Stevie McFly Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I installed 10.6.3 (iATKOS) the other day. Unfortunately, I have the GMA 4500MHD graphics card, so, at least for the foreseeable future, I have no QE/CI and thus no access to the programs I made the switch for. On top of that, there's no fix for my webcam except for CamTwist, which requires QE/CI. So I'm trying to make the switch back to Windows, sad as it makes me. Unfortunately, my computer won't boot from DVDs anymore. I tried the Windows disk; it went straight into Chameleon. Checked my BIOS settings; they were correct. Tried again, same thing. Tried the disk in another computer to figure out if it was something with the disk. It worked in that computer. Tried the iATKOS disk in case I could just wipe the drive from it and force the DVD to be the computer's only boot option. It's not booting from the iATKOS disk anymore either. Is there a solution here or am I just {censored}ed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geiman Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Are you trying to select a boot device on bootup, say by pressing a key that brings up a list of boot options (hard drive, dvd, network, etc..) or are you just changing the boot order in your BIOS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie McFly Posted August 26, 2010 Author Share Posted August 26, 2010 Changed the boot order in BIOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie McFly Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 Anyone feel like helping? Please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie McFly Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 Update: Called Acer tech support. Found out my laptop, bought from Tiger Direct as "new," is actually refurbished. They sent me to Revonate. Revonate said they'd never heard of this problem ever happen to anyone ever. Answer congruent with my findings via scouring of the internet. Anyone have any clue, or am I just {censored}ed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman BEránek Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Well... was it a bootable DVD? =P Tried to remove harddisk from the booting priority or unplug it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geiman Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 So did you try hitting the key on bootup that takes you to a menu to select what boot device you want to use? Its probably something like F12, or Del. It should say when your laptop is first booting; if it just shows an image hit Esc and see if it will show you your post. Also, if you bought this acer as Tiger Direct as a "new" pc and it is actually refurbished, I think I would be double checking my receipts to make sure and then having it out with Tiger Direct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie McFly Posted August 28, 2010 Author Share Posted August 28, 2010 Figured it out. Solution didn't actually make sense. None of the things that made sense worked, but I switched a random setting in my BIOS and it suddenly worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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