Hello, Sorry, I've missed. In the Message; Subject : OT - older ASUS M4A78T-E not booting DVD Message-ID : <440f7922-0865-4a92-a08f-e5d97001d4db@j4computers.com> Date & Time: Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:53:11 -0500 [JA] == joe a <joea-lists@j4computers.com> has written: JA> Trying to salvage/repurpose former VMware host, to see if a JA> useful iSCSI target can be built on LEAP 15.5. Dr. Frankenstein JA> has granted me license to use some of his techniques. Call me Igor. JA> Creeping along, gathering bits from various Cyber crypts in the JA> "Laboratory", I find the beastie will not boot from DVD or the JA> Floppy, but willingly boots the former VMware drive. JA> The HD's are all "SATA" type, the DVD is IDE and the Floppy is, JA> well, floppy. JA> Well, the cable is anyway. The boot priority is DVD first, FD JA> second, HD third. [...] First of all, try to clear the CMOS, removing the battery from the motherboard for about 15 minutes +/- will accomplish the same thing albeit without toiling in small areas on the board. Regards & Good Night. --- ┏━━┓彡 野宮 賢 mail-to: nomiya @ lake.dti.ne.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ "Maddox hopes that empowering users to pick their own algorithms will get them to think more about what’s involved in making them. " -- Bluesky's Custom Algorithms Could Be the Future of Social Media --