Hello all,
I have put together a new system and am experiencing a problem with booting into windows vista 64.
First of all, I cannot boot without the windows disk in the cdrom drive. If I try to, I get system boot error, insert system disk after the BIOS post. Note that I have vista installed on a RAID-0 array that is setup as first hard drive priority in the BIOS and that hard disk is selected as first boot up device.
When I do have the windows disk in the drive the following sequence of events occurs:
1. Upon first power up, the BIOS POST fails resulting in a stalled system
2. Upon reset of the system, I receive the message "your last BIOS POST failed please enter setup..etc"
3. Upon entering BIOS setup, I then save and exit.
4. Then it reboots, passes POST, and "press any key to boot from cd" appears
5. If I don't press any key, I am taken into Windows Vista and everything is fully operational.
So you can see, I would like to avoid this wonderfully involved start up ritual if possible
Any suggestions?
Further info on system specs:
QX9450 oc'ed to 3.2GHZ (water cooled, runs at 40c)
Reaper 1150 mhz DDR2 (4*1GB sticks)
Asus P5N-T Deluxe
Vista 64 - SP1 and 4GB RAM updates applied
2* 74GB raptor RAID-0 array (contains vista 64)
2* 250 GB HDD (currently formatted, no data, no partitions - would like to setup as a secondary raid for media storage but is also not working - but that is another story)
2*8800GT SLI
850W power
Thanks for your help!
I have put together a new system and am experiencing a problem with booting into windows vista 64.
First of all, I cannot boot without the windows disk in the cdrom drive. If I try to, I get system boot error, insert system disk after the BIOS post. Note that I have vista installed on a RAID-0 array that is setup as first hard drive priority in the BIOS and that hard disk is selected as first boot up device.
When I do have the windows disk in the drive the following sequence of events occurs:
1. Upon first power up, the BIOS POST fails resulting in a stalled system
2. Upon reset of the system, I receive the message "your last BIOS POST failed please enter setup..etc"
3. Upon entering BIOS setup, I then save and exit.
4. Then it reboots, passes POST, and "press any key to boot from cd" appears
5. If I don't press any key, I am taken into Windows Vista and everything is fully operational.
So you can see, I would like to avoid this wonderfully involved start up ritual if possible
Any suggestions?
Further info on system specs:
QX9450 oc'ed to 3.2GHZ (water cooled, runs at 40c)
Reaper 1150 mhz DDR2 (4*1GB sticks)
Asus P5N-T Deluxe
Vista 64 - SP1 and 4GB RAM updates applied
2* 74GB raptor RAID-0 array (contains vista 64)
2* 250 GB HDD (currently formatted, no data, no partitions - would like to setup as a secondary raid for media storage but is also not working - but that is another story)
2*8800GT SLI
850W power
Thanks for your help!