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

Keith wrote: 
Hello,

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?

Ideas?

Keith


If the MB is quite old, the option might not exist at present and a bios update might be your solution as you suggest. However the verbiage is sometimes less obvious. Make sure you look for "Boot options, boot sequence" and others that might allow the CD to be the first device looked at for system files.
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