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jesuslover037 · 13-07-2007, 05:04 AM

Alright, I am building a new pc and so far haven't had much success. I am now able to at least get the system on, but no matter what drive I try to use to boot(optical or hdd) it tells me "disk boot failure". There is nothing wrong with the drives, but could anyone give a possible solution?
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35 minutes ago
Also, I should mention that I do not even have Windows installed yet or cannot use any kind of disk to help. Whenever I go into the BIOS, it tells me my IDE Master is "*GMAX6*(Weird squiggly lines)h81.

34 minutes ago
My IDE master is an optical cd drive and I am using a SATA for the hard drive.

33 minutes ago
I have the jumpers set to master. Could any jumper settings on my motherboard be the source?

25 minutes ago
Jumpers are good I think. I've got only one optical drive--CD-ROM. I've set it as the IDE Master. Also, I don't see any settings for setting SATA as master?

24 minutes ago
Boot sequence is CD, then Hard Drive, then disabled all the rest except for where it says other boot device

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jesuslover037 Geek Trainee Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8 Status: Offline	Disk Boot Failure Alright, I am building a new pc and so far haven't had much success. I am now able to at least get the system on, but no matter what drive I try to use to boot(optical or hdd) it tells me "disk boot failure". There is nothing wrong with the drives, but could anyone give a possible solution? Additional Details 35 minutes ago Also, I should mention that I do not even have Windows installed yet or cannot use any kind of disk to help. Whenever I go into the BIOS, it tells me my IDE Master is "GMAX6(Weird squiggly lines)h81. 34 minutes ago My IDE master is an optical cd drive and I am using a SATA for the hard drive. 33 minutes ago I have the jumpers set to master. Could any jumper settings on my motherboard be the source? 25 minutes ago Jumpers are good I think. I've got only one optical drive--CD-ROM. I've set it as the IDE Master. Also, I don't see any settings for setting SATA as master? 24 minutes ago Boot sequence is CD, then Hard Drive, then disabled all the rest except for where it says other boot device