A7N8X-X and XP wierdness

[Nick]

I'm truly stumped on this one. Just put this together Friday:

A7N8X-X
Barton 2500 + (not the mobile CPU)
512 M of Kingston PC 3200 (what Asus recc'd)
WD 80G HD

I can install XP all I want.. when I reboot, if the XP CD is not in the
box, it refuses to run - I get 'DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND
PRESS ENTER'.

If the XP CD is in the system, I can run just fine, install anything, etc.,
etc.

I've replaced the IDE cable, the HD tests fine with WD's diagnostics (from
a boot CD), and I'm just unable to come up with anything else at this
point. The CPU is running at 166, the memory frequency is at 100, and I'm
out of ideas. Help!

 

[Steve D]

check your bios to make sure your HD is set as a boot device....check the
order as well

 

[Peter Wilkes]

I had a simalar problem where the HDD controller had packed up and could no
longer see the hard disks. This was on a A7N8X-D which is simalar. I RMA'd
the motherbaord and still waiting to get it back.

PW