I've just replaced my dead GA-7VA with 7VT600P-RZ, I've installed all the cables just as they were on the previous MB but strangely it does not want to boot!
In BIOS it shows both of hard drives installed as Master and Slave on IDE1 while on IDE2 both of my optical drives, but once out of the BIOS it just does not boot. Error message basically says there is no system and request a disc to be inserted ....
I've tried to fresh install with XP but it says no HDD detected, same goes if I try to install Linux ...
The system was originally set with dual boot with Linux and Windows.
What is the problem?
Sounds like a cabling issue with the drives. From the description, you are running PATA (parallel) interface drives, using ribbon cables. Make sure you cabled the master to the master drive, and ditto for the slave. They are easy to reverse.
From what you say, the system is recognizing your optical drives, since you can attempt a reinstall from one of them. That really does point to a cabling issue with the hard drives.
As another diagnostic tool, try removing the slave drive, and see what happens.
Cheers
Nick
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