mcerd1
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| posted on 27/1/10 at 10:29 AM |
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OT - PC can't boot from HDD
I'm re-building an old machine for work and I'm struggling a bit…..
I deleted the partitions on the HDD, made one new one, formatted it NTFS and installed Win2K SP2 (all in the 2k setup)
All seemed well once windows was updated a bit, until I tried to update the BIOS using the stupid intel flash program (I knew I should have left it
alone  )
The BIOS seems to have updated no problem, but doesn't recognise the HDD to boot from 
But if I re-run the windows setup it does recognise it
The HDD is a SCSI on an adaptec PCI card of some kind, MB is an Intel 'D850EMV2'
{with a 2.8 P4 and 256Mb ram if that makes any odds}
I'm probably going to try flashing the BIOS back to an old version
Any other Ideas ?
btw - it needs to be an old machine, as it needs a serial port to connect to an old CNC machine
also it going to live in the workshop - so it'd be a total waste of money getting a new one (they don't last forever when cold, damp and
covered in grinding dust)
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BenB
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| posted on 27/1/10 at 12:36 PM |
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Can you go into the BIOS and make sure it's selected to try and boot from the HD?
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mcerd1
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| posted on 27/1/10 at 01:21 PM |
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It couldn't see the HDD in BIOS at all
I've just flashed the BIOS back a few versions and now it can see the scsi adapter again (and the HDD now comes up in the boot list)
so its sorted (I hope), but I've still no idea why it wouldn't work as it was....
for the record I hate intel mother boards
[Edited on 27/1/10 by mcerd1]
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Liam
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| posted on 27/1/10 at 02:22 PM |
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Sounds like you're sorted anyway, but fyi you can get usb to RS232 converters. We occasionally have to use them with old instruments/equipment
in the lab when we have to use a modern PC/laptop for whatever reason. Some cheapo ones can be unreliable/temperamental/not work at all if they dont
properly support all RS232 protocols, but a decent one should be fine. If it's a desktop PC you can just get a PCI card to add
'proper' RS232 ports, or many motherboards actually have RS232 support, but the expansion bracket that plugs into the motherboard and has
the actual RS232 socket is often an unobtained optional extra or simply lost.
Liam
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mcerd1
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| posted on 27/1/10 at 03:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam
....or many motherboards actually have RS232 support, but the expansion bracket that plugs into the motherboard and has the actual RS232 socket is
often an unobtained optional extra or simply lost.
I might actually have a few of them, but I shouldn't need to bother I've still got a few old MB's left with sockets on them....
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