Help, I'm stuck

[jc]

I just built my first PC. The specs are:

Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
512 mb RAM
WD 80GB 7200 SE
Gigabyte ATI 9200
Lite On Cd/DVD/CDRW

Anyway, it boots up good, the CD and HD are recognized in BIOS. I tried to
install Windows XP home by booting to the CD, and it says "Setup is
inspecting your config..." and then it just stops. I tried Windows 2000
instead, and it statrts and then says there is no Hard Drive installed in
the computer. I downloaded the WD Data Tools v11 and tried to boot to that,
but it said that DOS could not be started. Any ideas?

Thanks
Jon

 

[Patch]

I just built my first PC. The specs are:

Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
512 mb RAM
WD 80GB 7200 SE
Gigabyte ATI 9200
Lite On Cd/DVD/CDRW

Anyway, it boots up good, the CD and HD are recognized in BIOS. I tried to
install Windows XP home by booting to the CD, and it says "Setup is
inspecting your config..." and then it just stops. I tried Windows 2000
instead, and it statrts and then says there is no Hard Drive installed in
the computer. I downloaded the WD Data Tools v11 and tried to boot to that,
but it said that DOS could not be started. Any ideas?

Thanks
Jon

Did you partition & format the hard drive?

 

[jc]

Did you partition & format the hard drive?

No...would I need a different boot disk to do that? (Sorry, I'm new at
this).

 

[Will Dormann]

Did you partition & format the hard drive?

What difference would that make? Win2k or XP (or even NT) will
partition and format your drive as part of the installation process.
It's not a prerequisite.


-WD

 

[Will Dormann]

Anyway, it boots up good, the CD and HD are recognized in BIOS. I tried to
install Windows XP home by booting to the CD, and it says "Setup is
inspecting your config..." and then it just stops. I tried Windows 2000
instead, and it statrts and then says there is no Hard Drive installed in
the computer. I downloaded the WD Data Tools v11 and tried to boot to that,
but it said that DOS could not be started. Any ideas?

Is your hard drive on an SATA, RAID, or other non-standard controller?
If so, you'll need to load the appropriate driver during setup.
(Press F6 when prompted)


-WD

 

[Sooky Grumper]

No...would I need a different boot disk to do that? (Sorry, I'm new at
this).

Ignore that, it makes no difference, as another person has already
pointed out. I'd be looking at the RAM as the first possible cause of
these failures.

 

[Sooky Grumper]

Is your hard drive on an SATA, RAID, or other non-standard controller?
If so, you'll need to load the appropriate driver during setup. (Press
F6 when prompted)


-WD

he's not even getting that far...

 

[JAD]

jumper set for master instead of lone drive?

 

[jc]

he's not even getting that far...

Just regular IDE...but yeah, XP isn't even getting that far and 2000 tells
me I have no hard drive. I bought the Mb/CPU/RAM through Mwave.com and they
installed it. Also, the correct amount (~512) is showing up in BIOS.

 

[jc]

jumper set for master instead of lone drive?

I have the HD jumper set to master, coming from the primary IDE slot. CDRom
is set at master coming from the secondary IDE slot.

 

[KB]

His Hard drive is a normal one that connects to the IDE cable.

 

[Cuzman]

" Any ideas? "


On what arrangement do you have the hard drive and the Lite-On through your
cable(s)? Are they set to *master* and *slave* if they are on the same
cable? If they are on seperate cables, are they both set to *master*?

What sort of IDE cable are you using? You might need one of these
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable80-c.html but are just using
one of these http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/confCable-c.html

 

[JAD]

WD's have two setting for 'master' as it were... 1 for master by itself on 1 IDE channel or Master with a slave.

 

[Sooky Grumper]

" Any ideas? "


On what arrangement do you have the hard drive and the Lite-On through your
cable(s)? Are they set to *master* and *slave* if they are on the same
cable? If they are on seperate cables, are they both set to *master*?

He already said: separate IDE ribbons, both set to master.

 

[Ron]

Jon - remove the jumper from the HDD.

Ron

 

[jc]

Ron,

That fixed it. I had it set to master. Thanks for your help (and everyone
else as well).

Jon

 

[KCB]

I have the HD jumper set to master, coming from the primary IDE slot. CDRom
is set at master coming from the secondary IDE slot.

Pull off all the jumpers and it will work

 

[DaveW]

Sounds like you have a defective harddrive. It happens.

 

[JAD]

yeah jc throw it out.....where do you live and wheres the trash bin? ;^)

 

[bluestringer]

I have the HD jumper set to master, coming from the primary IDE slot. CDRom
is set at master coming from the secondary IDE slot.

For master with a WD drive on the IDE by itself you need to remove the
jumper.

bluestringer