Okay, I have a problem. Any disk I put in my optical drive will not work. I did a fresh install with an XP Pro SP 2 disk. After everything installed (quickly, I'll happily add), Windows booted for the first time. Not LAN drivers, no audio drivers, etc etc. I put in the ASUS CD that came with this mobo, and from the autorun I got this error -
"The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000006). Click on OK to terminate the application."
I did some research, and lot of people got that error from UPGRADING the windows version, or installing some sort of antivirus software. I also tried the CD that came with my video card, and I got this error -
"E:
Only part of a ReadProcessMemory or WriteProcessMemory request was completed"
I have run Memtest86+ for approximately 3 hours, with no errors. As far as I can tell, Windows is fine. I downloaded LAN drivers and HD audio drivers from another computer and transfered them via a USB drive, so now those work, no problems. It seems the problem lies with the DVD drive.
I have come up with a few ideas.
1. Replace the IDE cable (Windows installed, why would this be the faulty part?)
2. Replace the drive (again, Windows installed, why would it not work now)
3. Update the BIOS, see if something after version 801 works.
4. Get a whole new drive (same one, or different one) and see it that works.
Oh yeah, I tried to update the Firmware from the Lite-on website, but that failed. Any ideas on what else I could try (or what I should of the ones above) would be greatly appreciated.
E6600, no OC
P5W DH Deluxe, BIOS 801
2x 7200.10 320 GB
Lite-On SHM-165H6S
Conect3d X1900XT (no drivers/software installed yet)
2x 1GB OCZ Platinum at 4-4-5-15 (BIOS Setting order) @ 2.10V