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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with Intel processors => Topic started by: zakueins on April 28, 2011, 07:49:06 am

Title: GA-EP45-UD3P Disk Boot Failure, Can't Find DVD-ROM
Post by: zakueins on April 28, 2011, 07:49:06 am

I've done all the usual trouble-shooting steps (i.e. checked to make sure eveyrthing is plugged in, flashed the BIOS back to factory standard, etc, etc, etc).  The computer worked this morning, when I got home and turned it on, it would go through the boot cycle, then report "DISK BOOT FAILURE, PRESS ENTER TO LOAD BOOT DRIVE".  I've tried to set the board to read the DVD-ROM drive, but it won't find it (the drive does have power).

Am I missing a trouble-shooting step?

Title: Re: GA-EP45-UD3P Disk Boot Failure, Can't Find DVD-ROM
Post by: Dark Mantis on April 28, 2011, 08:10:13 am

Hi

Is the time and date still set correctly in the BIOS ?  If not change the CR2032 motherboard battery.

It might  be worth trying new SATA leads.

More than likely the drive has failed.

Make sure that the optical drive is made primary boot device in the BIOS and you have a bootable disk in there.

Title: Re: GA-EP45-UD3P Disk Boot Failure, Can't Find DVD-ROM
Post by: zakueins on May 06, 2011, 05:25:52 am

Swapped the SATA cables, and the BIOS is reading the right time.  Sounds like a HD failure-ugh.

Title: Re: GA-EP45-UD3P Disk Boot Failure, Can't Find DVD-ROM
Post by: Dark Mantis on May 06, 2011, 08:15:13 am

I must admit it is looking that way. The only thing to do is try a different known good drive.

Title: Re: GA-EP45-UD3P Disk Boot Failure, Can't Find DVD-ROM
Post by: oggmonster on May 06, 2011, 03:29:14 pm

If you can get the optical drive to work, try running a bootable hdd dignostics downloadable from the manufacturers website (asuming you have another computer) then burn to a cd.

Title: Re: GA-EP45-UD3P Disk Boot Failure, Can't Find DVD-ROM
Post by: zakueins on May 12, 2011, 08:25:35 am

Got the new HD in and it works...but, now, trying to get the sound to work...

Troubleshooting tips for the sound?

Title: Re: GA-EP45-UD3P Disk Boot Failure, Can't Find DVD-ROM
Post by: Dark Mantis on May 12, 2011, 09:06:12 am

Turn the volume up! ;D

If you can give a few more precise details we might be able to help.

Glad the drive problem is fixed anyway.