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Przepraszam
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PostPosted: Fri, 8th Oct 2010 11:04    Post subject: Enabled AHCI. DVD will not boot
So here I am, I have formatted my hard drive which is WD300GB and I have enabled AHCI in the BIOS but it does not boot with windows 7..

Do you guys think that DVR-215 is too old to be compatible? Would buying a different brand would work?

Funny because I have AHCI enabled on my laptop and DVD-DRIVE that came with it works perfectly. It boots windows 7 DVD just fine but my desktop will not.

Could this be motherboard issue or DVD-Drive issue?
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PostPosted: Fri, 8th Oct 2010 11:26    Post subject:
I don't get it. Can you boot from the win7 dvd ?
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PostPosted: Fri, 8th Oct 2010 11:40    Post subject:
When the machine POSTS is the DVD drive displayed as a detected drive? If it is shown, then the most likely cause is your primary boot device is the hard drive and not the DVD drive.

Just go into the BIOS and change the boot order so that the DVD drive is first. It's much quicker to install Windows 7 through a USB drive though.
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PostPosted: Fri, 8th Oct 2010 17:38    Post subject:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
I don't get it. Can you boot from the win7 dvd ?


No, I can't. It is stuck at ""Verifying DMI POOL DATA"..'

I have set my boot priority to either CD-ROM or "P0 PIONEER DVD-ROM" and second boot device is the HDD

And It will still not boot.
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shole




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PostPosted: Fri, 8th Oct 2010 18:17    Post subject:
i second the usb install

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7vista-from-usb-drive-detailed-100-working-guide/
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PostPosted: Fri, 8th Oct 2010 18:41    Post subject:
It doesn't matter as I do not have 4GB flash drive.

I wanted to install a hackintosh but it requires to have AHCI enabled in BIOS, but it won't boot from the DVD-ROM!
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PostPosted: Fri, 8th Oct 2010 19:15    Post subject:
that serves u right, to play with the fag toys Cool Face
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PostPosted: Fri, 8th Oct 2010 19:35    Post subject:
I found a solution..really weird one but it works

http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/33358-cant-boot-cd-dvd-while-ahci-active-ep45-ds3-2.html#post341314
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PostPosted: Fri, 8th Oct 2010 21:16    Post subject:
I have that problem and the simple solution is to let the Win7 DVD extract all the files to the HD after which it will do it's first reboot. This is when you changed from IDE to AHCI. Simple and effective. Smile

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