Cannot get machine to boot from CD.

borkap · 05-05-2008, 12:16 AM

Not sure if I posted this in the right area but here goes.

I had a brilliant idea that I would build my own PC and now I am regreting it.

I have a Xeon 3065
Supermicro X7SBA system board
4 Gb Aereon DDR2 800 memory
Samsung write master dvd/cd-r
Adaptec 4800SAS raid controller
4 Seagate 15K SAS drive
forgot the video card that i stuck in there but I am using the onboard one anyways.

I put it all together and went to boot to cd to load the os etc and there is cd activity but nothing happens and it eventually said no operating system found.

Any ideas?

brian · 05-05-2008, 12:51 AM

did you set the cd to boot first in the bios, if not you can easly do it usualy by hitting f12 f11 or f10 at startup which usualy brings you to a boot menu, just select the cd drive

borkap · 05-05-2008, 01:14 AM

Yea I did, then I reset the bios and did it again and baught two other sata CD roms to try. I know its some dumb thing I am missing.

brian · 05-05-2008, 01:27 AM

and your sure the cd is bootable; does it work in a different computer?

borkap · 05-05-2008, 02:51 AM

yea i tested it

borkap · 05-05-2008, 02:52 AM

one more thing.

when i eject the cd it pulls itself back in after a few seconds

brian · 05-05-2008, 03:02 AM

its possable the cd drive is bad

borkap · 05-05-2008, 03:16 AM

this is number two

oscaryu1 · 05-05-2008, 12:50 PM

Is the optical drive detected?

05-05-2008, 12:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
borkap New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Cannot get machine to boot from CD. Not sure if I posted this in the right area but here goes. I had a brilliant idea that I would build my own PC and now I am regreting it. I have a Xeon 3065 Supermicro X7SBA system board 4 Gb Aereon DDR2 800 memory Samsung write master dvd/cd-r Adaptec 4800SAS raid controller 4 Seagate 15K SAS drive forgot the video card that i stuck in there but I am using the onboard one anyways. I put it all together and went to boot to cd to load the os etc and there is cd activity but nothing happens and it eventually said no operating system found. Any ideas?

05-05-2008, 12:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Well, i can see the sun if that helps Age: 16 Posts: 3,200	did you set the cd to boot first in the bios, if not you can easly do it usualy by hitting f12 f11 or f10 at startup which usualy brings you to a boot menu, just select the cd drive __________________ formerly brianmay27 Main laptop: hp dv9005us \| turion 64 X2 1.6 ghz \| 3 GB ram \| Vista home premium \| 240 GB HD First build: pentium e2160 3.2 GHz \| gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| 2.5 GB ram \| 160GB HD Wikipedia was made in the same time it takes 100,000 people to watch the super bowl. if this means something to you, put this in your profile If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

05-05-2008, 01:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Well, i can see the sun if that helps Age: 16 Posts: 3,200	and your sure the cd is bootable; does it work in a different computer? __________________ formerly brianmay27 Main laptop: hp dv9005us \| turion 64 X2 1.6 ghz \| 3 GB ram \| Vista home premium \| 240 GB HD First build: pentium e2160 3.2 GHz \| gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| 2.5 GB ram \| 160GB HD Wikipedia was made in the same time it takes 100,000 people to watch the super bowl. if this means something to you, put this in your profile If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

05-05-2008, 03:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Well, i can see the sun if that helps Age: 16 Posts: 3,200	its possable the cd drive is bad __________________ formerly brianmay27 Main laptop: hp dv9005us \| turion 64 X2 1.6 ghz \| 3 GB ram \| Vista home premium \| 240 GB HD First build: pentium e2160 3.2 GHz \| gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| 2.5 GB ram \| 160GB HD Wikipedia was made in the same time it takes 100,000 people to watch the super bowl. if this means something to you, put this in your profile If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

05-05-2008, 12:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
oscaryu1 VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 9,175	Is the optical drive detected? __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

05-05-2008, 01:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
borkap New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Yea I did, then I reset the bios and did it again and baught two other sata CD roms to try. I know its some dumb thing I am missing.

05-05-2008, 02:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
borkap New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	yea i tested it

05-05-2008, 02:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
borkap New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	one more thing. when i eject the cd it pulls itself back in after a few seconds

05-05-2008, 03:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
borkap New Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	this is number two

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