Question about a POST error
 

I just got an ASUS P4P800S mobo. When it boots, it does a correct auto-detect of all the drives, and the BIOS setup works fine. I have a clean new Maxtor sata that I want to format and load up with Win2000.

But it never gets to the a: drive utility disk. Instead, I get a red (uh-oh) popup which says "Invalid copy! Press any key to continue". Pressing keys does not clear the popup. I also won't boot from any other drive, including the CD.

If I disconnect my c: and d: (normal IDE) drives, the popup doesn't come up, but it still doesn't start the a: setup.

I eMailed ASUS, but haven't heard back, so I guess they're off for the holidays.

Any help would be very much appreciated, and would make my niece (who wants to use the machine) very happy.

Have you enabled the RAID?

it comes enabled stock

I got the same issue, with an ASRock GE Pro-M2, any one else got any ideas?

Regards
Brian

what are you trying to boot to first? Floppy or hard drive?

make sure you have the floppy plugged in correctly... I know it can sometimes be a guessing game...

Re: Question about a POST error
 

good waste of a drive.....

:rofl:


lmao... I dunno if you're talking about win2k or maxtor but either way :lol: