Possible Hardware problem ??

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Madmiddle

Morning,

Not a disaster but was wondering if someone could help me

Yesterday i built myself a new pc comprising:

CPU = AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3800+ Windsor Core 2Ghz
Motherboard = Asus M2V VIA K8T890 Chipset
Memory = 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 PC2-6400 (800)
Graphics Card = XFX 256mb 7600 GS PCI-E
HD = Maxtor 160Gb SATA I (HD from previous PC)

Now everything has loaded how it should do but when I switch it on, it first
comes up with a Asus screen but after that this comes up:

"Disc cannot be found, Please wait" (waits about 5 secs)

then it comes up with the normal xp screen and loads normally

what disc is it looking for ??

Would an update of the bios help clear this problem ??

and what is the best way of up dating the bios, as the update program that
came with the MB doesn't tell you much.

If this was cleared it would probably make the boot up twice as fast

TYIA
 
another question

should i have done a full format of the HD before install the OS again ???
 
Madmiddle said:
Morning,

Not a disaster but was wondering if someone could help me

Yesterday i built myself a new pc comprising:

CPU = AMD AM2 Athlon 64 3800+ Windsor Core 2Ghz
Motherboard = Asus M2V VIA K8T890 Chipset
Memory = 1Gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 PC2-6400 (800)
Graphics Card = XFX 256mb 7600 GS PCI-E
HD = Maxtor 160Gb SATA I (HD from previous PC)

Now everything has loaded how it should do but when I switch it on, it first
comes up with a Asus screen but after that this comes up:

"Disc cannot be found, Please wait" (waits about 5 secs)

then it comes up with the normal xp screen and loads normally

what disc is it looking for ??

Would an update of the bios help clear this problem ??

and what is the best way of up dating the bios, as the update program that
came with the MB doesn't tell you much.

If this was cleared it would probably make the boot up twice as fast

TYIA
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"Cricket is like a broken pencil"


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Check your BIOS for the disk detection order during boot and set it appropriately.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
Well i set the priority to the maxtor hard drive and disabled the 2nd and
3rd boot devices with no change, still get the message
 
I always zero write a hard drive if its going into another PC, or new and
different motherboard.

I can't see your bios setup from here regarding the 5 second wait. Could be
boot from CD taking initial priority, or, the SATA configuration.
 
Madmiddle said:
Well i set the priority to the maxtor hard drive and disabled the 2nd and
3rd boot devices with no change, still get the message

--
"Cricket is like a broken pencil"


"Pointless"
Click to expand...

From the Asus support site:
<quote>
Q: There is a warning message during system bootup "Disk Not Found!!". But my HDD is
running and is able to enter Windows. How can I solve it ?
A: The warning is from Marvell 88SE6121 External SATA controller .
You can disable it from BIOS -> Advanced -> Onboard Devices Configuration -> Onboard
Marvell 6121 Controller -> Disable.

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



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i must have been looking on the wrong website cause i couldn't find any
FAQ's


thank you and i will let you know how i get on at the weekend.
 
well after you saying that and a few other things happening whilst
installing the programs, i decided to do i full format and the start again
 
The major hard drive makers offer such software at their website. Must be
run from boot media, not within XP. Typically does 2 things. Zero writes
the usable areas. Maps out the unusable areas.

There are freebies other than those. Try "zero write" or "zero-write" in
Google advanced search, english language.

As an example, for my Western Digital hard drives, I use the tools from WD.
Part of it has a zero write application.
 
thank you and i shall have a go at the weekend


Noncompliant said:
The major hard drive makers offer such software at their website. Must be
run from boot media, not within XP. Typically does 2 things. Zero writes
the usable areas. Maps out the unusable areas.

There are freebies other than those. Try "zero write" or "zero-write" in
Google advanced search, english language.

As an example, for my Western Digital hard drives, I use the tools from WD.
Part of it has a zero write application.
Click to expand...
 
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