Hey,
I just bought an ASUS A7N8X-X yesterday. I installed it, and it went through post, but I got some errors and it wouldn't go on into windows. The CPU was recognised without trouble, as was PART of the ram, it only said I had 256Mb when in truth I have 1Gig; and the IDE devices were recognised. The other errors I got were something along the lines of:
Primary IDE no 80 pin conductor cable installed
Secondary IDE no 80 pin conductor cable installed
It also went on to give me a 'Floppy Disk Fail (40)'
I can tell you for a fact that it isnt my hardware, such as HDD/floppy/etc because I reinstalled my old motherboard and as you can see its working fine. I think it might be something to with the IDE cables though, since I read something here about the error im getting that was similiar. I have a HDD and a DVD on the primary and a HDD and a CDRW on the secondary. I have a suspicion that its something to do with the fact that I use rounded IDE/floppy cables, and not the ones that came with the motherboard; could this be the case? They were fine on my old motherboard which is an Elitegroup ECS K7S5A but maybe this is just because its an older motherboard?
I would really appreciate any help, and quickly if possible since I'm thinking of taking it back tommorow if it turns out that its probably faulty and not because im using the wrong IDE cables.
Thanks
I just bought an ASUS A7N8X-X yesterday. I installed it, and it went through post, but I got some errors and it wouldn't go on into windows. The CPU was recognised without trouble, as was PART of the ram, it only said I had 256Mb when in truth I have 1Gig; and the IDE devices were recognised. The other errors I got were something along the lines of:
Primary IDE no 80 pin conductor cable installed
Secondary IDE no 80 pin conductor cable installed
It also went on to give me a 'Floppy Disk Fail (40)'
I can tell you for a fact that it isnt my hardware, such as HDD/floppy/etc because I reinstalled my old motherboard and as you can see its working fine. I think it might be something to with the IDE cables though, since I read something here about the error im getting that was similiar. I have a HDD and a DVD on the primary and a HDD and a CDRW on the secondary. I have a suspicion that its something to do with the fact that I use rounded IDE/floppy cables, and not the ones that came with the motherboard; could this be the case? They were fine on my old motherboard which is an Elitegroup ECS K7S5A but maybe this is just because its an older motherboard?
I would really appreciate any help, and quickly if possible since I'm thinking of taking it back tommorow if it turns out that its probably faulty and not because im using the wrong IDE cables.
Thanks
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