Setup is not remembering boot selection

[dancer]

I just build an Intel D845GVSR with Intel P4 Celeron 2GHz cpu.
For some reason, it keeps forgetting the boot selection. Since I
have loaded W2K and all the patches and all the programs, I
changed from CD-ROM to harddrive. But now, every other
time it starts, it says it needs boot disk in drive. When I check,
it is set to boot from floppy.

HELP... I have reset it 5 or 6 times ALWAYS saving the
setting F10 and OK.

How is this happening??

Any help so much appreciated!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, jenny

 

[BruceM]

On some you need to hit F10 & then select "Y" & then OK.

 

[dancer]

I did an F10. I don't think there was a Yes required.
Could it be a bad battery in a new board???

 

[dancer]

I just did some more testing and discovered that the reason it won't load
from
hard drive is that on occassion, the mobo doesn't see the hard drive. If I
go
into setup, the hard drive isn't available as a choice. So what is
happening is that
the mobo is starting and can't see the hard drive and so it goes to cd rom
looking
for a boot disk.

I guess the hard drive could be at fault. It is an old hard drive.
Everything else
in the system is new.

 

[Michael Hawes]

I just did some more testing and discovered that the reason it won't load
from
hard drive is that on occassion, the mobo doesn't see the hard drive. If I
go
into setup, the hard drive isn't available as a choice. So what is
happening is that
the mobo is starting and can't see the hard drive and so it goes to cd rom
looking
for a boot disk.

I guess the hard drive could be at fault. It is an old hard drive.
Everything else
in the system is new.

Sounds like drive is dodgy. Partial fix is to disable 'Fast Boot' in
BIOS which will give it more time to run up.
Mike.

 

[BruceM]

In that case I would double check the data cable (try a dif one?) & also
make sure the power connector is contacting properly. (all 4 wires MUST have
good contact). Sometimes if the power connector is very hard to push in it
can push one out the back of the plastic plug. Double check.
If all looks OK, slave it to an XP comp if you have one around & give it a
good work out & see if it "disappears" from device manager.
Don't know what size it is or how big it is but try writing a BIG file to it
& then write the same file back to your main drive. Perhaps defrag it as
well while it's in there will also give it a work over!!

 

[dancer]

Thanks Bruce,
Great suggestions!!! I did run bunches of tests on it because it was an old
hdd and the only reason I put it in was to get the thing going. My new hdd
is on the way. But what a super idea. I will pull the hard drive and see
if my
main machine detects it every time upon starting. And I will check both
power
and data cables.

Since it is an old hdd, it is only about 6 GB. I did defrag and ran many
tests on
it, but since this is erratic, you never know.

Thanks again for the super ideas.
jenny

 

[JAD]

just a thought if you did,
don't use CS (cable select) as a jumper setting.