K8N Neo4 - Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk

Hello !
Up an runnung with my new MoBo - for details se below, thats good. But...
No matter how I change my BIOS settings, at startup I got the same message:
Boot from CD : Disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter
When doing so, the PC is booting OK.
Quit annoying, so glad for any hint !
Greetings / Jan Björk

Thanks TheBigMan for your welcome message !
Glad the join the Forum, it´s great knowledgebase !
I´ve gone through the BIOS settings you are referring to. They are like this: (And have been so all the time)
1:st Boot device [Harddisk]
Hard Disk Priority [SCSI:0 Nvidia Mirror 115.03G]
So there must be something else, thanks anyhow !
I also wonder from where this message, "Boot from CD..etc", is coming, is it really from the BIOS ?
Greetings / Jan Björk

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