MSI P35 problems booting

zulfy26 · 06-16-08, 01:18 AM

I have a MSI p35 Platinum, with Intel Q6600. When I first got the board, almost a year ago, the floppy drive wouldn't work. (Tried multiple cables, drives, settings etc) I finally just gave up and ignored it. I haven't really had a need to use the floppy drive, so I thought, no biggie. But since then I've noticed that the motherboard has a hard time booting to Live-CD's (read: won't boot to them at all) I.e. Linux distros, Memtestx86, hard drive diags, etc. For example when booting to GParted 0.3.6-7 I get the error: "/bin/sh: Can't access tty; Job control turned off"
I'd really like to know if I should RMA the board, is there a setting I've missed, or some other advice?

Thanks

nightelph · 06-16-08, 11:52 AM

Will the machine boot any disc? An XP disc? If you've been through all the settings in BIOS and still believe its the mobo at fault, flash the BIOS with the latest firmware, even if its already the newest.
Also, post this in the mobo section, it'll get more attention.

zulfy26 · 06-16-08, 01:49 PM

It loads an XP disc, but has problems booting to live-on Linux discs. Also, I flashed the bios to the latest under Windows a couple weeks ago.

nightelph · 06-16-08, 05:07 PM

Thats kinda weird, but no longer sounds hardware related in my head.

Try dropping a post in the alternative OS or mobo section.

06-16-08, 01:18 AM	Thread Starter #1
zulfy26 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vancouver, WA	MSI P35 problems booting I have a MSI p35 Platinum, with Intel Q6600. When I first got the board, almost a year ago, the floppy drive wouldn't work. (Tried multiple cables, drives, settings etc) I finally just gave up and ignored it. I haven't really had a need to use the floppy drive, so I thought, no biggie. But since then I've noticed that the motherboard has a hard time booting to Live-CD's (read: won't boot to them at all) I.e. Linux distros, Memtestx86, hard drive diags, etc. For example when booting to GParted 0.3.6-7 I get the error: "/bin/sh: Can't access tty; Job control turned off" I'd really like to know if I should RMA the board, is there a setting I've missed, or some other advice? Thanks __________________ heat 9-0-0 Lian Li PC7B Plus ASRock Z77 Extreme6 Intel Core i7 3770k w/ Corsair H80 Muskin Enhanced PC3-14900 HIS HD 5870 Corsair HX620 WD Caviar Black 2TB Last edited by zulfy26; 06-16-08 at 01:24 AM.
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06-16-08, 11:52 AM	#2
nightelph Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NorCal	Will the machine boot any disc? An XP disc? If you've been through all the settings in BIOS and still believe its the mobo at fault, flash the BIOS with the latest firmware, even if its already the newest. Also, post this in the mobo section, it'll get more attention. __________________ Ivy Quad, Asus Z77 GTX670, Vertex4 256GB Dell 2408WFP, Mackie MR5 Monitors Heat
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06-16-08, 01:49 PM	Thread Starter #3
zulfy26 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vancouver, WA	It loads an XP disc, but has problems booting to live-on Linux discs. Also, I flashed the bios to the latest under Windows a couple weeks ago. __________________ heat 9-0-0 Lian Li PC7B Plus ASRock Z77 Extreme6 Intel Core i7 3770k w/ Corsair H80 Muskin Enhanced PC3-14900 HIS HD 5870 Corsair HX620 WD Caviar Black 2TB
	QUOTE Thanks

06-16-08, 05:07 PM	#4
nightelph Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NorCal	Thats kinda weird, but no longer sounds hardware related in my head. Try dropping a post in the alternative OS or mobo section. __________________ Ivy Quad, Asus Z77 GTX670, Vertex4 256GB Dell 2408WFP, Mackie MR5 Monitors Heat
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