- my system blues
- Posted by S4kna on October 17th, 2004
HI, i have just got my new pc up and runnning. I have a slight problem, when i
start it up i right at the start when it goes through the the technical stuff,
i get and error say that floppy dive has fail (40). I wud like to know why i
get this problem seen as though i dont even have a floppy drive installed. Does
anyone know how to get rid of this error? If so could you please provide me
with step by step instructions as my computer knowledge is limeted? Thanks a
lot.
p.s. my spec is... athlon 64 3200, 1gb ddr 400, 256mb geforse GT, 200gb hard
drive.
thanks again
- Posted by S4kna on October 17th, 2004
p.s. i have windows xp home
- Posted by MJP on October 17th, 2004
"S4kna" <s4kna@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041017083000.25562.00002363@mb-m29.aol.com...
Your BIOS does not seem to know that you do not have a floppy drive.If you
explain the situation to it correctly it should stop telling you that it
cannot find it.
I.e. go into the BIOS and set it for no floppy drive installed.
MJP
- Posted by Norbert Dentressangle on October 17th, 2004
you can get this error when the floppy drive cable isn't attached to the
motherboard properly.
although you're machine is prob under warranty (and so you maybe ought to
have a help line or warranty phone support number) try this.
Take the cable off from the floppy drive and the mb and re-attach it (while
your pc is off of course) and then reboot.
--
Steve 
)
- Posted by S4kna on October 17th, 2004
ok, thanks mate i will try that.
- Posted by MJP on October 17th, 2004
"Norbert Dentressangle" <Norbert@bigtruck.com> wrote in message
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drive??
- Posted by Norbert Dentressangle on October 17th, 2004
oops, sorry didn't read all the post.
I'll get my coat!
"MJP" <mjpjunk32@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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- Posted by S4kna on October 17th, 2004
i have sorted it buy telling my bios that i dont have a floppy, i also sent an
email telling the people that made my pc hhow pissed off i was at them.
- Posted by Conor on October 17th, 2004
In article <20041017083000.25562.00002363@mb-m29.aol.com>, S4kna
says...
You're getting this message because in the CMOS in Standard Settings,
it has a floppy drive specified. Go into CMOS settings (press DEL at
bootup) and into Standard Settings. Go down to the Drive A part and set
it to non.
--
Conor
Opinions personal, facts suspect.
- Posted by Conor on October 17th, 2004
In article <20041017091809.23163.00002228@mb-m12.aol.com>, S4kna
says...
--
Conor
Opinions personal, facts suspect.
- Posted by Dr. Harvie Wahl-Banghor on October 17th, 2004
I was walking down the street, minding my own business, when on Sun,
17 Oct 2004 13:55:35 +0100, "MJP" <mjpjunk32@hotmail.com> screamed
from behind the mulberry bush:
What is it with reading comprehension these days?
- Posted by Toolman Tim on October 17th, 2004
Time, I think, my friend. So many posts, so little *time* <g>
--
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where
THEY went." ~Will Rogers~
- Posted by S4kna on October 17th, 2004
Thats exactly why i sent them an email of complaint. If they weren't so damn
lazy they would have sorted it out them selves. They also left one of there
back up cd's in my cd drive, looked like they rushed my pc together
- Posted by Norbert Dentressangle on October 17th, 2004
"Toolman Tim" <no.spam.for.tcm@my.email.is.invalid> wrote in message
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I think Dr Harvie needs a screwdriver...
har har
Norbert (who now has his coat on).
