, I do see for a brief moment, an initial screen saying to hit
Ctrl+I to configure RAID (and I was able to enter that setup menu).
Changing the settings in there had no effect on getting BIOS setup to
work though...

Usually after clearing the MOS you should see a
'hold" at boot telling that the CMOS time and settings need to be checked.
At that time you should have a text line asking you to 'continue' or hit(?) to enter
setup.

Ya... it should right ^^; I left the battery out for over an hour,
but after replacing it, it just did the same thing, hanging at the
AHCI BIOS not installed screen. No message about CMOS time and
settings (which I was surprised not to see).

 

[SPEEDY CLIMBER]

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can
sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl],
but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...
E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner
attached
to the IDE cable.
Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.
Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...
Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.
..
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed
Josh, this method has never failed me (yet?). Shut comp down.
Press ON
button. As soon as you see the 1st thing on the screen, start
"raking"
the
4 keys (F1, F2, F3, & F4) using the nail of your fore-finger.
Continue
doing so as your comp. continues thru its boot process until you see
your
CMOS screen. Hope this helps, sam
I'll give that a try next. At the moment, it was suggested by another
person to try clearing the CMOS. This person said to wait at least 30
minutes, but Intel's website recommends 1 hour. {Sigh...} Got about
10-15 minutes to go before I can try again.
As for when I see things on the screen, I don't know if using a CRT is
causing this, but when I hit the power button, the monitor is still
blinking green for a good 2-3 seconds before it goes solid green. The
keyboard and case fans appear to startup at this time too (the fans
become louder for a moment.) Just throwing that out there, in case
this indicates some other issue I've never had so much trouble
with an Intel board...
Ok. I let the CMOS reset (left battery out for little over an hour),
no change. Tried raking over the F1, F2, F3, and F4 keys, but it
still ignored it and continued until getting the "AHCI BIOS not
installed" error message.
What happens when you try booting off the System Disc/CD? sam

It ignores the bootable disc. I've tried giving it a BIOS upgrade ISO
CD, and the Windows XP CD. It just ignores them and stays at the
"AHCI BIOS not installed" screen.

Have u tried shutting off and booting from "OFF" with the XP CD already
in the cd drive? That should cause it to try & boot from the cd.
[Putting it in at the " "AHCI BIOS not installed" screen" is not what I
meant.] s

Its the monitor believe it or not. We searched the web far and wide
and found nothing until we saw your post. Then we just started going
through everything. We were testing this on a 21 inch CRT Viewsonic
piece of crap. We switched that out and tried an LCD and it worked.
DONT ASK ME WHY, i have no idea but try that!

Thanks

David