Re: [Simply Computers] Intel D915GAV Won't Boot

 

I think you're overlooking the obvious, and so are wasting your time.

( but if I'm wrong, it won't be the first time!)

You need to boot the computer with an XP install disk in the drive, and see what happens.

We've discovered that the motherboard is incompatible with Win 7, but we don't know why.

I suspect that Win 7 does not include a SATA driver for your onboard SATA controller.

But that is just a guess. Win 7 includes driver for almost anything, but if the motherboard manufacturer (Intel) says that the board does not support Win 7 or Vista, I assume that they know more than we do.

If Win 7 does not include a SATA driver for your controller, that would explain why the BIOS recognizes the drive, but Windows does not (and does not proceed)

Or it may be something on even a lower level.

Normally, we would expect an error message, but perhaps Intel did not code in the message: "this motherboard does not support Vista or Win 7"

Please try booting with a valid XP CD, and let us know what happens.

rogerX

--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, FastdragonFly <fastdragonfly@...> wrote:
>
> You are correct. I never tried to load XP.
>
> Remember. The issue is that I can't get it to read any drive. I tried
> IDE hard drive, DVD, CD, SATA hard drive and USB.
>
> I have been over this several times in my head. Two things stick out and
> leave questions in my mind.
>
> It does the memory count down, displays the attached drives, beeps and
> the screen goes blank.
>
> 1. It seems that the video is being switched to something else. I wish I
> had a cheap PCIe video card to test this theory with. It wasn't worth it
> to purchase one just to test with. I tried an old PCI video card but
> that changed nothing. It did not see it.
>
> 2. Should it beep before the memory count down or just before it reads a
> disk?
>
> DragonFly
>
>
> On 11/29/2011 9:17 PM, RogerX19 wrote:
> > I'm looking back through your messages, and I don't see where you tried
> > the XP disks that you have. Did I miss that?
> >
> > The symptoms you describe don't suggest that the DVD drive is bad, but
> > rather that the motherboard won't load Win 7, which is consistent with
> > what the Intel website says.
> >
> > Let us know if it will load XP.
> >
> > (Sorry if you told us earlier and I missed it)
> >
> > rogerX
> >
>

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