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I can't thank you guys enough for walking me (newbie) through my set up difficulty. I used my Kingwin EZ-Connect to verify both of my CD drives were bad. I purchased a new one this afternoon and...

I have removed one of the CD drives and set the one remaining as the first boot device / ide etc. The CD is recognized in the BIOS as is the HD. I still get the "Reboot and Select proper boot device...

Thanks ZBurns.

Funny that you keep referring to "Call me Al's" thread as I read it in its entirety (twice) before I started my thread. Being the stubborn type I was determined to fix it myself....

I have downloaded the file from WD onto a thumb drive. My problem is trying to get my new machine to locate and install it as I have no drive options to choose from.

Here is a link to the manual...

Based on what I have read on multiple forums this particular ASUS MB has more than a few issues. ASUS has what I consider the WORST support I have ever seen - call me seriously disappointed at best. ...

I understand the importance of running Life Guard my problem is I have no way of running it.

I followed all of the steps in the build as well as the first and second boot sequence.

Perhaps I wasn't clear in my first post. I cannot get the system to boot from the CD. The drive is listed in BIOS as is the HD. I do get a message "HD not detected" when I first start the system.
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Good Morning!

Yes I have 2 sticks of 2 gig RAM - they are installed in sockets 3 & 4 (blue) as recommended in the ASUS user guide. The memory is recognized in the BIOS.

Thanks for the reply.

The number is correct - right off the box.

This is the MB http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/ASUS-M4A79XTD-EVO-Motherboard/825

This is the Newegg link for the...

My newly built system - Antec 300 - ASUS M4A79XTD EVO - AMD 965 BE - Cooler Master 650 PSU - XFX Radeon 5850 1 GB - G.Skill 4GB DDR3 1600 - WD 640 HD - Samsung DVD.

I can boot into BIOS (using...