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.

[vee_ess]

Have you enabled the RAID?

[Jason425]

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?

[Jason425]

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

[Dragon]

Originally Posted by Skylander

I have a clean new Maxtor sata that I want to format and load up with Win2000.

good waste of a drive.....

[Jason425]

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