Is it not wise to use both ATA and SATA?

I just built my new rig and my hard drives are using an ATA cable and my DVD drive is using a SATA cable. For the life of me, I can't figure out why my Windows XP installation CD won't start and why Ubuntu won't start after I installed it.

I've been trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong and the only thing I can think of is my motherboard doesn't like it when I use both ATA and SATA cables.

My DVD shows up in my BIOS.

When I tried to install XP with IDE, the installation just sits with a black screen and does nothing. If I do AHCI, it just reboots the computer.

Is your windows CD scratched?Zaber123

Nope :)

[QUOTE="Zaber123"]Is your windows CD scratched?Vax45

Nope :)

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