Boot and Select Proper Boot Device Error After Radeon X1950 Pro Graphics Card Installation

Today, while working on the computer, the image on the screen went blank, I realized that it was a graphics card and I went to get the old Radeon to put it in the computer and check what happened.
After installing the card, the following message appeared: Boot and Select proper Boot device Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key , I was dumbfounded and changed the card again but it's exactly the same.

What could break or disconnect, today I installed a card reader for the computer, but it took 2 hours to complete the installation.

My kit:

Processor: AMD Sempron 3400+
Motherboard: ASRock K8NF3-VSTA
Graphics card: well-baked Radeon X1950 Pro with a pink coating
Ram: 2x1GB DDR RAM
Disk 1: 80GB Samsung HD 080HJ (7200 RPM, SATA-II) has a system on it
Drive 2: 1T Seagate ST31000524AS (7200 RPM, IDE)
Disc Drive 1: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B
Disc Drive 2: HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B
Power supply: Qoltec Q 400 SilentLine Power
Housing: Codegen Midi ATX 6055L
System: Windows XP Service Pack 3

1.The card reader is: Qoltec 7in1 CRW010-IU, plugged into the USB2_3 socket, at the beginning there was a problem because this socket is shared, but with the help of a friend from another forum, it was resolved and the computer worked normally for about two hours.

2. I disconnected the reader and the message is still the same

3. in Bios / IDE Configuration / SATA1 [Not detected], when I click on it, Samsung Hard Disk appears with the text at the bottom "a new device has been detected. Please reboot"

4. Sata2 is visible all the time and there is no info about detecting a new device.

In Boot Setings Configuration:

- 1st [Floppy Drive]
- 2nd [SATA: 4M-ST31000524] which is the new Segate 1T
- 3nd [CD / DVD]
- 4th [USB: Brother DCP-14]

The Samsung 80GB hard drive is about 6 years old. The Segate 1T drive has been brand new for 2 months.
I suspected that when I connected this reader (I loosened all the disks), I could move a cable and there is no contact somewhere, but I have already checked a few times and there is no reaction.

Of course, I was doing the whole assembly with the power supply turned off at the back, I did not notice any symptoms of the disk crashing, except that suddenly the whole image went blank and I suspected the graphics card.

bartosz789 wrote:

Unplug the hard drive from which you are not booting the system and check if the system wakes up.
Alternatively, do a Clear CMOS.

1st drive unmounted and nothing happens

2. Clear CMOS - remove the battery on the motherboard?

gudziec wrote:

1T Seagate ST31000524AS, as far as I know, the SATA 6 Gb / s disk is supported by the motherboard - 2 x SATA 1.5 Gb / s, so the 1Tb disk should be limited in speed by properly plugging in the jumper. Unless I'm wrong.

I would connect the 80GB Samsung HD 080HJ drive to the Sata1 connector on the motherboard (this is from the front of the computer and the 1T Seagate ST31000524AS drive to the Sata2 connector is from the back of the computer

- the jumper is plugged in from the very beginning, without it it was not visible in Bios.

- Samsung is connected to SATA1
- Segate 1T to SATA2
- drives disconnected

I noticed one more strange thing, since the screen went blank yesterday, the graphics card starts very strangely and loudly, it is quite loud for 2-3 seconds and in a moment normal again ... I will change it to another Radeon 9550, it was functional when I pulled it out.

but in the boot he does not see this Samsung, only 1T Segate

- I wrote above what is displayed there.

- the whole system is on a Samsung 80GB

EUREKA!

I switched Samsung with the system, from SATA1 to SATA2, disconnecting quite this Segate 1T from SATA2 and the system started normally .... I plugged this Segate into SATA 1 again and Samsung stayed in SATA2 - the system fired correctly.

Now the most important question: what was the cause of this situation and can I leave it like this now after swapping the drives in the SATA ports

Spells or what?

gudziec wrote:

that is, there is a disk conflict, you need to set Samsung to master

where is this samsung plugged in? to sata 2?


Spelling for proofreading. [M]

now to SATA2, but before that everything was normal when it was connected to SATA1

Matuzalem wrote:

Sorry - I got lost while reading.
1. Samsung was previously seen in the BIOS (and is it still S-ATA2, have you previously limited it to S-ATA1 by software)?
2. Is something wrong with RAID options (enable)?
3. The change of the S-ATA socket is valid (only for Samsung).

Update - now it remains to check if the S-ATA port "fell".

I swapped hard drives in the SATA ports and both work normally ...

I will now connect the rest of the detachable drives, along with the card reader and see what happens ...

ps. I have to give my laptop back to my wife, because she is already looking at me somehow ... :roll:

Added after 26 [minutes]:

After connecting everything that I unplugged early after, everything works as it should, in Bios / IDE Configuration / SATA1 [Not detected] I still have a description, when I enter it, it displays what was before and the Segate disk was replaced.

It seems that SATA1 is working normally, Segate 1T is plugged into it, which is visible in the system but not in Bios and works normally.

Do such situations happen often or is it an isolated case, what should I check now so as not to repeat this type of event (I did not sleep until 5 am because of it)?

You could say nothing happened, SATA ports swapped and everything was back to normal, but is that normal?

Could the theoretical reason be after the image went out (I was sure it was graphics, I had 3 cards already) that I did not shut down the system properly, but did a reset and then turned off the power supply?

How to shut down the system properly if there is no image on the monitor screen?

Thank you for your interest in the topic and invaluable help!

Without you and this forum, I would probably fly on the sites