"Disk boot failure" error, please help. [Archive]

san~man

10-09-2007, 01:39 AM

I had everything set up on my test bench: Windows installed fine, everything running PERFECTLY.

Today I picked up my case and installed everything. Turn it on, it posts, then I get an error message saying "Disk boot failure, yadda yadda." Now keep in mind, I didn't change anything since disassembling the gear and placing it into the case.

I tried to install XP again on a blank drive I have, and setup tells me it can't find a HD. When I try the drive I orginally had XP installed on, I get the same message.

This is what I've tried so far, nothing works:
1. Different SATA cable
2. Different SATA power cable
3. Different SATA ports on MB
4. Reinstalling XP on drive "A" (had XP on it), setup can't detect HD.
5. Reinstalling XP on drive "B" (blank, new drive), setup cant' detect HD.
6. Cleared CMOS
7. Reset jumper
8. Removed MB battery for 5 minutes
9. Different PSU, can post, but either "Disk boot failure" message or "Windows setup can't detect HD"

I'm at a loss, ready to break something in half. Sad thing is, I had it OC'd to 3.55 and stable on prime for 9 hours.

Someone give me something to try, please. I'm gonna call Gigabyte tech in the morning, but hopefully someone will have some ideas before I get on the phone with them.

Thank you in advance.

Rig:
Q6600
Ballistix PC8500
Gigabyte P35DQ6
WD 250G
Ultra X3 800W

Emerica

10-09-2007, 01:52 AM

I had everything set up on my test bench: Windows installed fine, everything running PERFECTLY.

Today I picked up my case and installed everything. Turn it on, it posts, then I get an error message saying "Disk boot failure, yadda yadda." Now keep in mind, I didn't change anything since disassembling the gear and placing it into the case.

I tried to install XP again on a blank drive I have, and setup tells me it can't find a HD. When I try the drive I orginally had XP installed on, I get the same message.

This is what I've tried so far, nothing works:
1. Different SATA cable
2. Different SATA power cable
3. Different SATA ports on MB
4. Reinstalling XP on drive "A" (had XP on it), setup can't detect HD.
5. Reinstalling XP on drive "B" (blank, new drive), setup cant' detect HD.
6. Cleared CMOS
7. Reset jumper
8. Removed MB battery for 5 minutes
9. Different PSU, can post, but either "Disk boot failure" message or "Windows setup can't detect HD"

I'm at a loss, ready to break something in half. Sad thing is, I had it OC'd to 3.55 and stable on prime for 9 hours.

Someone give me something to try, please. I'm gonna call Gigabyte tech in the morning, but hopefully someone will have some ideas before I get on the phone with them.

Thank you in advance.

Rig:
Q6600
Ballistix PC8500
Gigabyte P35DQ6
WD 250G
Ultra X3 800W

Unless you have two bad drives which is highly unlikely you should look into RMAing the board because it could be bad SATA headers.

jimmyz

10-09-2007, 01:54 AM

poke around in bios. see if bios is seeing the drives.

san~man

10-09-2007, 02:00 AM

poke around in bios. see if bios is seeing the drives.

No, BIOS only showed the CD rom drive.

Is the board fugged?

Emerica

10-09-2007, 02:02 AM

No, BIOS only showed the CD rom drive.

Is the board fugged?

That's my only guess. To be sure it's not the drives plug them into another computer and run diagnostic tests on them.

san~man

10-09-2007, 02:07 AM

So assuming the board is bad, is it possible that all 6 SATA ports went bad at once?

acme420

10-09-2007, 06:25 AM

your drives are dead. happened to me a month or 2 ago.

Brian MP5T

10-09-2007, 07:16 AM

Will it detect an IDE Dirve?