problem with new build

Bradan

Bradan

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k i put together the build in my sig, posts, could go into bios, but it wouldnt sense hdd, now it senses hdd and wont go into bios, it also cannot create a new partition... all fans spin everything seems to be working fine.. im stumped

any ideas? help

thanks so much :)

ive tried clearing cmos, doesnt seem to help
 
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Try plugging the HDD into another computer as a slave drive and see if the computer will recognize it and if you can copy files to it. You may also want to download a program such as HD Tune and scan for errors/bad sectors.
 
k umm... i took one stick of ram out and i almost got to the partition screen it just froze at the blue screen of the windows xp part... thats it.

i can get into bios, and it senses the hdd. im not sure what the problem is but i cant get windows partition manager to come up
 
Okay then, take your ram and put it into another computer, and run memtest and see if there's anything wrong with it. It sounds like something either is bad (component wise), not connected properly, or possibly a power issue. I'm assuming you're talking about the computer in your signature...what PSU are you using?
 
"-Nmedia 500-watt Silent PSU"

You can try to get it to boot from another disk like an OS install disk if its not recognizing the HDD (i'm assuming the HDD is recently formatted and blank). Or like said above plug the HDD into another computer and reformat it as one partition NTFS (if using XP) or FAT32 (Linux). Then plug it all back in and if BIOS comes up great if not then its another problem.

Also, if you have a spare drive around try the same with that and see if both drives do the same thing its likely not the HDD problem. then its specific device troubleshooting.

Break the system down to just the necessities, and leave out the graphics card, etc for now.
And a real simple check, make sure the HDD is well physically, as in all the pins are straight if using EIDE (Its rare but I've seen it before) and I dont know much that can go wrong physically with a SATA plug.

Hope all this works out for you.

Impulse
 
Impulse666 said:
"-Nmedia 500-watt Silent PSU"

You can try to get it to boot from another disk like an OS install disk if its not recognizing the HDD (i'm assuming the HDD is recently formatted and blank). Or like said above plug the HDD into another computer and reformat it as one partition NTFS (if using XP) or FAT32 (Linux). Then plug it all back in and if BIOS comes up great if not then its another problem.

Also, if you have a spare drive around try the same with that and see if both drives do the same thing its likely not the HDD problem. then its specific device troubleshooting.

Break the system down to just the necessities, and leave out the graphics card, etc for now.
And a real simple check, make sure the HDD is well physically, as in all the pins are straight if using EIDE (Its rare but I've seen it before) and I dont know much that can go wrong physically with a SATA plug.

Hope all this works out for you.

Impulse
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umm psu is fine, i swapped it for my brothers and it acted same.

the hdd is sensed now, but it takes like 90 seconds after showing the e4300, saying im running dual channel, dvd rom, hard drive to move to the next screen, it then either

tries to use the "recovery xp cd",

says my dvd-rom is weird acting up,

or it will continue then freeze before the actual options come up on the windows cd (think light blue background with pointer&hourglass)

even bios will take like 30 seconds to come up after hitting delete. ive never had this problem before :mad:

more help plz, im in dire need

edit- i have tried botting with and without the windows cd, tried removing single sticks of ram, using different slots :S
 
o yea and i have bios version F6

umm ive had everything set to stock speeds from the start

very frustrating :mad: :confused: :mad: :confused:

i also have a pci-e 7300 le, no integrated tho
 
well im using an "cicero" oem copy of windows, i dont know if thats the problem. im goona use a vista cd that came with my moms laptop to try to partition.

thanks but i dont have bit torent :S
 
get it? its free too :D

knoppix could get your comp running but it can only format FAT32. so once you get that up and running you can probably get the windows cd to work to reformat to NTFS, and then go back and do another partition and do a cool dual boot machine. thats always the best of both worlds.

and if you do decide to try torrenting, get utorrent, its faster. :D
 
k, got it to install windows, but when it goes to the setup and begins to install hardware etc, it restarts. it then boots and gets through more of the setup, restarts again, then when it boots it begins to load windows in the splash screen, bar goes across like 4 times, changes to a similar splash screen that says "please wait..." where the bar normally is. it then reboots instantly, repeats the splash screen followed by the splash screen with the "please wait" where the bar is supposed to be, waits, reboots etc etc.

tried booting in safe mode, says im missing setup files

i repeated this, exact same results, reboots at exact parts :mad:

im so clueless at this point
 
This really sounds like it's either PSU or RAM...did you do as I suggested and put the RAM in another computer, and run Memtest to check for errors?
 
no i havnt yet, im on it.

im not sure if its running the ram in 5-5-5-15, I can change the timings but im new to ddr2 and theres like so many different timings i can change????

ill try the ram in my brothers pc
 
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