Re: Old motherboard doesn't allow boot from cdrom option?



"Keith" <keith_teri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A friend of mine has an old computer with a soyo motherboard
> (don't know version).... when he enters the bios he does not see
> an option to "boot from cdrom".....
> Is this just a matter of updating the BIOS to recognize cdroms?

Third-party troubleshooting is very difficult.

You might want to gather some information, like you need to know
whether he can find and use a BIOS update.

Does soyo have automated update?

Someone here mentioned a freeware program that will tell the
mainboard manufacturer and model, it's called "EVEREST Home Edition"

Good luck.


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