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Legacy PC doesn´t boot !
31.08.06 at 18:57:19  
Well, I keep an old desktop just to play some games in Glide, officing, etc.  But since I´ve replaced the cd-rom drive by a new one, from Benq, it doesn´t boot any more.  I have checked the cd-rom jumper, the flat cable, the setup, the cd-rom itself, and updated the firmware,  but it always stops at the same point after the post.  When I take the drive off,  I get to windows fast.  Just didn´t update the bios yet.
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Need some support.
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Re: Legacy PC doesn´t boot !
Reply #1 - 01.09.06 at 05:24:58  
Have you tried putting the CDrom on the other IDE (2)

This way it won't conflict with your H.D.D. I'm thinking that it an old Harddrive, maybe mode 4 and the CDrom is a newer Ultra ATA.

Make each one the master and put them on seperate cables.
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Reply #2 - 01.09.06 at 05:26:54  
Oh yeah. Don't forget to set your BIOS to AUTO for the IDE 1 MASTER and IDE 2 MASTER.
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Reply #3 - 01.09.06 at 13:31:10  
Thank you gamma, but they already are on separated cables,  as masters.  I think I´m gonna update the bios. I haven´t donne this yet  because the board was takken from a Hewllet Packard desktop, and they used to be some kind of tricky.  Besides,   the only information I have about the bios update is that it gives support to WinXP.  Well,  it´s not much..., but it must be different...
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Reply #4 - 01.09.06 at 15:29:16  
The new cd rom works in a different pc? I've gotten a bad one out of the box before, might want to try that. 
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