[SOLVED] HELP! Ported Build, Can't Boot!!

OK; I just ported my build over to a new case (http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=21463.0). I can't really see that I've done anything "wrong", or changed anything else...but I can't boot back up.

I'm stuck at an "error" that says: "Verifying AMD Pool Data......AMD Data Change...Update New Data to DMI!". I've done what research I can, and the few questions I've seen about the message indicate it's pretty innocuous, and that things should move past that (and that perhaps it's common to GigaByte boards). So I don't think it's what's stopping me in my tracks; I think I have a boot issue, and this is just the last thing the board is processing before it stops.

Any thoughts for this newbie? Thanks

CD

Wow..what a PITA...from my google search, looks like the board detects a hardware change...and wants to play games.

Does clearing the CMOS work?  Haven't found a solution yet...plenty of ideas though.

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,2286.0.html

Wow..what a PITA...from my google search, looks like the board detects a hardware change...and wants to play games.

 

Does clearing the CMOS work?  Haven't found a solution yet...plenty of ideas though.

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,2286.0.html

Yeah, I should mention...while I didn't change many parts, the case is 2U (as opposed to my old, 4U case)...so there is a new PSU. Also...I installed an AOC-SASLP-MV8 card; although I removed it when I started having this issue, and it didn't make a change.

I'll poke through that thread; but in the meantime, I'm all ears if anyone has any suggestions!

CD

Here's more that may help:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/257425-30-resolved-ma790fxt-ud5p-boot-problems

Hopefully someone here has experienced this...

Wow..what a PITA...from my google search, looks like the board detects a hardware change...and wants to play games.

 

Does clearing the CMOS work?  Haven't found a solution yet...plenty of ideas though.

http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,2286.0.html

Wow; PITA is right! I cleared the CMOS (or at least think I did), and I saw another post that suggested you load "Optimized Default" after clearing the CMOS. Well, after I did that...No Physical Drive found(!). Yikes!

So I had to go into the BIOS, and set AHCI and such...so that the board wasn't looking for IDE drives (Optimized Default indeed...lol). I think I'm back up; will post and update with solved if I'm good for sure.

Thanks,

CD

Good...post the steps you took...if it works.

Good...post the steps you took...if it works.

Well, it seems this might be a GigaByte MoBo quirk(?); it doesn't seem to like changes in hardware. Most instances I found posted on the Intro-net, the users were annoyed by message more than anything else...but it wasn't keeping them from booting. Of course, that's likely into Win-something; I think with unRAID, it was keeping the board from getting to the usb boot-drive, or the HDDs themselves.

I zapped the CMOS, restored to "Optimized Defaults"; then had to change drive types in the BIOS from IDE. I still think the board gives me that message/error on boot-up; but I now roll by it just fine. Some of the posts I saw, said it "just stopped" one day; I guess once the GB board gets used to the hardware change you made...lol

CD