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*** Please help - blessed pc
Hi all - Have installed a new a64 4400 x2 cpu - overclocks really well but
have had a couple of issues with XP Pro - trying to do a clean install but I cannot get my system to see floppy (not normally installed) - its a new fdd and powers up on booting but thats as far as it gets - this is a pain as I have a sata hdd which needs drivers installed for the clean xp install to see hdd!!! Are there any work arounds - I'm hoping not to buy a new mobo! current mobo is msi k8n diamond sli nf4 939... |
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*** Please help - blessed pc
It is further alleged that on or about Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:58:05 -0000,
in alt.comp.hardware.overclocking, the queezy keyboard of "Christy" spewed the following: |Hi all - Have installed a new a64 4400 x2 cpu - overclocks really well but |have had a couple of issues with XP Pro - trying to do a clean install but I |cannot get my system to see floppy (not normally installed) - its a new fdd |and powers up on booting but thats as far as it gets - this is a pain as I |have a sata hdd which needs drivers installed for the clean xp install to |see hdd!!! | |Are there any work arounds - I'm hoping not to buy a new mobo! | |current mobo is msi k8n diamond sli nf4 939... The floppy cable only installs one way and will not work if reversed You should have a ribbon cable with a twist on one end. The end without the twist is attached to the floppy controller. Then, attach the connector after the twist to floppy drive. Check your BIOS to make sure the drive is enabled. -- -nos1eep http://www.just****inggoogleit.com/ |
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*** Please help - blessed pc
Your cable has a twist. Most don't!
The important thing to remember is that the wire with the red trace goes to pin number one. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "nos1eep" wrote in message ... It is further alleged that on or about Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:58:05 -0000, in alt.comp.hardware.overclocking, the queezy keyboard of "Christy" spewed the following: |Hi all - Have installed a new a64 4400 x2 cpu - overclocks really well but |have had a couple of issues with XP Pro - trying to do a clean install but I |cannot get my system to see floppy (not normally installed) - its a new fdd |and powers up on booting but thats as far as it gets - this is a pain as I |have a sata hdd which needs drivers installed for the clean xp install to |see hdd!!! | |Are there any work arounds - I'm hoping not to buy a new mobo! | |current mobo is msi k8n diamond sli nf4 939... The floppy cable only installs one way and will not work if reversed You should have a ribbon cable with a twist on one end. The end without the twist is attached to the floppy controller. Then, attach the connector after the twist to floppy drive. Check your BIOS to make sure the drive is enabled. -- -nos1eep http://www.just****inggoogleit.com/ |
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*** Please help - blessed pc
Unless you are setting up a raid you should not need a floppy. And don't
cross post. DaveL "Christy" wrote in message ... Hi all - Have installed a new a64 4400 x2 cpu - overclocks really well but have had a couple of issues with XP Pro - trying to do a clean install but I cannot get my system to see floppy (not normally installed) - its a new fdd and powers up on booting but thats as far as it gets - this is a pain as I have a sata hdd which needs drivers installed for the clean xp install to see hdd!!! Are there any work arounds - I'm hoping not to buy a new mobo! current mobo is msi k8n diamond sli nf4 939... |
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*** Please help - blessed pc
You could make a bootable CD.
-- Ed Light Smiley :-/ MS Smiley :-\ Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. Bring the Troops Home: http://bringthemhomenow.org Fight Spam: http://bluesecurity.com |
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*** Please help - blessed pc
"Ed Light" wrote in message news:h6Yvf.6269$jR.3507@fed1read01... You could make a bootable CD. The windows XP CD is bootable. His problem is that he has a SATA drive controller that needs a driver for a sata Hard derive. He could try putting the driver on a cd and see if he the WINXP CD install will see it on his CD drive then again I just noticed he has an NF4 motherboard so he doesn't need to add a driver so long as he uses the NF4 SATA ports in IDE (single drive) mode. Windows XP has no problem installing that way It's not a hard mistake for an NF4 rookie to make. I think I know someone ;-) who made this same mistake the first time he had an NF4 board. In his ;-) case he just used the floppy and installed on the Si3114 ports -- Ed Light Smiley :-/ MS Smiley :-\ Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. Bring the Troops Home: http://bringthemhomenow.org Fight Spam: http://bluesecurity.com |
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*** Please help - blessed pc
On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 11:53:43 -0800, "DaveL" Top Poster Extraordinaire
wrote: Unless you are setting up a raid you should not need a floppy. And don't cross post. LOL. A top-posting net cop. |
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*** Please help - blessed pc
On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:58:05 -0000, "Christy"
wrote: Hi all - Have installed a new a64 4400 x2 cpu - overclocks really well but have had a couple of issues with XP Pro - trying to do a clean install but I cannot get my system to see floppy (not normally installed) - its a new fdd and powers up on booting but thats as far as it gets - this is a pain as I have a sata hdd which needs drivers installed for the clean xp install to see hdd!!! Are there any work arounds - I'm hoping not to buy a new mobo! current mobo is msi k8n diamond sli nf4 939... If your current floppy drive is borked, try either a USB floppy or a USB flash drive that supports floppy mode. |
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*** Please help - blessed pc
Yeah, the irony of it is ... ironic. You got me, Folkster.
DaveL "Folk" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 11:53:43 -0800, "DaveL" Top Poster Extraordinaire wrote: Unless you are setting up a raid you should not need a floppy. And don't cross post. LOL. A top-posting net cop. |
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