GA-P35_DS3 wont boot from usb in AHCI

[gazstar106]

Hi all

I have trailed the net for answers to no avail so I hope you dont mind me posting regards to an older board.


I am trying to boot from a USB in AHCI
I have set first boot device as USB-Hdd and even changed the Hard disk boot priority to USB-HDD0 : Sandisk

its when the computer starts that i get the message

"AHCI bios version iSCR 1.07 08042006

This version will only support Hard drive or CD Rom "  (the last bit maybe worded slightly different)



it loads for a while and says

Boot from cd/dvd
Boot from cd/dvd

and thats it???


sometimes I get

verifying DMI pool data
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

any help would be much appreciated as this is making me want to pull my hair out

[Aussie Allan]

 If you really want to go this path.....my first suggestion would be to update every driver you can find especially usb and m/b bios.....(yes, a catch 22 with no OS installed)

 Second, ... there well could be a small fault with the board but being a P35, RMA would probably be out of the equation .... instead of beating yourself up, I would just burn your USB to disc and boot from disc ...at the very least this should narrow the error down to just a couple of areas or prove there is a larger underlying problem....Try the disc first.

 Aussie Allan

[Dark Mantis]

Yes as Allan has already proposed make sure that the data is not corrupt. I would suggest either downloading it again or copy it from the original CD. I am assuming it is "kosher".

It might be that it is the USB drive that is presenting the problem rather than the data on it. If you can try a different pendrive. When trying to boot from one especially I have noticed that the smaller sizes of drive seem to be less problematical.