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joesloppy

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April 11th, 2005 17:00

Bios shows boot device, boot sequence menu does not, No boot device available error!

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Message Edited by joesloppy on 04-11-2005 04:32 PM

joesloppy

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April 11th, 2005 20:00

I had problems originally posting this message, now I got it posted, thats why its edited.
 
Message Edited by joesloppy on 04-11-2005 04:32 PM

Message Edited by joesloppy on 04-11-2005 04:33 PM

joesloppy

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April 11th, 2005 20:00

Bios shows boot device, boot sequence menu does not, No boot device available error! I recently installed a ATA 133 PCI card on my Dell 8200. Then after booting up and installing the driver, I shut off the computer, then installed 1 new DVD drive along with my existing one (master and slave) and 1 new Maxtor 200GB ultra ATA 133 Hard drive to the new ATA PCI Card, so with my existing 2 I have (master and slave) and then 1 Maxtor to the PCI card, that make 3 total. But when I booted up, the computer said No boot devices, never had this error before, so I unplugged all the devices and just left the main hard drive plugged in, it booted fine, then I hooked them all up again and it said again, no boot devices, well, this time when I unhooked it all again and rebooted, it still said no boot devices. I really messed it up I guess because now it wont boot to anything. In the bios I see everything I hooked up to it, which it good, but under boot sequence, it shows no enabled devices and all they say is PROCESSOR: but not the actually device like HARD DRIVE or FLOPPY DRIVE, I showed it to a friend who said he never seen anything like that. Well, I took out all the IDE cards and left only the AGP card in for video. I unplugged all devices, except for Floppy and it didn't even boot to it, I hit F12 to bring up boot menu and select floppy, but same error, NO BOOT DEVICE AVAILABLE, press F1 to retry or F2 to enter setup... No Mater what I hook up in what order, the bios recognizes it, but still its not listed in the boot sequence. I can verify all cords and drives work cause I removed them and plugged them into a different computer and it booted just fine. I even installed that PCI ata card and added my 200GB hard drive, it worked great. This stupid dell though couldn't handle it or it was just its time to go. I also, on the dell, removed the battery, and had to reset the time after booting back up, but it still had the same issues. The lights on the back of the tower, the first THREE, A, B and C are GREEN, the last one is orange - D, what does this mean? Any ideas? By the way, the PCI Card, is a siig ultra ata 133 non raid card, I just wanted to use it for my Maxtor 200GB drive, but in the dell, it wont work, and it killed my bios or I killed it by repeatedly unplugging and plugging back in devices.

Majestic

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April 12th, 2005 11:00

Back in the days when the XPS T and XPS R models were more frequently being upgraded many users found the SiiG controller cards to be trouble-some to install.  Back then Promise ATA controller cards were recommended to resolve installation problems.  The problems you are experiencing maybe related to the SiiG card itself.
 
What I would do is remove the card and reattach everything back on the motherboard controller to get the machine up and running normally.  It wouldn't hurt to clear the NVRAM after everything is physically installed back on the motherboard.  To clear the NVRAM via the BIOS Setup click here for the instructions on how to do it.  Once the system is back up and running normally then I would just install the controller card with nothing on it.  On your model you may receive a message during boot up that the card's BIOS wasn't installed.  This is normal because nothing is attached to the controller card.  If you encounter problems I would check to see that the Fast Boot option is disabled in the BIOS Setup.  The enabling of Fast Boot maybe causing the system to skip over the card's detection.  If you still encounter problems try clearing the NVRAM again and if that doesn't fix things then consider replacing the card.  Once the system boots normally then try moving an IDE drive over to the card and see what happens.  In your boot sequence it should either list the controller card itself as a bootable add-in card or list the drive attached to the controller card.  Not sure on your model.  If you again encounter problems installing drives that worked previously on the motherboard controller then I would consider replacing the controller card with a Promise brand.

RoHe

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April 12th, 2005 16:00

You didn't say what PC you have so can't say what the LED code means. Should be listed in your owner manual. You may need to clear NVRAM on your PC. Search the Dell knowledge base or your user manual for instructions. You should probably unplug everything except the original config, clear NVRAM and see if you can get it to boot.

If that works, remove the SIIG drivers. Then install the card and reinstall the drivers following SIIG's instructions for "existing XP installations". Before you connect anything to the new IDE card, make sure it's properly recognized by Device Manager. It should appear under SCSI and Raid Controllers in Device Manager. Then connect each new device, one at a time, and make sure each is properly recognized before installing the next one.

I installed SIIG UltraATA 133 card in my 8400 without issues.

Ron

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