new pc help

[ultimate]

whay ya need to see?

Can you post a screenshot of the advanced bios features?

[jackvdbuk]

ok but ill do it tomorow now, ive already tried 3 tiems today to fix it...

btw that rtldr missing thing, comes up even whe ntheres no disc to boot from in the drive so it cant be the windows install disc?

[FatalSaviour]

Jack, when it comes up with 'Press any key to boot from CD', are you definitely pressing a recognised button, space bar, a letter, anything?
Is it recognising the key press? (I think the . . . scrolls along for 5 seconds or so before it goes on to try the next boot device, if this is still going after you've pressed, it doesn't seem to have registered the key press).
I think your boot order is set up correctly (it wouldn't be coming up with the Press Key prompt if it weren't...it would go straight to trying to boot from your HD.

[FatalSaviour]

The ntldr error is there because (AFAIK) it can't find it on your hard drive.
That's why it still happens when u remove the Optical drive.
See above post for my latest thoughts

[jackvdbuk]

hmmm ti could be that, but on the other hand the keyboard does work in the bios, could it being USb have any effect?

[FatalSaviour]

Shouldn't do, if it's working in the Bios.
Have a look to see if the dots still scroll across once you press the key at the prompt...
If that is the problem, plug in a PS2 keyboard (might want to try anyway, no harm in doing so ).
If it doesn't work, I'll have another ponder.

[jackvdbuk]

fatalsavour!!! u little gem i tried a ps/2 keyboard and it works! omg thx alot

[ultimate]

Out of curiousity how the hell did you get into the bios in the first place!!!?

[FatalSaviour]

I wondered that too, and that's why I didn't suggest it sooner ultimate (that and unfortunately the first picture was cropped, just before I could see whether there were any dots).

However jack, I'm pleased you've got it sorted jack, not least because I was scraping the bottom of the ideas barrel for solutions to your particular problem .

Hope you enjoy your new build matey.

I'll send the invoice later