First PC Build Help Please!!!

Jebus900 · 07-16-2008, 07:55 PM

Ya so as the title indicates I am a newb when it comes to computers but decided to give it a shot.

I got my parts together today and assembled them. I believe I got through POST as I see the ROG symbol pop up but then it says something along the lines:

"Reboot and select Proper Boot Device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot Device and press key"

What should I do?

Thanks in advance, Daniel

System Specs:
Mobo: Maximus Extreme X38 CPU: Intel Q9450
Ram: OCZ DDR3 1600mhz GPU: Visiontek HD 4870
HDD: WD 10000RPM Velociraptor 300GB

Jebus900 · 07-16-2008, 07:59 PM

Oh also all the fans and onboard leds light up! I am using stock cooling as of right now but will move to water as soon as I get it stable!

-Daniel

Tumbleweed36 · 07-16-2008, 08:00 PM

First, enter the bios setup menu and make sure that you have the Boot Order set to:

CDRom - 1st
Floppy - 2nd
Hard Drive - 3rd

Then, migrate on down to the Hard Drive Priority and make sure you have the hard drive you want the OS on listed first in this area.

Jebus900 · 07-16-2008, 08:19 PM

I know i should do that but I can't for the life of me get into BIOS. I press the indicated button but it just goes to the boot screen.

Thanks for any help!!

-Daniel

Tumbleweed36 · 07-16-2008, 08:32 PM

As soon as it starts up, hold down the DEL button and don't let it up until it enters the Bios setup menu.

~~Systems_Analyst~~ · 07-16-2008, 08:49 PM

After you've done changing the boot order in the bios save the settings, reboot the computer, and then put the operating system CD on the CD drive and the computer should automatically boot to your OS CD, good luck and hope everything is working from now on.

Jebus900 · 07-16-2008, 08:51 PM

Ha Ha yeah turns out it was the keyboard!! I was using an old emachines keyboard and the delete must not work!!! I replaced with a dell keyboard that was double its age and it worked beautifully.

Thanks for the help though, I'll start trying to get it ready for the os tomorrow prob.

P.S. How do you make a bootable USB Flash Disk? I formatted it into FAT32 but its still not recognized in Asus EZ Flash

-Daniel

07-16-2008, 07:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jebus900 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista	First PC Build Help Please!!! Ya so as the title indicates I am a newb when it comes to computers but decided to give it a shot. I got my parts together today and assembled them. I believe I got through POST as I see the ROG symbol pop up but then it says something along the lines: "Reboot and select Proper Boot Device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot Device and press key" What should I do? Thanks in advance, Daniel System Specs: Mobo: Maximus Extreme X38 CPU: Intel Q9450 Ram: OCZ DDR3 1600mhz GPU: Visiontek HD 4870 HDD: WD 10000RPM Velociraptor 300GB

07-16-2008, 07:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jebus900 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista	Re: First PC Build Help Please!!! Oh also all the fans and onboard leds light up! I am using stock cooling as of right now but will move to water as soon as I get it stable! -Daniel

07-16-2008, 08:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 14,101 OS: XP Professional	Re: First PC Build Help Please!!! First, enter the bios setup menu and make sure that you have the Boot Order set to: CDRom - 1st Floppy - 2nd Hard Drive - 3rd Then, migrate on down to the Hard Drive Priority and make sure you have the hard drive you want the OS on listed first in this area. __________________ ----------

07-16-2008, 08:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jebus900 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista	Re: First PC Build Help Please!!! I know i should do that but I can't for the life of me get into BIOS. I press the indicated button but it just goes to the boot screen. Thanks for any help!! -Daniel

07-16-2008, 08:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tumbleweed36 Asst Manager Hardware Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA Posts: 14,101 OS: XP Professional	Re: First PC Build Help Please!!! As soon as it starts up, hold down the DEL button and don't let it up until it enters the Bios setup menu. __________________ ----------

07-16-2008, 08:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
~~Systems_Analyst~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 40 OS: Windows XP Professional	Re: First PC Build Help Please!!! After you've done changing the boot order in the bios save the settings, reboot the computer, and then put the operating system CD on the CD drive and the computer should automatically boot to your OS CD, good luck and hope everything is working from now on.

07-16-2008, 08:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jebus900 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Vista	Re: First PC Build Help Please!!! Ha Ha yeah turns out it was the keyboard!! I was using an old emachines keyboard and the delete must not work!!! I replaced with a dell keyboard that was double its age and it worked beautifully. Thanks for the help though, I'll start trying to get it ready for the os tomorrow prob. P.S. How do you make a bootable USB Flash Disk? I formatted it into FAT32 but its still not recognized in Asus EZ Flash -Daniel