Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 not recognising usb dvd-rw

[yorkie]

Hi

I'm new to the forums and unfortunately in need of help/advice.

I've just put together a new rig, however I am unable to install windows as my old usb dvd-rw isn't recognised in the bios.

I have tried it in both ide and achi mode.

If it helps spec is as follows;

Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
i5 2500k
Corsair force 3 120gb ssd
16gb Kingston hyper-x ddr3 ram
Antec true-power 650w psu

Hope somebody can help and is a simple fix, thanks!

[Fatman]

Ok then make sure you have your SSD drive on sata-0 and your DVD RW on say sata-4, Then load optimised default, reboot into bios. Then set your bios to Achi mode, reboot and try load windows.

[yorkie]

Hi thanks, my dvd-rw is an external one connected by usb not sata. It is an old IDE drive inside a usb 2.0 enclosure. I have tried booting using f12 to select usb cd-rom but it never detects it. It doesn't show up in the BIOS menu either.?

[dikal]

Connect your usb disk on the USB 2.0 ports (not the blue ones on the back panel).
Ensure that you have enabled "USB Legacy Function" in BIOS.

[yorkie]

Thanks, just double checked your suggestions and re-booted, still nothing showing up in the BIOS and when I select boot from USB CD/ROM using F12 it says 'Boot from CD/DVD :' nothing happens the cursor just flashes?

[yorkie]

I've just created a bootable zip drive and I get 'missing operating system' 

[dikal]

Have you tried other options in F12 boot menu, except from USB-CDROM?
Another option to consider is to buy an internal SATA DVD-RW (I know, I don't say something that you don't know  ).

[yorkie]

Thanks, my brothers having a look to see if his internal dvd-rw is sata rather than ide, if it is i'm going to give that a whirl! I'm just puzzled as to why it doesn't seem keen to read usb devices? Most problems I've had with new builds have been driver issues for things like raid. I've played around with all the settings I can think of, every now and then the dvd drive kicks in as though it is going to start reading the windows 7 disk, and once it did but then crashed, however on reboot nothing happened. 

[Dark Mantis]

Make sure that your USB external drive is connected up to the rear USB2.0 ports directly and not via a hub. Also make sure that your drive has a power connection.

[yorkie]

Thanks, both were connected directly with the dvd-rw being powered by mains adapter. Decided to bite the bullet and went out and bought (got robbed) a sata dvd-rw from pc world. I installed this however then I couldn't get the display to come on. So I cleared CMOS rebooted and success I was able to get into the BIOS and could see the dvd-rw. Selected the boot order and started to load windows 7 got to the bit where it said choose your language and the screen went blank and my monitor switched off. Now I can't get the display to come on, it briefly comes on and says 'no signal' then goes into standby. I have tried clearing cmos and rebooting and  changed the connection from the dedicated graphics to the on board hdmi connection, still no joy! This is turning out to be an awful install. Any ideas on why it won't display anything now?

[Rolo42]

- Corrupt media
- Configuration issue (BIOS, DMI)
- Hardware fault

[yorkie]

Swapped gfx card back to my old 4850, now get a display (560ti will have to wait for later to solve), problem now is I can't get windows to install, get an error code saying missing files etc, tried 5x with windows 7 64 bit and 4 x with 32 bit, error code half way through installation each time. Now trying an install with only one stick of ram as reading around some motherboards are fussy, looks like this one is no exception. 

[Dark Mantis]

It sounds to me like a power problem. I know that you have an Antec True-power 650w but how old is it ?

[yorkie]

PSU is one week old (everything internally is brand new)

Update and it gets weirder, I have now managed a complete install with one stick of ram and my old radeon 4850.

After the install I have placed all the sticks of ram back in and the computer continues to work fine (in so much as I have switched on and off numerous times with no issues).

If I swap the gfx card back to the 560ti the monitor comes on and says no signal then goes to standby, bizarrely my usb hdd and speakers which are both powered independently don't switch on???

I then removed the gfx card so none are installed and plugged my monitor into the motherboards hdmi slot (is it as simple as that to use the onboard 2500k gfx?) and the monitor doesn't even come on or go into standby. And for what it's worth my speakers and usb hdd remain off?

Here is the totally bizarre thing I plugged my 4850 back in and nothing, then stupidly realised that I'd not attached the DVI-D cable to the gfx, at this point my speakers and usb hdd were displaying as both switched off (no blue light on front of either), however upon inserting the DVI-D cable naturally the monitor came on, however both the speakers and the hdd powered up???

Going to continue to investigate but confused?

[Aussie Allan]

  Hiya Yorkie .... been following the fun and games from afar ..... What follows is purely advice ..... not guaranteeing a fix , but if you read on you might agree it's a good start.

  You got yourself a Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
i5 2500k
Corsair force 3 120gb ssd
16gb Kingston hyper-x ddr3 ram
Antec true-power 650w psu ..........all pretty well the latest kit ..... then to complement it you have an old IDE read/write (Optical) in a USB2 external enclosure.

  So the board boots up and amongst the first things it looks for is a SATA Optical drive connected to the board ..... and all it finds is an old IDE drive with a USB2 Enclosure acting as a translator to the not too distant past. ..... adding a current,  internal SATA2 or 3 drive to your system will remove several possible faults in one fowl swoop.

  And Yes! ...... this could be the root cause to the posted problem...... I have read many posts re X58 to Z68 platforms where IDE drives and opticials mix as well as oil and water  

  Aussie Allan