Help Please! New build, Boot errors, POST ok

[Zackn06]

Just put together a new PC in my old Case from a long time ago. First off, here's the specs
Case: CoolerMaster Centurion 5
CPU : Intel I5 3570k
Mobo: ASRock Z77 Extreme 4
GPU: ATI Radeon 6870
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) (9-9-9-24)
HDD: 360GB Seagate SATA i believe
PSU : Thermaltake TR2 600w (I know not a very good PSU, but i bought it last minute at BB)
Optical: HP DVD/RW

So, today i finally got everything in, cleaned & Cleared my old case, did an out-of-case boot and everything went perfect.
Installed everything except GPU into case and got ready. POST looks good, no error codes and Dr.Debug Shows no errors. I go to boot setup and select DVD/RW Drive because I'm doing a clean install(Yes i have Boot CD in) and hit enter. I get This message :
" Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media"

So i go into BIOS and change boot order to HDD, Same thing. I even tryed changing the Type from ICHI, to IDE & RAID for shts & Giggles, but still the same thing.
I'm thinking, Bad HDD? Nope, i hooked it up to an old tower i had laying around and everything looked good. Again, i switched out the brand new DVD/RW Combo drive for another and still same thing. I even tryed going into the 3GBs sata inputs on motherboard and same thing. I even switched out the new SATA Cables for old ones, and still the same thing.

Also, in the BIOS, both the DVD/RW Drive and the HDD are detected.

Any help would be appreciated, Although I'm not with my PC atm, I'm thinking it might be a jumper setting? Or maybe theres a master SATA Input?


By the way, i'm not quite sure if this is the right category, If it it isn't, I'm terribly sorry.

Thanks in advance,
Zack

 

[TiZakit]

Wow. You've stumped me.

I don't even know where to turn, besides suspecting the motherboard, but with everything detected in BIOS, even that is suspect.

I'm mainly posting here to commend you on your excellent troubleshooting and narrative.

EDIT: Suggest CMOS clear and try again. It's a long shot in my mind, but it would be my next move.

 

[Zackn06]

I've tryed the IO Clear CMOS button, as well as the Jumper setting on the motherboard as well as powerflushing it manually(battery).

 

[TiZakit]

Well, that leaves the motherboard or the cables then.

I don't know of any setting that would cause this issue. Booting from CD is old hat these days.

If you want, try booting from a USB drive.

 

[Zackn06]

If you want, try booting from a USB drive.

I doubt its the motherboard, its brand new.
I've never booted from a flash drive, Is it any different?
I was thinking maybe the Boot cd isnt bootable and is just on there.
Any other thoughts?

I've tried to see if theres a master SATA port on the motherboard but the manual isnt really that good.

 

[TiZakit]

No such thing as a master SATA port.

What are you trying to boot to? I just assumed a windows/linux disk.

If it is something custom, then try something standard first. See if you can get it to boot from anything that you already know works.

 

[Zackn06]

Windows 7 ultimate, I've used it before but it wasnt a fresh install. It was on another partition

 

[TiZakit]

A windows 7 ultimate retail disk? Or something nlited, or something else.

Throw it in another computer, and post a screen of the root folder please.

-or-

If you have a working boot disk, try that.

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See if this disk boots in another PC.

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Make a working UBCD http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ (I'll assume you know how to burn ISOs)

(I'll probably be gone till 4pm-ish tomorrow, by the time you post again)

 

[Zackn06]

I'll try it tonight,
Thanks for your help! I posted on 4 other forums and no one bothered to reply!

 

[Metlcub]

I had a issue with a back up copy of my win 7 disk it would ask Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media. I tried a couple times and it kept asking me. I then tried to DVD-RW in another system worked fine. Tried again and same thing. I put the retail dvd in and no problem, some reason the new Blue ray combo drive did not like the DVD-r copy.

 

[Zackn06]

Ended up being a bad write of the iso

 

[TiZakit]

Awesome! Glad you got it righted.Thanks for checking back too.