External CD Drive

FredGSanford · 10-11-2007, 01:23 AM

I recently hooked up my AMD Athlon 1700xp system after about 6 months of non use. Everything is working okay but the internal cd drive stop working.

I also have an external usb cd drive but it seems I can't boot from it. I can read/write to it.

Does anybody know if this system is able to boot from an external cd drive? I do not see an option in the BIOS about booting from USB devices.

It's using an Award BIOS also.

Thnx.

jschiwal · 10-11-2007, 02:49 AM

It might be listed in the CD group instead, if that exists.

enine · 10-11-2007, 08:17 AM

See if there is a BIOS update for it, sometimes they add on that functionality after the board shipped and include it in an later update.

FredGSanford · 10-11-2007, 11:35 PM

It seems the BIOS doesn't offer booting from USB, but will check for an update.

Thanks for the suggestions.

FredGSanford · 10-12-2007, 12:18 PM

I can't find a BIOS update for the mobo on Shuttle's or Award's sites. It's a Shuttle AK31A, AMD K7, VIA KT266a board with Award Bios.

Thnx.