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ekulz   10-29-2009 at 06:41:13 AM

Hi,

I just finished building my brothers new computer, and it turns on with all fans running fine. In bios it recognizes the RAM, CPU etc so thats all good. It recognizes the HDD and the DVD drive and I am able to configure the boot device priority. I choose the DVD drive as first boot, then HDD and second.

I think his DVD drive is some old cheap one, because we removed it from his old PC. In bios it says it's called "CD/DVD : SS-LITE-ON COMBO LTC-481"

So I put my Windows 7 Ultimate disc in, it goes past the mobo screen and then just a black screen for a while, with the dvd drive light flashing, and then ends up in the reboot or select proper boot device press any key screen. I tried it with my Windows Vista dvd too and still no luck..

I could test my dvd drive in his but it would be a pain to get it out when I have another couple of exams on monday that I have to study for. So I thought I would ask online. Thanks.

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Is the DVD an IDE drive? Since you are saying it is old, I am assuming it is an IDE drive.

If so, are the jumpers set correctly?

If it came out of an old system, and had an IDE hard drive on the cable with it, it may be set as a slave drive. If you built a new system, put in a new SATA drive, and have the DVD as the only IDE in the system now, it needs to be on the end of the ribbon cable, and it needs to be set as "master".
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505090   10-29-2009 at 08:20:16 AM

could be the drive but they won't usually force a reboot

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jitpublisher   10-29-2009 at 03:53:32 PM
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Is the DVD an IDE drive? Since you are saying it is old, I am assuming it is an IDE drive.

If so, are the jumpers set correctly?

If it came out of an old system, and had an IDE hard drive on the cable with it, it may be set as a slave drive. If you built a new system, put in a new SATA drive, and have the DVD as the only IDE in the system now, it needs to be on the end of the ribbon cable, and it needs to be set as "master".

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ekulz   10-29-2009 at 11:55:09 PM

jitpublisher wrote :

Is the DVD an IDE drive? Since you are saying it is old, I am assuming it is an IDE drive.

If so, are the jumpers set correctly?

If it came out of an old system, and had an IDE hard drive on the cable with it, it may be set as a slave drive. If you built a new system, put in a new SATA drive, and have the DVD as the only IDE in the system now, it needs to be on the end of the ribbon cable, and it needs to be set as "master".



Ok well I plugged in the end of the ribbon cable which it was, and i changed it to master (it was set to slave before). I thought this had fixed it but it still is a black screen and eventually goes to the reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media screen. In bios it still recognizes the DVD drive though.

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