Cd Drive won't boot after New HD install

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gatliffe
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:?: I trying to help my my sister install a new maxtor HD 120 gig , she live 1200 miles away after helping her with by phone and email I sure she got it install right.
the bug is she can't install XP the CD won't boot, she has 2 CD Drives one a Lite on Burner the other OEM the bio are set to boot from CD, now both CD Drives show only a black sceen with any CD in the drive, I can only think the bug is in the bio put not sure, The mother board is a Asus P4V533-MX, also try copying the old HD to the new with maxblaster 3 went ok but had errors Maxblaster say drive would work ok with error but it still won't boot , The computer boot with the old drive but not by CD drive
Could use some help on this Thanks
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NickS
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Do all drives show up in the configuration display?
I appreciate that it is difficult for you do do this by remote control, but if she removes the cables from all drives except 1 CD drive does it get any further? If so I guess you may need to check jumper settings - are all set to Cable Select?
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