So you have more than one D914GAV board?
Does it give you the same results as the one you're sending back?
rogerX
--- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com, FastdragonFly <fastdragonfly@...> wrote:
>
> OK. At a computer swap meet today I bought an ASUS board. I booted with
> no drives. It stated that there were no boot devices attached. I never
> get that from the Intel boards.
>
> I hooked up the SATA DVD drive and it booted the windows 7 disk. (Known
> good drive and disk. I was not ignoring you but had not mentioned it.)
>
> I still want one of the D914GAV motherboards to work but the other one
> is being sent back tomorrow. I suspect that the bios has been flashed
> and it went wrong on that one. I loaded the bios defaults and everything
> got worst. It is already packed up.
>
>
> If anyone has any ideas I am willing to try them. I want the other
> machine for file downloads. You get a lot of viruses when downloading
> and I would rather have it on another machine.
>
>
> DragonFly
>
> On 11/27/2011 4:59 PM, C. Michael Stone wrote:
> > I suggested he try installing a known working drive a couple of days
> > ago. He replied he was going to do that but I guess he never did....give
> > up time.
> >
> > Mike Stone
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: RogerX19 <helpmeroger@...
> > <mailto:helpmeroger%40earthlink.net>>
> > To: simplycomputers2 <simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>>
> > Sent: Sun, Nov 27, 2011 11:54 am
> > Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] Intel D915GAV Won't Boot
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > You keep mentioning a DVD drive, so I assume you're trying to install an
> > operating system that comes on DVD, like Windows 7.
> >
> > Have you tried a different DVD drive? (I've lost track).
> >
> > Here's a quote from one of your earlier messages:
> >
> > "Although it sees the DVD and I can make it the first boot device, it
> > will not work.
> >
> > The computer checks memory, It will display attached drives, then stop.
> > The screen goes blank."
> >
> > That would be the point where it tries to start the installation routine
> > from the DVD.
> >
> > You said the DVD drive shows up in BIOS, but that doesn't mean that it
> > works correctly.
> >
> > If the drive was totally bad, I would expect to see an error about
> > "Operating System not found".
> >
> > But if the drive is working, but not able to read the disk enough to
> > start the install, you might see the symptoms you are describing.
> >
> > If you have a regular CD drive, you might try booting with an XP install
> > disk, or a Linux one.
> >
> > 2) Another thing I've done in situations like this is to remove
> > everything from the case. Set the motherboard on a non-conductive
> > surface. Plug in the power supply, monitor and keyboard, and CD or DVD
> > drive (whichever is required) and see if the install will start (you
> > don't need a hard drive at this point)
> >
> > You said you just built the computer, so it's possible you have a
> > motherboard standoff in the wrong place, or a pinched wire, or something
> > similar.
> >
> > I would also remove as much memory as possible.
> >
> > rogerX
> >
> > --- In simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:simplycomputers2%40yahoogroups.com>, FastdragonFly
> > <fastdragonfly@> wrote:
> > >
> > > OK. I have tried each type of drive by itself. SATA DVD, CD, IDE drive
> > > and DVD. I have even tried going into the bios and telling it to use
> > > legacy, IDE only, when they are the boot device. I've also tried
> > enhanced.
> > >
> > > I am using the motherboards video connection. The board also has PCIe
> > > which I don't have. I did try an old PCI card that I have but it didn't
> > > register at all.
> > >
> > > The funny thing is I went to a computer swap meet today. I was looking
> > > through some motherboards. I know they all tend to look alike but a
> > > couple looked very familiar. I looked at the model and it was a D915DAG!
> > >
> > > I dropped it so fast and got out of there!
> > >
> > >
> > > DragonFly
> > >
>
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