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kool1zero

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Okay, so i've assembled a new system. (not the one in my specs, but moving some components over.) anyways its a Asus P5N-D,Memory, Two video cards to sli, and some cheapo hard drives to hold the OS's for now (storage disk(s) to come later), and a 48x IDE cd rom drive

my problem is that i cant get it to boot into a install CD. i've tried other drives which work in other towers.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x86
Motherboard
Asus P5N-D
Memory
8 Gig(4 x 2 Gig)
Graphics Card(s)
2 x GeForce 9500 GT (SLI)
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x 25" VGA, 1 37" DVI-D
Hard Drives
1x 5400 RPM 100 gig
4 x 5400 RPM 250 gig RAID 0+1
1 TB USB 3.0 external hard drive
500 gig external
Does your CD player work with anything? Did you set your CD drive as 1st boot device or select the one time boot option (the key will be on your startup screen) and select to boot from the CD drive? Make sure the IDE is enabled in bios. Does your CD Drive show up in bios? I know it is a lot of questions but necessary I think.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
    ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
    OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    CPU
    Ryzen 9 5900X
    Motherboard
    Asus X570 Crosshair Viii Hero
    Memory
    32GB G Skill DDR4-3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA RTX 3080 FTW 3 Ultra
    Sound Card
    On Board/Sennheiser PC37X Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 X Asus 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    2 X 1 TB NVME drives
    PSU
    EVGA 850
    Case
    Phanteks Eclipse P400A
    Cooling
    EVGA 280 AIO
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510s/ Logitech G13
    Mouse
    Logitech G502
    Internet Speed
    24/1
    Antivirus
    ESET/MBAM Pro/SAS Pro
    Browser
    Chrome/ Firefox/ Edge
  • Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number
    Dell 16 Plus
    OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    CPU
    Intel Ultra 9 288V
    Memory
    32 GB LPDDR5X 8533
    Monitor(s) Displays
    16" Mini-LED HDR600 Touch 90 Hz
    Screen Resolution
    2560X1600
    Hard Drives
    1 TB NVME
You need a DVD optical drive to boot the win7 install DVD, NOT a CD drive ;)
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU
AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard
SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory
2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card(s)
Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card
on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
PSU
430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case
All Generic Full Towers
Cooling
Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Keyboard
Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse
Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
Internet Speed
Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus
AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser
IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info
Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
.....okay, I'm gonna go try a DVD drive.... be back soon >.<

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My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x86
Motherboard
Asus P5N-D
Memory
8 Gig(4 x 2 Gig)
Graphics Card(s)
2 x GeForce 9500 GT (SLI)
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x 25" VGA, 1 37" DVI-D
Hard Drives
1x 5400 RPM 100 gig
4 x 5400 RPM 250 gig RAID 0+1
1 TB USB 3.0 external hard drive
500 gig external
Okay, so a DVD drive and one hard drive and video card at a time (a friend pointed out a 400w psu probably can't handle two drives and SLI setup) worked fine for installing seven. Now to get a bigger psu to dual boot ubuntu 11.04

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My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x86
Motherboard
Asus P5N-D
Memory
8 Gig(4 x 2 Gig)
Graphics Card(s)
2 x GeForce 9500 GT (SLI)
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x 25" VGA, 1 37" DVI-D
Hard Drives
1x 5400 RPM 100 gig
4 x 5400 RPM 250 gig RAID 0+1
1 TB USB 3.0 external hard drive
500 gig external
Do I understand correctly that you got 7 installed?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
    ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
    OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    CPU
    Ryzen 9 5900X
    Motherboard
    Asus X570 Crosshair Viii Hero
    Memory
    32GB G Skill DDR4-3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA RTX 3080 FTW 3 Ultra
    Sound Card
    On Board/Sennheiser PC37X Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 X Asus 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    2 X 1 TB NVME drives
    PSU
    EVGA 850
    Case
    Phanteks Eclipse P400A
    Cooling
    EVGA 280 AIO
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510s/ Logitech G13
    Mouse
    Logitech G502
    Internet Speed
    24/1
    Antivirus
    ESET/MBAM Pro/SAS Pro
    Browser
    Chrome/ Firefox/ Edge
  • Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number
    Dell 16 Plus
    OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    CPU
    Intel Ultra 9 288V
    Memory
    32 GB LPDDR5X 8533
    Monitor(s) Displays
    16" Mini-LED HDR600 Touch 90 Hz
    Screen Resolution
    2560X1600
    Hard Drives
    1 TB NVME
essenbe said:
Do I understand correctly that you got 7 installed?
Click to expand...

Sure sounds like it!

Although your PSU wouldnt run 2 GFX cards it would probably run the second hard disk without any trouble. So you can try and get your linux build running before you buy a psu.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 2.5Ghz
Motherboard
Asus P5QD Turbo
Memory
Kingston HyperX 4x1GB DDR2 1066Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Asus/Nvidia 9500GT 1GB
Sound Card
On-Board HD
Monitor(s) Displays
22" Widescreen TFT
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
2x 320Gb Seagate SATAII RAID 0
2x 80Gb Seagate SATAII RAID 0
1x 1tb hybrid (8gb ssd)
PSU
650w
Case
ATX
Cooling
140mm front, 120mm Rear, 80mm Chipset + stock CPU and GPU
Keyboard
Plastic one
Mouse
Plastic one
Internet Speed
4Mbps
Other Info
Laptop: HP Elitebook 2560p
i5 @2.7Ghz 4GB DDR3
Sub Styler said:
essenbe said:
Do I understand correctly that you got 7 installed?
Click to expand...

Sure sounds like it!

Although your PSU wouldnt run 2 GFX cards it would probably run the second hard disk without any trouble. So you can try and get your linux build running before you buy a psu.
Click to expand...

I agree 100%. A hard drive will pull very little from the PSU.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
    ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
    OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    CPU
    Ryzen 9 5900X
    Motherboard
    Asus X570 Crosshair Viii Hero
    Memory
    32GB G Skill DDR4-3600
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA RTX 3080 FTW 3 Ultra
    Sound Card
    On Board/Sennheiser PC37X Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 X Asus 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    2 X 1 TB NVME drives
    PSU
    EVGA 850
    Case
    Phanteks Eclipse P400A
    Cooling
    EVGA 280 AIO
    Keyboard
    Logitech G510s/ Logitech G13
    Mouse
    Logitech G502
    Internet Speed
    24/1
    Antivirus
    ESET/MBAM Pro/SAS Pro
    Browser
    Chrome/ Firefox/ Edge
  • Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number
    Dell 16 Plus
    OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    CPU
    Intel Ultra 9 288V
    Memory
    32 GB LPDDR5X 8533
    Monitor(s) Displays
    16" Mini-LED HDR600 Touch 90 Hz
    Screen Resolution
    2560X1600
    Hard Drives
    1 TB NVME
Yeah, but I'll need a bigger psu for the second card anywaysq

Sent from my Droid Incredible
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x86
Motherboard
Asus P5N-D
Memory
8 Gig(4 x 2 Gig)
Graphics Card(s)
2 x GeForce 9500 GT (SLI)
Monitor(s) Displays
2 x 25" VGA, 1 37" DVI-D
Hard Drives
1x 5400 RPM 100 gig
4 x 5400 RPM 250 gig RAID 0+1
1 TB USB 3.0 external hard drive
500 gig external
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