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Since: Jun 21, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:43 am
Post subject: Bad mobo?
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Well, my floppy controller was acting flaky when I first built this thing
(MSI k7N2 Delta), but now the bios doesn't see it at all. I was trying to
install XP, BUT I need a floppy to load the sata driver.........so it won't
boot.
Anybody know a good Socket A mobo? (I've tried switching out all the floppy
stuff already)
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Since: Feb 22, 2007
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:43 am
Post subject: Re: Bad mobo? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Travis McGee" <nothere DeleteThis @aol.com>
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>Well, my floppy controller was acting flaky when I first built this thing
>(MSI k7N2 Delta), but now the bios doesn't see it at all. I was trying to
>install XP, BUT I need a floppy to load the sata driver.........so it won't
>boot.
>
>Anybody know a good Socket A mobo? (I've tried switching out all the floppy
>stuff already)
>
>Thanks!
>
You could try a replacement controller card instead.
Put in the new card with (usually) IDE, Floppy, and printer ports; only
enable the floppy on the card; while disabling the floppy on the
motherboard. A bit cheaper; and a handy tool to have around for
debugging. Yes, they still have PCI versions. Also useful for extra
printers; allowing access to LPT2:
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:56 am
Post subject: Re: Bad mobo? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt spodosaurus <spodosaurus.RemoveThis@_yahoo_.com>
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>Frank McCoy wrote:
>> In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Travis McGee" <nothere.RemoveThis@aol.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, my floppy controller was acting flaky when I first built this thing
>>> (MSI k7N2 Delta), but now the bios doesn't see it at all. I was trying to
>>> install XP, BUT I need a floppy to load the sata driver.........so it won't
>>> boot.
>>>
>>> Anybody know a good Socket A mobo? (I've tried switching out all the floppy
>>> stuff already)
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>> You could try a replacement controller card instead.
>> Put in the new card with (usually) IDE, Floppy, and printer ports; only
>> enable the floppy on the card; while disabling the floppy on the
>> motherboard. A bit cheaper; and a handy tool to have around for
>> debugging. Yes, they still have PCI versions. Also useful for extra
>> printers; allowing access to LPT2:
>>
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>Personally, I'd buy a USB floppy drive (actually, I did!). I no longer
>need floppy drives in my PCs: the usb drives works for all systems on
>the rare occasions it is required.
>
Good thought.
Or, (Like I did, when I needed a "B:" drive on a mobo that didn't
support two floppies [WHY I never did figure out]) if you have a spare
IDE connection, you can get an IDE floppy.
However, a USB drive floppy will only work as boot device if the BIOS
supports such. You'd need to check that first.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:56 pm
Post subject: Re: Bad mobo? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Frank McCoy wrote:
> In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Travis McGee" <nothere.TakeThisOut@aol.com>
> wrote:
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>> Well, my floppy controller was acting flaky when I first built this thing
>> (MSI k7N2 Delta), but now the bios doesn't see it at all. I was trying to
>> install XP, BUT I need a floppy to load the sata driver.........so it won't
>> boot.
>>
>> Anybody know a good Socket A mobo? (I've tried switching out all the floppy
>> stuff already)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
> You could try a replacement controller card instead.
> Put in the new card with (usually) IDE, Floppy, and printer ports; only
> enable the floppy on the card; while disabling the floppy on the
> motherboard. A bit cheaper; and a handy tool to have around for
> debugging. Yes, they still have PCI versions. Also useful for extra
> printers; allowing access to LPT2:
>
Personally, I'd buy a USB floppy drive (actually, I did!). I no longer
need floppy drives in my PCs: the usb drives works for all systems on
the rare occasions it is required.
Ari
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:24 pm
Post subject: Re: Bad mobo? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Travis McGee" <nothere.DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote in message
news:Zblhi.2312$Od7.1673@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Well, my floppy controller was acting flaky when I first built this thing
> (MSI k7N2 Delta), but now the bios doesn't see it at all. I was trying to
> install XP, BUT I need a floppy to load the sata driver.........so it
> won't
> boot.
>
> Anybody know a good Socket A mobo? (I've tried switching out all the
> floppy
> stuff already)
>
I had the same problem with my Abit NF7 S v2. I slipstreamed the sata
driver into the XP cd using nlite;
http://www.nliteos.com/
worked like a dream.
HTH
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