Put old CPU/Mobo/Ram combo back together and tried installing Windows XP

[Grimace]

Had my old combo lying around, and need to build a budget setup with it. Got it all together and installed windows. Everything seemed fine. Restarted and it wont read the HD.
In the bios i have to refresh the HD for it to identify it. But after doing that, it still wont start up properly. It sits at the Boot From CD prompt every time.

pretty old stuff:
eVGA IP35 mobo
146 Opteron
Patriot DDR

 

[mpilchfamily]

Try a differnt HDD and see if the bios has trouble with it.

 

[Paperlantern]

Reset to defaults in BIOS/CMOS?

 

[Grimace]

i did try all defaults, and reset the CMOS
you know, upgrades are so cheap, i ended up ordering a new combo from newegg. still bugs me though, wish i knew what was wrong.