Initial computer setup, BIOS, etc

[beeler311]

Well I got it fixed. The motherboard was busted. I got a new one and it works just fine. My question is...I have an external, usb floppy drive and a cd rom. How do I go about getting into DOS or loading my OS? Thanks.

Jeff

 

[beeler311]

PS, I want to put Linux on here. I am downloading it on this computer and will burn it to a cd. I had windows xp but I can't find my cd. Thanks.

 

[beeler311]

I enabled it in the bios (USB-FDD) but when I do that, I get no video. ugh!!! I reset the cmos and it does fine. I have 6 usb ports. Does it matter which one I plug the drive into. I have a boot disk as well. Is it possible to make a boot cd and have it boot from the cd rom?

 

[beeler311]

Ok, I bought an internal floppy. It posts fine. When I go into the bios and change ANYTHING, it goes back to giving me no video. It beeps and everthing just like normal. Except sometimes, I will get an alternating beep continuously. Like, "high beep, low beep, high beep, low beep, etc" I think I'm going to take it into fry's and have them run it and see what they think. Any ideas about that guys?

 

[beeler311]

I tried to get it to read the cd rom drive first, no video. usb floppy, no video, the date, no video.

 

[beeler311]

if it loads, then it goes to a screen and lists the drives, and at the bottom says "checksum error-defaults loaded" and stops there. I can press the del key from this screen and enter the bios. What does this mean?

EDIT

here is what is on the screen


Processor: AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+
Memory Testing: 524288k ok
Memory Clock is: DDR 400
Channel 1 Master: EDC WD800jb-00CRA1 17.07w17
Channel 1 Slave: none
Channel 2 master: Asus cd-s520/a4 1.2
Channel 2 Slave: none

"something" checksum error-defaults loaded


I can't read what the "something" is because it is pushed off to the left of the screen. The computer is hooked up to my tv and I can't move it. I'll have to change the resolution in windows. Thanks.

 

[beeler311]

Ok, got it fixed for real this time. ANOTHER bad motherboard. thanks to fry's for checking it out for me FOR FREE!!!