Booting error

[C.Tresenriter]

On Mon, 2015-03-16 at 14:15 +0100, Petter Adsen wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 07:58:56 -0500

> 
> This *sounds* a lot like a hardware problem, but it's hard to know for
> sure without closer inspection :) I don't know if this will be helpful,
> but I have a couple of suggestions. Have you tried to look for a newer
> version of the BIOS on ASUS' web pages? There is a beta version from
> 2005/06/28 - maybe you could try that. Also, try running memtest on the
> newest RAM sticks, if it fails, try another pair. If you can, try
> tunning memtest on the same sticks in another machine to get an idea of
> whether it is the sticks themselves or something on the motherboard.
> 
> It's odd that the disks don't show up in the BIOS settings except if
> you use the RAID setting, and I wouldn't want to use that, I think.

I was hesitant to upgrade the bios as all I've read tells me not to
upgrade unless the new version addresses an issue that is present. I did
look at the beta version but it fixes something I don't need so I
abandoned the idea.
I'm putting together another machine and will run memtest on the sticks
on it.
It also seems odd that the drives show in post but not under hard drives
in the bios.
I'm wondering now if, in the worst case, there may be a chip on the
motherboard I could try to replace.
It would be worth a shot if it wasn't too expensive an experiment.

> Other than that, all I can do is to wish you the best of luck, and
> express my sympathy! :)
> 
> Petter

Thanks!