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I have just finished putting my new system together, but i am having major problems.I have finally got it to detect my hd & cd but when i turn the pc on i t says insert boot diskette in A: but when i do this it just says Searching for Boot record from Floppy..Not Found, and also says its not found in HD,CDrom or SCSI, does anyone know what the problem is, any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Hi Brett,
As with all irritating problems like this it's a case of running through a checklist of ellimination. First port of call, check hardware including IDE or SCSI cables are secure, check master/slave jumpers on HD and ROM drive. Then is to the BIOS to check HD is recognised correctly and is using appropriate settings.
If all this is fine, remember a new HD will need FDISK and then a full format. The biggest test for a newly built PC is the actual install of an OS. If it can achieve this, its running perfectly.
So do the checks above, ie hardware, BIOS, HD initialization. After this, try an OS installation.
vito@supanet.com
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Brett,
Go here and get another boot disk.
Download to windows. Select the downloaded file and it will prompt you to insert a blank floppy. It will then exact the files to the floppy.
Try this and post back.
Good Day!
Mesich
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I downloaded the new boot disk and tried it and it still does the same.I have looked at the floppy cable and it is in properly.Any ideas what is Wrong?
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Brett,
Check the bios setting.
Yours may be a little different but here is
mine for the floppy and boot sequence.Floppy Drive A: 1.44MB 3 1/2"
Floppy Drive B: Not Installed.1st Boot Device: Floppy
2nd Boot Device: IDE-0
3rd Boot Device: CDROMFloppy Drive Swap: Disabled
Floppy Drive Seek: DisabledOnBoard FDC: Enabled
Post back.
Mesich
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Still having major problems with this, settings on the bios is the same! when it is doing some checks it comes up with RPL-ROM-FFC: 5 not found , is this anything to do with it?
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Brett,
Seeing how you cannot get to any prompts I would clear the cmos using the jumper on the motherboard. Don't forget to put it back to the normal position.
Post back with info on your motherboard and the manufacture of the hard drive also.
Mesich
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"when it is doing some checks it comes up with RPL-ROM-FFC: 5 not found , is this anything to do with it?"
I'm not sure but this RPL-ROM-FFC may indicate you have a remote booting network card installed. If you have a network card, unplug it. Its BIOS might be taking over the interupt that should be used by the floppy during the boot process (which would explain why your computer can not use the floppy drive to boot).
Unplug that network card, reboot, let us know.
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Thanks for the advice, i am using a ECS K7S5A motherboard and as far as i know it has LAN on it but i am not sure how to disable it, does anyone know how to do this? I have tried a different floppy drive and different cable and still nothing, the floppy drive light comes on but it just wont boot!
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Hi brett
if you have built in LAN, the disable option will be in the BIOS settings, if it is to do with the problem you having, its one of those un lucky problems.
good luck in sorting it.
Dave
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Brett,
I downloaded the manual for your motherboard but it doesn't seem to have much information about the optional network capabilities. I didn't see anything about disabling or enabling network stuff.
But I did read somewhere that the board has the ability to remotely boot off a network so you may be on the right track with this.
I would expect some kind of network settings in the BIOS, too, but don't know how you will be able to find them other than just looking around.
Did you clear the CMOS memory as mesich suggested above? If not, do so and see if that takes care of the problem.
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Hi
Finally got my pc up and running by booting from W2K cd. Seems to be working fine apart from floppy drive!, i think the drive must be bad, it recognises it is there in windows it just wont work! even when the lights and everthing seems ok! Thanks for everybodys help!
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The floppy drive light isnt allways on, it was until i changed the cable around!, its still not working though. I do have another problem with the modem! when i install it in the pc my AGP graphics card suddenly starts displaying all wrong! more problems!
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