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Can't boot from floppy
Name: Lizette Date: October 20, 2003 at 07:53:53 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: AMD 1,6 Ghz/256 Mb
Comment:
I recently upgraded my to an AMD 1,6 Ghz. I connected all the devices correctly but there's one problem. The computer won't boot from floppy. My boot sequence is: 1. legacy floppy 2. cd-rom 3. ide-hdd I already tried 2 different floppy drives and 2 different cables and one of the cables came with the motherboard. The computer does recognize the drive and the drive LED stays on, but i don't hear the "reading/writing" noise from the floppy. Also, there is no OS installed on the HD. Can anybody help me out here?
Name: Hooner Date: October 20, 2003 at 07:59:40 Pacific
Reply:
Have you checked the cable has been plugged in the right way round, both at mobo and drive? it's a simple mistake.
Failing that I'd say the floppy controller on the mobo is duff.
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Response Number 2
Name: Lizette Date: October 20, 2003 at 08:00:33 Pacific
Reply:
Oh, also forgot to mention I get this error: "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER" I tried 3 different boot disks: Win98, WinXP (6 disk) and DOS
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Response Number 3
Name: Lizette Date: October 20, 2003 at 08:04:56 Pacific
Reply:
Hooner, Yes the "red line-side" on motherboard is in pin 1 and isn't on the drive, well there's just one way to connect it.
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Response Number 4
Name: Doug Date: October 20, 2003 at 17:48:06 Pacific
Reply:
When the floppy LED stays on there is a 99% chance that the floppy cable is backword. Flip it around just to see what happens.
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Response Number 5
Name: Davy H Date: October 21, 2003 at 08:52:56 Pacific
Reply:
Is there a reason you'r not booting from your XP CD?
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