help!!

[cmeans37]

How do I get my new hardrive to work with my new motherboard? I've hooked everything up but nothing comes on the screen. What do I do?

 

[esa193]

wat u mean your bios dosnt come up?
do u have the power and ide or sata cables in correctly to the
motherboard and hard drive

 

[Thelis]

Yeah, your bios needs to come up in order for you to do anything. When you turn your computer on, do you see anything?

 

[esa193]

it u mean xp dosnt come up thats cuz u have to install it

 

[Thelis]

And if you mean nothing at ALL comes up, then the sata or ida cables are not connected properly. Or it can be a number of problems. Did it work before you hooked up your new HDD? Unplug it, and check. If it is a new build, it might be anything, PSU... etc.

 

[esa193]

make sure if its a new build
your cpu has a cooler on it =P i no it seams stupid
but people can be that stupid
and that all power is connect
oh and the biggest factor of all!
your pc is plugged into a power outlet that works

 

[cmeans37]

okay i got bios up now what do i do

 

[Thelis]

boot up your OS, or install it.

 

[esa193]

u do no how to install an os right?
cuz if u don't u probably should not be installing a hd

 

[~mr mixx~]

okay i got bios up now what do i do

check to make sure all the setting in bios are correct, and the boot order to boot from the cd drive to install the OS.

boot menu : example

1st boot = cd drive
2nd boot hd (hard drive)
3rd boot = usb or :A drive
4th boot = none