Unable to Boot into Memtest (P35 Chipset)

[teejay]

Unable to boot using ISO CDRom of Memtest (yes I burnt it as per instructions)

After DMI pool data it says loading and gets stuck there... I have set the boot priority correctly in the bios.

I tested the same boot cd on another machine at home based on the 780g chipset and it worked fine. Trying to troubleshoot why I'm unable to get it to work with my Gigabte P35-DQ6 board...

Help please...

Thanks

[Wichetael]

Most likely some BIOS feature being probablematic, disable everything you can, AHCI, RAID, SATA, USB, etc. If you're using a SATA optical drive, try using an IDE drive. Disconnect anything from the computer that is not essential to run memtest, i.e. any USB peripherals, expansion cards such as TV cards, Sound cards and whatnot, etc.

Also, check whether there are any new releases of the BIOS. And if all else fails just try using a different make and type of CD and or optical drive, sometimes certain brands or types just don't play nice with one another.