motherboard not detecting de dries

[scredontfear]

when my motherboard starts up i gives me the typial image that says detecting ide drives and then just stay in that message and doesnt evven let me enter bios. i was able to boot from a cd but then i had to restart and thats when this troble starts. and advice on what it is and hw to fix it

 

[emdea22]

HDD is dead/ IDE controller is dead/ incorrect jumper and cable settings

IDE is very bitchy -for lack of a better term - when connecting drives. Even cables must be in the correct order. There is no simple solution as some boards might simply refuse to work even when using boot HDD on primary master. Try using only the drive (no cdrom) on primary master and see if it still hangs. Its a trial and error so make sure you have a couple of jumper nearby.