BIOS limitation - P965 Neo -F

Hi .

I've just set up a pc based on Mobo P965 Neo-F.
It boot and seems to recognise the Hard Drive at Bios level (displays models
no.)
but refuses to detect HD in bios setup.
HD is a Seagate Barracuda 400Gig IDE.
Is there a limit on the bios' ability to detect the HD ?

Also, I realise , I got a 64 bit Vista DVD OS , and it will not boot from a
DVD drive.....
I meant to order a 32 bit one...Should that affect boot up /detection ???


DEnis
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64 bit Vista and XP both should boot from the CD or DVD drive. Providing of
course, your CD/DVD drive is set to be looked for before the hard drive(s)
in the BIOS. The motherboard should have no limitations for hard drive
size, not with that chipset, it's current.

 

Silly! The BIOS didn't detect the drive but the Jmicron did of course.
(Normal behaviour ). I should have come back on that a little sooner...
Worked fine with Vista and XP dual booting , but I've since rmoved Visa and
gone back to XP..... until I decide on a safe dual boot scenario.

Oh and booting from the DVD ? You have to select the detected DVD drive in
the BIOS ,rather than just selecting CDROM (which refers to the SATA
connectors apparently....) one continues to wonder.....do MSI think we are
mind readers ...Great boards though..


D.