Just a quickie (important tho)

[double-dragon]

Just got all my comp (see my sig).
Currently I can get onto the BIOS but no further.

Do I use the mobo cd before the OS cd?
What should I change on my BIOS?

Cheers.

 

[lilpaul2019]

go to bios and make the cdrom boot first and than pop in the os cd

 

[double-dragon]

yeah i did that, but when i save to CMOS the screen goes onto stand-by and nothing happens :S

oh and also, on boot-up it only recognises my cpu to be an 1800+...

 

[lilpaul2019]

ok it might be ur cd or another problem first is ur cd bootable is it burned rong or is it brand new and if it is brand new is it the full OS or upgrade only because it might not be bootable cd if u want to chat with msn msg me ok

 

[double-dragon]

its not my cd. came from a reliable source.

 

[double-dragon]

oh its ok, ive sorted it.
happy days

 

[Praetor]

Currently I can get onto the BIOS but no further.

Then how are you typing?

Do I use the mobo cd before the OS cd?
What should I change on my BIOS?

1. Use the mobo cd to load RAID/SATA drivers if needed, otherwise the OS cd comes first ... I dunno how you're gonna install an OS or anything while in BIOS though
2. Change the boot order to let you boot off CD before you boot off the HDD

yeah I did that, but when I save to CMOS the screen goes onto stand-by and nothing happens :S

Some mobos go into standby after leaving bios. Between powering down and up and again, the settings are saved

oh and also, on boot-up it only recognises my cpu to be an 1800+...

You can fix that after

 

[double-dragon]

how do i get out of stand-by?
if i do a hard reset then it comes up with Error the computer was not shut down properly. the cpu is now running at safe mode speed. Press del to enter bios to change settings.
So i do that and when i save to CMOS it goes into stanby, lol. Vicious circle.

By the way I got my OS installed and working. I just need to sort this BIOS thing now.