Hey guys, I'm completely at a loss to why this is occurring. Basically, my system boots up completely fine normally. However, when I leave any kind of usb flash memory plugged into a usb slot (such as my sandisk 1gb cruzer micro) my computer won't boot up. I'm running Vista now, but I had the same problem when I ran XP and never bothered to fix it. According to my bootup screen I'm running:
"Award Modulr BIOS v6.00PG
Intel i875P AGPSet Bios for 8IK1100"
The 8IK1100 being the serial number for my motherboard (made by gigabyte). The error in booting up occurs after the RAM has been checked and all IDE drives have been detected. I normally get the line:
"Verifying DMI Pool Data..."
However, when I leave a usb drive in I get the following:
"Verifying DMI Pool Data...
Invalid System Disk
Replace system disk, and then press any key"
If I press a key the above message of "Invalid system disk" repeats itself. When I remove the USB key everything returns to normal.
From my limited knowledge of system BIOS it seems like my computer it, for whatever reason, trying to boot up off the flash drive. I don't understand what would prompt this because my boot order is set to:
1. Hard Drive
2. CD-ROM
3. Floppy Drive
Any help would be greatly appreciated and let me know if you guys need more information to diagnose the problem.