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by m_grande 1 view

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I recently did a few setups with my pc's. Now i'm unable to start up,i'm getting an i/o conflic (check disk).i uninstall what i have added, modem,sound,nic,etc.but this didn't help.not sure if the bios was configure automatic.i have a (ASUS P3B-F) motherboard..what are the steps to troubleshoot this????

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by csmith

Installing and removing a MODEM, Sound Card, and NIC will not affect the BIOS settings.
The usual cause of boot failure after doing this is a loose/damaged Hard Drive Cable.
Some PCs have very little room to work, and some cables are poorly made.
It is easy to cause this problem, in this case.
Check/swap the cables for the Hard Drive and the Floppy Drive, and set the BIOS to Halt on No Errors. The source of the problem should become obvious.
Regards, Chris

by yagar

In the BIOS of the board ( I am looking at a P2B-F so it may be slightly different)

In the "BIOS feature Setup" Screen

the "BIOS update" is enabled

In the "PNP PCI" setup screen

PNP OS installed is set to "NO"
Slot 1-x are all set to "AUTO"
All the IRQ and DMA are set to No/ICU

If these were all set correctly or booting does not change anything

On the first screen of the BIOS there is a "LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS" do that.

e-mail me if you need more help

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