Originally Posted by BigBadBruno

So I reset my BIOS and changed nothing but the mode to ACHI. I even went into GParted Live CD and formatted the one and only IDE drive I have to HFS+. I even unplugged all of my SATA drives just to eliminate any possibilities of problems. I start up my machine, hit F8 and run the disc with iATKOS 7 from my slave IDE dvd drive. I hit F8 and then run the disk under -V so I can see where the problem is.

It seems as though it cannot mount the disk. Thats the last thing written in the dagnostics. Then it goes into the grey screen with the color spin wheel and never stops....forever. I can't get past that screen.

WTF!!!