[K3PZN-List] Who is the resident computer expert of the club ??

[Sean Shaffer]

I'll have to check the bios again.

The first time I checked it did not detect the IDE drive (listed as none)

But I forgot to look at the boot order (since it didn't list an IDE at all).

 

The USB drive is not connected.

I removed all peripherials but monitor, keyboard and mouse
(mouse is usb though if that matters)

 

In answer to Phil, after the 500GB drive was not detected I tried the

original 30GB with the same result.

 

And Steve's email reminded me that I hadn't checked the boot order 

(but the BIOS does not detect either drive now?)

 

This bios, I don't think, won't let me turn off the PXE boot I can only

 place it in the last order position. Unless there a keystroke not listed

 that lets me disable.

 

I currently have the original 30GB drive in it I'll check bios options and

 boot order again.

 
> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 19:05:27 -0500
> From: wo3l at comcast.net
> To: k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [K3PZN-List] Who is the resident computer expert of the club ??
> 
> 1st thing is to pull the drive you installed today and make sure it 
> still boots off the internal disk.
> 
> The USB disk should be hotplug unless something very strange is going 
> on, so with the system booted connect that device and make sure the OS 
> sees it and things are OK.
> 
> To work out the boot issues check the BIOS boot order and see if it 
> added the new USB device to the top causing the SATA or IDE drive to 
> fall off the bottom of the list.
> 
> Andy
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/5/2010 18:43, Sean Shaffer wrote:
> >
> > I may have done something stupid but can't quite tell.
> >
> > I may need another pair of eyes on something.
> >
> >
> >
> > I installed a 500GB hard drive into an old PC
> >
> > (not quite that old, 2003-ish maybe).
> >
> > All was well, I copied my data to it and only had to
> >
> > fix the bootloader.
> >
> > For a week it worked without issues.
> >
> >
> >
> > Today I had everything turned off, plugged it all into
> >
> > a new surge protector, plugged in a second usb
> >
> > external drive and turned it all back on.
> >
> >
> >
> > On reboot all I get is the PXE net boot option and a
> >
> > message that no boot device is found and I should
> >
> > the cables.
> >
> >
> >
> > I tried 3 IDE cables and 2 power cables, I cannot get
> >
> > the IDE drives (either the new one or the old one) to
> >
> > be recognized.
> >
> >
> >
> > DVD/CD still works, I can run off boot discs or LiveCDs
> >
> >
> >
> > Sean KB3IMT
> >
> > 
> 
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