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Can't boot from USB or DVD. Tried everything..

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I burned a new ISO of Zorin 9 before I left for work today. Told my lady 'whatever you do DONT TURN OFF THE PC!' And what does she do?...
Well, you need to keep your lady a safe distance from your PC... :D However, I don't blame her for doing what she did. Just one of those "variables" you have to deal with in case of an emergency... :D Hang in there, mrdead1313, even this won't stop you from being successful, I'm sure :D
 
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It's a Crosshair..
You want the DVD to be in port 5-6 and have in IDE mode..
Ports 1-4 can be whatever..
AHCI,RAID..
If you need the RAID driver..you want the x86 AHCI ones..from the AMD driver pack..
It works for RAID or AHCI..
x64 ..never use that...
This has been like that since 2009

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?13866-Asus-Crosshair-V-Raid-quot-0-quot-HowTo

idk..HiViz approves..can't be too bad.
not 100% sure that link is relevant..
Link to 990fx AMD drivers would be..
 
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It's a Crosshair..
You want the DVD to be in port 5-6 and have in IDE mode..
Ports 1-4 can be whatever..
AHCI,RAID..
If you need the RAID driver..you want the x86 AHCI ones..from the AMD driver pack..
It works for RAID or AHCI..
x64 ..never use that...
This has been like that since 2009
That's news to me. You mean some drives could be set to IDE mode and others to AHCI? I've never heard of that, but if you say so... I always have my primary DVD drive plugged into port 0, regardless of the MB.
 
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That's news to me. You mean some drives could be set to IDE mode and others to AHCI? I've never heard of that, but if you say so... I always have my primary DVD drive plugged into port 0, regardless of the MB.

Yessir..on Crosshair 4-5 ports 5-6 are meant for installation media.
 

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Def not true. The secondary drive has had 7/8 for a few years now running perfectly fine w no work arounds.

So back to the topic.. I got it!

Had to reset the bios a few times and switched to IDE and I'm good! Now my next step is learning how to get my wifi adapter setup in zorin os 9 and I'm all set.

Thank you all very much for the help. I learned a few new things and will certainly use my new knowledge from here on out. It probably wouldn't have taken so long if there was more time from work but you all did a great job.

My next project is loading windows 98 se on a dell xps 400. Shouldn't be too hard. Got a free system from a co worker yesterday and it'll be my nostalgia machine. Thanks again everyone! It's been fun!

Heaven7 I got a 12 pack with your name on it lmao!
 

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Def not true. The secondary drive has had 7/8 for a few years now running perfectly fine w no work arounds.

So back to the topic.. I got it!

Had to reset the bios a few times and switched to IDE and I'm good! Now my next step is learning how to get my wifi adapter setup in zorin os 9 and I'm all set.

Thank you all very much for the help. I learned a few new things and will certainly use my new knowledge from here on out. It probably wouldn't have taken so long if there was more time from work but you all did a great job.

My next project is loading windows 98 se on a dell xps 400. Shouldn't be too hard. Got a free system from a co worker yesterday and it'll be my nostalgia machine. Thanks again everyone! It's been fun!

Heaven7 I got a 12 pack with your name on it lmao!
Use rufus in mbr mode with the "older bioses compatibility option"
that should get you "windows 98 on a stick"
I also recommend you install http://www.htasoft.com/u98sesp/
 
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