Asus A8V -- WinXP Not Loading -- BIOS NOT INSTALLED!!!!!

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james33440

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Okay, first I was having the trouble of the PC not booting up at all. NOW, I FINALLY got the PC to boot up. I can get into the BIOS settings, I even overclocked it a bit, LOL. However, my WinXP OS will not load up. I recall seeing some words towards the top of the screen about the Fasttrak Controller and another about a Promise Controller can't find the disks and there was no bios installed. I tried disabling the Sata and the Promise feature but it still gives the same error and doesn't boot up.

Also, my CD-RW shows up on the list as it being recognized in the BIOS (as well as my 2 IDE hard drives). However, I can't get my Boot Manager cd nor my WinXP disc to load. I was going to try to reinstall WinXP and reformat the drive....

Any ideas? BTW, here is a list of my setup:

Case: Antec LifeStyle SONATA II
PSU: Antec 450W SmartPower 12V V2.0
Mobo: ASUS A8V DELUXE VIA K8T800 Pro
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
RAM: CORSAIR 512MB (2x) DDR 400 SDRAM
VGA: ATI Radeon 9700 PRo
Drive: Western Digital 10GB & Seagate 120GB
 
first thing you should try is a BIOS reset now. ( CMOS jumper)

did the pc boot windows up before you changed things in the bios?
 
Well, I got great news! I reformatted the old hard drive and well, since I did that I went ahead and bought my friend's 40GB hard drive for $20. ;)

I am loading WinXP back onto my new PC with all my new hardware.... I can't wait. :)
 
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