Try the Del key

Hi all
I have a problem burning onto a particular CDR and Nero suggests changing my
SCSI Bios Settings. I understand the correct Key to use at bootup is shown
next to bios info at startup. Mine says F3, but I have tried it and it does
not work! I have also tried F1 & F10 with same result, PC starts normally.
Any ideas? Thanks.

To: "Caroline" <CarolineX@nospamblueyonder.co.uk>
Re: Re: BIOS Settings, help please?
By: "Caroline" <CarolineX@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> to 24hoursupport.helpdesk on Mon Nov 10 2003 03:44 pm

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'Caroline',

It will be on your motherboard manual.

For instance, mine is an ASUS PEB-F Jumper Free ATX Motherboard.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.




"Caroline" <CarolineX@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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Thanks Trent, the DEL key worked!
Unfortunately, the info I wanted was not there!

Nero suggests "press Ctrl A during bootup to enter the SCSI Select Utility"
(CTRL A did not work) and there was no SCSI Select Utility anywhere in the
setup page I got when pressing DEL key at bootup.

Does anyone know how to access the SCSI SU? and, sorry to be a pain, but
where can I find out make and model of the motherboard on my PC?
PC model is Pionex P3 and I am running Win98se. Intel 810e? Is this it?
Thanks

"Harrison" <nothanksonthespam@gainpro.com> wrote in message
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If you know the make and model number of the motherboard, the manual can
almost always be downloaded from the manufacturer's website in pdf format.

'Caroline',

Download http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html ,which is free, to
your desktop and it will give you the details which you require. Look
under 'Main Circuit Board'.

Regards,
Emrys Davies.




"Caroline" <CarolineX@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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And if I can't find manual?

" Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:01:49 -0000, Caroline wrote:

That message is quite common for Adaptec SCSI adapters. Even if the line
displaying the message is disabled in the SCSI setup, CTRL-A still
works.

One question is it really a SCSI CDR you are using? The Nero manual may
simply be guiding you to this as an answer but SCSI for home use is
still fairly rare. What make model of CDR device?

Anyway, during boot up you normally see the BIOS screen listing the
drives, floppy, memory etc. After that adapters like SCSI cards / other
disk devices like Serial ATA/RAID devices built in the motherboard are
detected.

For a common brand like Adaptec there are some lines listing detected
devices, (couldn't find an electronic copy to paste from) like -

Adaptec <banner >...
SCSI BIOS version , dates etc.

device 1 address name make/model
device 2 address name make/model
device 3 address name make/model

Even if you don't see the press CTRL-A message it still works after the
banner is displayed. Best to maybe try CTRL-A 3 or 4 times quickly . Of
course if you don't even see any device lines then, see the questions
others asked about determining the motherboard info.

Another option, if you do see an Adaptec or other brand like Iwill and a
list of SCSI devices check the manufacturers site for a utility
diskette.


Me

why? <fgrirp*sgc@VAINY!Qznq.fpvragvfg.pbz> wrote in message news:<hjgvqv4pia64m8483v3lrehcic76rd2qgk@4ax.com>. ..

Thanks for Belarc software - here is my motherboard info:

Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. i810-47B27X
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 02/03/00

I have a SONY CD-RW CRX140E & a LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163.

Honestly, I kept my finger on CTRL-A, but still loaded normally.

Please let me know if any further info helps.
C

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On 11 Nov 2003 02:06:28 -0800, CarolineX wrote:


Twasn't me, you can reply to the poster that told you about it. You
don't need to post to the last post in the thread.

Can't find that motherboard code on the gigabyte site. The motherboard
code is usually something like

GA-8xxxx
GA-7xxxx
GA-6xxxx
or similar.

The chipset identifier i810 is Intel 810, searching Gigabyte manuals for
Intel 810 chipsets , gave this list of motherboard codes.

Intel 810 Chipset
Model
GA-6WMMC7
GA-6WMM7
GA-6WMM-e
GA-6WXM-e
GA-6WFZ7
GA-6WMM
GA-6WFZ7-1
GA-6WMM7-1
GA-6WMZ7
GA-6WMMC7-1

You may need to hunt around the site http://www.giga-byte.com/
yourself or ask in one of the gigabyte newsgroups if they can identify
it.

alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.giga-byte
alt.comp.periphs.gigabyte


Both of those are (E)IDE devices and not SCSI. It looks like it was a
case of the Nero manual suggested the SCSI BIOS option change, but only
if that's the type of setup you have. It appears you don't have SCSI
CD/DVD so Ctrl-A won't do you any good.

Me