Problem with built computer

[DarkCarnie]

Ok I just built a computer and im having a problem with it, it has no OS or anything on it, hard drives completely empty, takes a good minute to detect the ide drives, then the next page takes a minute that says Verifying DMI Pool Data.... and on the next screen i get...
NVIDIA Boot Agent, PXE-2.0 (build 082 V1.82)
Copyright 2001 Nvidia Corperation
PXE-E61:Media Test Failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting NVIDIA Boot Agent
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER

 

[airiox]

sounds like you may have a defective hard drive.

Whats your hard drive?.

Do you have the OS disk in the drive on startup?

 

[NiKEUS]

if there is no OS it will say there is an invalid system disk...
perhaps it would be a good idea to load one...

 

[DarkCarnie]

I dont have an OS on there , its completely blank, could i put the harddrive in another computer,install the OS, then put it back into the original comp?

 

[SiGn]

yes, but make sure you use a boot disk to do it, that's really what you need

 

[DarkCarnie]

ok nvm I put in a different cd rom drive and its reading the discs, but ive moved on to a whole nother problem now, in the XP Pro Setup it says "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer..." but I can see the hard drive in the list when it says detecting IDE drives on the computer startup

 

[DarkCarnie]

nvm nvm, there was a jumper i had to take off the hard drive, now that i feel dumb i'll go back to installing windows

 

[airiox]

lol yeah first thing is to set the jumpers.

 

[TibsBeatAll]

dude, this entire thread was like.
i got a problem, wait no.
i fixed it.
i got a problem again dude,
wait no, fixed. all good.

lol. what a thread.