Intel DP35DP won't load BIOS

I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl][i], but
striking [F2] does nothing at all...

E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
to the IDE cable.

Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.

Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...

Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
Please wait. This will take few seconds.

...
Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
(Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
Port-02: No device detected
Port-03: No device detected
Port-04: No device detected
Port-05: No device detected
AHCI BIOS not installed

You must hit F2 repeatedly when you see the Intel logo screen. You can
stop hitting it when it switches to the RAID or AHCI screens. You'll enter
BIOS setup after the AHCI screen. If it's hanging on the AHCI screen
then you have problem with one or more of the connected SATA drives.
I would disconnect all of them and try again. Since RAID is enabled, you
must have been able to get into the BIOS setup at one point.

Make sure you have enabled the BIOS setting for "Show F2 for BIOS setup".

It's always been a problem to enter Intel's BIOS setup if you wait too long
to hit the F2 key.

Bob

<> wrote in message
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>I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
> manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl][i], but
> striking [F2] does nothing at all...
>
> E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
> connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
> to the IDE cable.
>
> Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
> configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.
>
> Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...
>
> Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
> Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> ** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
> Please wait. This will take few seconds.
>
> ..
> Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
> Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
> (Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
> Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
> (Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
> Port-02: No device detected
> Port-03: No device detected
> Port-04: No device detected
> Port-05: No device detected
> AHCI BIOS not installed
>

Tried pounding the F2 key at the same time I turn on the computer.
Interesting thing is, the keyboard and monitor don't even turn on for
a good 2-3 seconds after switching on the power. As for it being in
RAID mode, no, I was never able to access the BIOS setup. The only
thing I can think of is I initially had two SATA hard drives installed
the first time I booted the machine. I did try disconnecting the hard
drives and booting, got the same error and hang, just no devices were
listed.

I have also tried to flash the BIOS using a recovery BIOS CD (with
BIOS jumper removed), and the BIOS update CD (with BIOS jumper in all
3 modes). No response or change, it read the CD, and basically
ignored it from what I could tell. Also, when I set the BIOS jumper
to Configure, it still did not load the BIOS setup...

On Sep 17, 3:35 pm, "Bob Bailin" <72027.3...@compuserve.com> wrote:
> You must hit F2 repeatedly when you see the Intel logo screen. You can
> stop hitting it when it switches to the RAID or AHCI screens. You'll enter
> BIOS setup after the AHCI screen. If it's hanging on the AHCI screen
> then you have problem with one or more of the connected SATA drives.
> I would disconnect all of them and try again. Since RAID is enabled, you
> must have been able to get into the BIOS setup at one point.
>
> Make sure you have enabled the BIOS setting for "Show F2 for BIOS setup".
>
> It's always been a problem to enter Intel's BIOS setup if you wait too long
> to hit the F2 key.
>
> Bob
>
> <j...@jdsitehosting.com> wrote in message
>
> news: oups.com...
>
> >I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
> > manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl][i], but
> > striking [F2] does nothing at all...
>
> > E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
> > connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
> > to the IDE cable.
>
> > Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
> > configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.
>
> > Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...
>
> > Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
> > Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> > ** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
> > Please wait. This will take few seconds.
>
> > ..
> > Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
> > Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
> > (Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
> > Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
> > (Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
> > Port-02: No device detected
> > Port-03: No device detected
> > Port-04: No device detected
> > Port-05: No device detected
> > AHCI BIOS not installed

You shouldn't start pounding the F2 key until the Intel logo screen
appears, otherwise you may get a BIOS keyboard error. Are you
using a CRT or an LCD monitor. Some older CRT monitors are
too slow to warm up and display the logo screen before it's too
late to hit F2. Also make sure that you're using a newer keyboard that
doesn't have an F-lock key that's off by default (you won't be able
to turn F-lock on quick enough to be able to use the F2 key), or
an older keyboard that doesn't have F-lock at all.

If that doesn't get you in, remove or disconnect everything from
the motherboard except for power and cpu. This means all the
memory modules, too. Power it on, and you should after a couple
of seconds get some beep code from the speaker indicating that
there's no memory present. This will also reset any BIOS info that's
out of whack.

Turn it off, reinstall one memory module, and turn it on. Try to get
into the BIOS with F2 as above. If you can, load BIOS defaults,
save them, shutdown and reinstall everything.

If you still can't, get a replacement motherboard.

Bob

"Josh" <> wrote in message
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> Tried pounding the F2 key at the same time I turn on the computer.
> Interesting thing is, the keyboard and monitor don't even turn on for
> a good 2-3 seconds after switching on the power. As for it being in
> RAID mode, no, I was never able to access the BIOS setup. The only
> thing I can think of is I initially had two SATA hard drives installed
> the first time I booted the machine. I did try disconnecting the hard
> drives and booting, got the same error and hang, just no devices were
> listed.
>
> I have also tried to flash the BIOS using a recovery BIOS CD (with
> BIOS jumper removed), and the BIOS update CD (with BIOS jumper in all
> 3 modes). No response or change, it read the CD, and basically
> ignored it from what I could tell. Also, when I set the BIOS jumper
> to Configure, it still did not load the BIOS setup...
>
> On Sep 17, 3:35 pm, "Bob Bailin" <72027.3...@compuserve.com> wrote:
>> You must hit F2 repeatedly when you see the Intel logo screen. You can
>> stop hitting it when it switches to the RAID or AHCI screens. You'll enter
>> BIOS setup after the AHCI screen. If it's hanging on the AHCI screen
>> then you have problem with one or more of the connected SATA drives.
>> I would disconnect all of them and try again. Since RAID is enabled, you
>> must have been able to get into the BIOS setup at one point.
>>
>> Make sure you have enabled the BIOS setting for "Show F2 for BIOS setup".
>>
>> It's always been a problem to enter Intel's BIOS setup if you wait too long
>> to hit the F2 key.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> <j...@jdsitehosting.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news: oups.com...
>>
>> >I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
>> > manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl][i], but
>> > striking [F2] does nothing at all...
>>
>> > E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
>> > connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
>> > to the IDE cable.
>>
>> > Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
>> > configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.
>>
>> > Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...
>>
>> > Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
>> > Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
>> > ** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
>> > Please wait. This will take few seconds.
>>
>> > ..
>> > Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
>> > Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
>> > (Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
>> > Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
>> > (Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
>> > Port-02: No device detected
>> > Port-03: No device detected
>> > Port-04: No device detected
>> > Port-05: No device detected
>> > AHCI BIOS not installed
>

I am using a CRT monitor. I don't think my keyboard has a F-lock.
It's a Logitech Classic Keyboard 200. I did try the second thing you
mentioned, removing all the RAM, and yes, I got 3 long beeps.
Unfortunatly, even after replacing just one of them, the board still
refused to load BIOS setup, nor did it make any mention of settings
being changed or erased.

It's as if BIOS truly doesn't exist haha... ;_; I ordered it from
NewEgg, and have RMA'd it for a replacement. Hopefully I'll have
better luck with the next one ^_^

On Sep 18, 4:12 pm, "Bob Bailin" <72027.3...@compuserve.com> wrote:
> You shouldn't start pounding the F2 key until the Intel logo screen
> appears, otherwise you may get a BIOS keyboard error. Are you
> using a CRT or an LCD monitor. Some older CRT monitors are
> too slow to warm up and display the logo screen before it's too
> late to hit F2. Also make sure that you're using a newer keyboard that
> doesn't have an F-lock key that's off by default (you won't be able
> to turn F-lock on quick enough to be able to use the F2 key), or
> an older keyboard that doesn't have F-lock at all.
>
> If that doesn't get you in, remove or disconnect everything from
> the motherboard except for power and cpu. This means all the
> memory modules, too. Power it on, and you should after a couple
> of seconds get some beep code from the speaker indicating that
> there's no memory present. This will also reset any BIOS info that's
> out of whack.
>
> Turn it off, reinstall one memory module, and turn it on. Try to get
> into the BIOS with F2 as above. If you can, load BIOS defaults,
> save them, shutdown and reinstall everything.
>
> If you still can't, get a replacement motherboard.
>
> Bob
>
> "Josh" <j...@jdsitehosting.com> wrote in message
>
> news: oups.com...
>
> > Tried pounding the F2 key at the same time I turn on the computer.
> > Interesting thing is, the keyboard and monitor don't even turn on for
> > a good 2-3 seconds after switching on the power. As for it being in
> > RAID mode, no, I was never able to access the BIOS setup. The only
> > thing I can think of is I initially had two SATA hard drives installed
> > the first time I booted the machine. I did try disconnecting the hard
> > drives and booting, got the same error and hang, just no devices were
> > listed.
>
> > I have also tried to flash the BIOS using a recovery BIOS CD (with
> > BIOS jumper removed), and the BIOS update CD (with BIOS jumper in all
> > 3 modes). No response or change, it read the CD, and basically
> > ignored it from what I could tell. Also, when I set the BIOS jumper
> > to Configure, it still did not load the BIOS setup...
>
> > On Sep 17, 3:35 pm, "Bob Bailin" <72027.3...@compuserve.com> wrote:
> >> You must hit F2 repeatedly when you see the Intel logo screen. You can
> >> stop hitting it when it switches to the RAID or AHCI screens. You'll enter
> >> BIOS setup after the AHCI screen. If it's hanging on the AHCI screen
> >> then you have problem with one or more of the connected SATA drives.
> >> I would disconnect all of them and try again. Since RAID is enabled, you
> >> must have been able to get into the BIOS setup at one point.
>
> >> Make sure you have enabled the BIOS setting for "Show F2 for BIOS setup".
>
> >> It's always been a problem to enter Intel's BIOS setup if you wait too long
> >> to hit the F2 key.
>
> >> Bob
>
> >> <j...@jdsitehosting.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news: groups.com...
>
> >> >I just bought a new DP35DP board. The board starts, I can sometimes
> >> > manage to enter the Intel Matrix RAID setup by pressing [Crtl][i], but
> >> > striking [F2] does nothing at all...
>
> >> > E6750, DP35DP, 2x Crucial 633Hz DDR2 1GB, 2x WD SATA2 250GB drives
> >> > connected to SATA0 and 1 ports, Radeon X1950Pro, DVD burner attached
> >> > to the IDE cable.
>
> >> > Has anyone else seen this problem before? I can't enter BIOS
> >> > configuration, even if I set the jumper to "configure" mode.
>
> >> > Once the system starts, this is all that's on the screen...
>
> >> > Serial ATA AHCI BIOS, Version UPSD src 04-20-2007
> >> > Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> >> > ** This version supports only Hard Disk and CDROM drives **
> >> > Please wait. This will take few seconds.
>
> >> > ..
> >> > Controller Bus#00, Device#1F, Function#02: 06 Ports, 02 Devices
> >> > Port-00: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
> >> > (Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
> >> > Port-01: Hard Disk, WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0
> >> > (Drive is controlled by the RAID BIOS)
> >> > Port-02: No device detected
> >> > Port-03: No device detected
> >> > Port-04: No device detected
> >> > Port-05: No device detected
> >> > AHCI BIOS not installed