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Jeeze, I can't believe the whole time it was the damn DisplayPort Cable.
Anyways, installing WIndows 7 64-bit now. Thanks for the help guys, I'll let u know if I run into anymore problems.
Yes, I'm pretty sure.
It shows up in the bios as Optiarc DVD RW. And it does show up in the boot up screen, along with my blank Intel SSD.
I am fairly certain it does work, it's brand new. I actually bought it as temp to see if it was the drive. I was original using a Pioneer BDR blue ray...
So I tried the method you suggested nitrobase, and that doesn't work.
I pressed F11 during POST, and left the boot screen there. But the optical drive does not turn green or the disc doesn't spin.
Ido notice that the optical drive light turns on when i first turn on the computer tho.
I actually tried that once, but i immediately went to the drive.
I'll have try it again later on.
A friend of mine is letting borrow another pci-e card later on too, so I'll be able to try that.
Hey there! I made this post in the General Hardware section, but I thought it would greatly help me getting this problem solved if I posted here as well (it also deals with server computers).
Anyways, I am way too lazy to re-post everything, but the last post I made on this thread has youtube...
Ok so I got my board back with an RMA report from Supermicro:
REPORTED PROBLEM FOUND.
CLEAR CMOS. BOOT TEST OK.
PERFORM ECO REWORK. UPDATE BIOS. BOOT TO
WXP. BASIC FUNCTION TEST PASS.
But I plugged everything back in again, and same friggin thing. I am soooo frustrated this isn't working. And...
this is the firwst time booting this machine, just built it. havent been able to install anything cause it won't boot off anything including a usb stick.
calling supermicro tech support... this is so frustrating.