DL380G4 Won't book from CD

[TimDunton]

Hi,

I'm having a very odd issue with a DL380G4. It want to install Windows on a box and configured the CD to be first in the boot order. Although during the boot up, the box ignores the CD. the only way I managed to get it to work was via a USB CD drive. Any ideas what it could be?

Tim

[kumarasamy]

hai !

It is required to change the sequence of booting order in cmos/bios setup(1st boot dev must be cdrom) while booting the system.

mkumar

[TimDunton]

Hello.

I've just double checked that, it's already position one off the boot up but it still goes direct to the Hard Disk.

[kumarasamy]

you can try to do this way to isolate the problem.
just disconnect the power of hard disk and boot . see what is happening
or else interchange the data cable of CDram and HDD. probaly device' jumpers may be conflict

bye

[TimDunton]

Thanks, it looks like it's a fault with the cable, one of the pins is bent.