heyas...
Setup:
mobo: abit ab9 pro (BIOS release V20 (latest release)) // Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.6GHz) // 2x 150GB Western Digital 10k rpm Raptors // 4x 1GB mushkin xp2-6400 (DDR2-800) ram // 2x HP dvd840 optical drives (LightScribe)
edit: the 2 hard drives are running raid0 stripe
awardBIOS V6.00PG // serial ata ACHI BIOS Version iSrc 1.07 08042006 // intel matrix storage 6.1.0.1002 ICH8R w RAID5
out of nowhere I noticed that my hdd led and floppy led were solid on... I rebooted and the puter didn't recognize either of the optical drives and the floppy drive didn't function... a direct quote from the mobo during bootup… “detect drives done, no any drives found”
I went to the BIOS to see if anything had changed... all looked well...
then I replaced all the cables (sata, ide, floppy)... no change... then I unplugged both optical drives and the floppy... the hdd indicator led went back to normal... I then tried connecting just the floppy... both the hdd led and the floppy led were constant on... then I tried just one optical drive... same result… I tried all combinations but the result was that if either optical or the floppy were connected…both indicator led’s would remain constant on…
so I thought that the mobo was fried... so I swapped in a new mobo and the problem was still there...
then during bootup, I noticed "AHCI BIOS Not Installed"... this is a function of the cpu correct??? Is this why the drives are not recognized??? What does this have to do with the floppy???
Also… BIOS only recognizes 3 of 4GB of ram… from windows I can run cpu-z and it gives me information on all 4 sticks of ram…
intel retail cpu’s are warranted by the manufacturer for 3 years right??? the company I bought it from seems to have gone under (monarch computers)… another dilemma is that I bought the mobo and cpu as a combo… they installed the cpu to the mobo… I received the original cpu box… but the invoice says “Core 2 Combo”… anyone know offhand if this is a problem before I go to intel???
hope this makes sense… lol…
thanks…
xyn…
Setup:
mobo: abit ab9 pro (BIOS release V20 (latest release)) // Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.6GHz) // 2x 150GB Western Digital 10k rpm Raptors // 4x 1GB mushkin xp2-6400 (DDR2-800) ram // 2x HP dvd840 optical drives (LightScribe)
edit: the 2 hard drives are running raid0 stripe
awardBIOS V6.00PG // serial ata ACHI BIOS Version iSrc 1.07 08042006 // intel matrix storage 6.1.0.1002 ICH8R w RAID5
out of nowhere I noticed that my hdd led and floppy led were solid on... I rebooted and the puter didn't recognize either of the optical drives and the floppy drive didn't function... a direct quote from the mobo during bootup… “detect drives done, no any drives found”
I went to the BIOS to see if anything had changed... all looked well...
then I replaced all the cables (sata, ide, floppy)... no change... then I unplugged both optical drives and the floppy... the hdd indicator led went back to normal... I then tried connecting just the floppy... both the hdd led and the floppy led were constant on... then I tried just one optical drive... same result… I tried all combinations but the result was that if either optical or the floppy were connected…both indicator led’s would remain constant on…
so I thought that the mobo was fried... so I swapped in a new mobo and the problem was still there...
then during bootup, I noticed "AHCI BIOS Not Installed"... this is a function of the cpu correct??? Is this why the drives are not recognized??? What does this have to do with the floppy???
Also… BIOS only recognizes 3 of 4GB of ram… from windows I can run cpu-z and it gives me information on all 4 sticks of ram…
intel retail cpu’s are warranted by the manufacturer for 3 years right??? the company I bought it from seems to have gone under (monarch computers)… another dilemma is that I bought the mobo and cpu as a combo… they installed the cpu to the mobo… I received the original cpu box… but the invoice says “Core 2 Combo”… anyone know offhand if this is a problem before I go to intel???
hope this makes sense… lol…
thanks…
xyn…
