Asus P4G8X wont boot from CD

[penguinfood]

Downloaded and burnt cd of Knoppix 4.0.2, works great on 3 different computers i tried, but the computer i wanted it for wont boot from thr cd at all. I tried another distro previously (Slax) and got the same results. I'm thinking its a bios issue, but wanted to try and get some suggestions before I messed with my bios.
Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)
Motherboard Name Asus P4G8X Deluxe (5 PCI, 1 AGP Pro, 4 DDR DIMM)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Granite Bay E7205
System Memory 1024 MB (DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award Modular (12/12/02)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

[ BIOS ]

BIOS Properties:
Vendor Award Software, Inc.
Version ASUS P4G8X ACPI BIOS Revision 1003
Release Date 12/12/2002
Size 512 KB
Boot Devices Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM
Capabilities Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD
Supported Standards DMI, APM, ACPI, ESCD, PnP
Expansion Capabilities PCI, AGP, USB
Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra (256 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
Monitor 945FX [NoDB] (0)
Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID 12/12/2002-Granite Bay/ICH4/IT8708-P4G8X
Motherboard Name Asus P4G8X Deluxe
-------[ Chipset ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[ North Bridge: Intel Granite Bay E7205 ]

North Bridge Properties:
North Bridge Intel Granite Bay E7205
Revision / Stepping 03 / B0
Package Type 1005 Pin FC-BGA
Package Size 4.25 cm x 4.25 cm
Core Voltage 1.3 V
In-Order Queue Depth 12

Memory Controller:
Type Dual Channel (128-bit)
Active Mode Dual Channel (128-bit)

Memory Timings:
CAS Latency (CL) 2.5T
RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 3T
RAS Precharge (tRP) 3T
RAS Active Time (tRAS) 6T

Error Correction:
ECC Supported, Disabled
ChipKill ECC Supported, Disabled
ECC Scrubbing Not Supported

Memory Slots:
DRAM Slot #1 512 MB (DDR SDRAM)
DRAM Slot #2 512 MB (DDR SDRAM)

AGP Controller:
AGP Version 3.00
AGP Status Enabled
AGP Device Leadtek WinFast A350 Ultra
AGP Aperture Size 64 MB
Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x
Current AGP Speed 8x
Fast-Write Supported, Disabled
Side Band Addressing Supported, Enabled

Chipset Manufacturer:
Company Name Intel Corporation
Product Information http://www.intel.com/products/browse/chipsets.htm
Driver Download http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/index.htm

[ South Bridge: Intel 82801DB ICH4 ]

South Bridge Properties:
South Bridge Intel 82801DB ICH4
Revision / Stepping 82 / B0
Package Type 421 Pin BGA
Package Size 3.1 cm x 3.1 cm
Core Voltage 1.5 V

AC'97 Audio Controller:
Audio Controller Type Intel 82801DB(M) ICH4
Codec Name Unknown
Codec ID FFFFFFFFh

Chipset Manufacturer:
Company Name Intel Corporation
Product Information http://www.intel.com/products/browse/chipsets.htm
Driver Download http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/index.htm


--------[ BIOS ]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BIOS Properties:
BIOS Type Award Modular
Award BIOS Type Award Modular BIOS v6.0
Award BIOS Message ASUS P4G8X ACPI BIOS Revision 1003
System BIOS Date 12/12/02
Video BIOS Date 06/24/03[/img]

[abhishekbh]

It probabaly is a bios issue. Just check if your system boots from that particular cd drive first. if that is already set, then your bios is probabaly corrupted. try resetting it and then updating it.

[Harry Kuhman]

You posted lots of information but we don't even know if your BIOS is configured to try to boot from the optical drive first. From the age of the system it certainly should boot fine from optical media. See answer #1.

[penguinfood]

I guess I should have checked this out first. There is an updated bios that hopefully corrects this issue. Computer finishes post then I get a blank screen and on top it says PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT.
Heres the description for the bios upgrade:

P4G8X/P4G8X Deluxe BIOS revision 1004
supported DRAM populate state (single/dual channel) show during POST
Fixed HCT 11.0 test fail for Wake on LAN item
Fixed HCT 11.0 test COM2 fail
Add PS2 Keyboard status report to solve System Information inform a problem devices of keyboard in WinXP.
Implement microcode to support new stepping CPU
Fixed IDE CDROM boot fail and show Press a key to boot.

[Harry Kuhman]

Please let us know if the BIOS update fixes it for you.

[penguinfood]

The bios update worked like a charm. I installed the newest version avaialble, 1007, they fixed this problem with version 1004. Motherboard came with 1003.
CD booted and Knoppix loaded no problem.
Have a good Memorial Day.