Small problem with a Asus P5K-E/wifi ... problem with boot from dvd-rw-IDE

[angel247]

I just installed the board on my computer .. i'm using now the old operating sistem ... works ok .. installed the drivers with the dvd-rw i have ... so far ok .
Now the problem : when i try 2 install a new operating system .. , and i put in the bios - at the boot category - boot from the dvd-rw (it has a name there) .. i save the setting and then when the computer stars again .. it will not boot from the dvd-rw ... the computer doesnt start at all , the screen is black ...

solutions anyone ? the dvd-rw is on IDE

[angel247]

bios update didn't help in any way

[Zeus]

Has got to, i have the same board and it works fine for me.

I had to select optiarc blah blah or something for optical drive.

Do you have J-Micron controller enabled?

Is your optical drive recognized in bios?

[angel247]

yes it's recognized ... it's an lg and works ok .. in windows ...
at boot in bios if i leave floppy then hdd, witch is on s-ata , i have no problems , but if i change the order .. lets say my optical drive ide: hl-dt .. blah..blah and then the hdd .. the computer will not boot , i mean it powers on and the screen is black ... and then if i shut it down .. and then power on again , it will boot from the dvd :D ... but i havent tried 2 install yet.. cause who knows what might happen :D ... what bios u have ?

[phantom2080]

i have this with my p5b put the ide dvd rw as first boot device and dont have hdd as a boot device atall

it should then boot off the cd without issue, i think it is an issue with sata and asus boards or the bios i is using but hidy ho has worked for me on more than one asus board

[Zeus]

That's pretty odd.

My board came with bios 0401 but i flashed to 0503 to get the strap to northbridge option.

Worked with both though.

My DVD rewriter is a NEC and it has also IDE interface.

What happens if you disconnect floppy and Sata drives?

[Perc]

i have simular problem same mb as the first guy i think (gigabyte ga965p-s3)
i have just to things pluged in one dvdrw sata and a ide hd. when i try to load windows on fresh drive i get blk screen and blinking cusor. now i did figure out that unpluging it and letting it sit for a while i was able to boot onto windows and load the os. but now i get the same thing when booting from the ide hd?? i can get it to load windows once in a while and it will run all day but if i try to reboot the problem reapears?? i rember amd having this problem a while back but im clueless to whats going on here. sory to hijack just looking for help as well.

thx perc,