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					Originally Posted by Jace
					
				 checked the jumpers first thing, they are all set fine
 i can't boot at all...once it gets to that second "detecting ide drives..." it completely locks up, i can't even get into bios after that
 
 the bios is fine though, if I take unhook all the drives it allows me to get into the bios, and the drives are all ordered right
 
 i think it might be a HD issue to be honest
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  could be HD or cable, remove all CDROMS, DVD writers whatever you have there, and try booting with only the HD cabled, also try different cable to the HD (you know the wide gray cable, not sure what it's called)