Windows XP loading problems

[Quincy]

Hi,
I've recently built a new pc. I'm trying to load XP after updating the BIOS
on first power up.
It's was only loading for a few seconds when it said I should close down and
reload the OS. Now its just sitting there with no disk activity at all.
On the screen I have the following:
"PCI DEVICE LISTINGS" - several lines of data
"VERIFYING DMI POOL DATA"
It's at this point the loading process hangs with no further activity.
One thing I did notice in the "CMOS Set up utility" was that the "IDE
channel 0 slave" showed the Hitachi Deskstar HDD I've installed, I thought
that it would have showed up in the Master and not slave header.
Have I installed the SATA cable into the wrong Mobo connector??
Any other help you can give me??
Spec
Gigabyte GA-EP43-DSL
Intel E7400
Hitachi E7K1000 (Sata)
Lite-on DVD writer LH 20A1S (Sata)
2Mb RAM

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

Hi,
I've recently built a new pc. I'm trying to load XP after updating the
BIOS
on first power up.
It's was only loading for a few seconds when it said I should close down
and
reload the OS. Now its just sitting there with no disk activity at all.
On the screen I have the following:
"PCI DEVICE LISTINGS" - several lines of data
"VERIFYING DMI POOL DATA"
It's at this point the loading process hangs with no further activity.
One thing I did notice in the "CMOS Set up utility" was that the "IDE
channel 0 slave" showed the Hitachi Deskstar HDD I've installed, I thought
that it would have showed up in the Master and not slave header.
Have I installed the SATA cable into the wrong Mobo connector??
Any other help you can give me??
Spec
Gigabyte GA-EP43-DSL
Intel E7400
Hitachi E7K1000 (Sata)
Lite-on DVD writer LH 20A1S (Sata)
2Mb RAM

Look at the SATA port information in the motherboard manual and ensure that
you have the drives connected correctly..

I would have looked online for you, but the motherboard info you gave could
not be found on the Gigabyte website

 

[JS]

There should be a BIOS entry for the
SATA drive port 0 to be set as the boot
device.

Also check that your BIOS is set to Auto,
Enhanced or IDE mode depending which of
the options are available.

 

[DL]

Curious; how did you update the bios on first power up, and for what reason