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by joey888

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Hello I am having a problem on startup. This is the third computer I have built. On startup the computer power engages then floppy light locks up. If I press restart it starts with no problems. Everything runs fine except on startup. I have checked everything I thought it could be. Could use some ideas?.

Computer spec.

Main Board
Brand/Model VIA Technologies, Inc. P4X400-8235
Type Desktop
BIOS Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 08/13/2003
System Board P4X400-8235
Processor
Brand/Model Intel Pentium 4
Nominal Clock Speed 2666 MHz
Measured Clock Speed 2667 MHz
External Clock Speed 133 MHz
CPUID Information 0x0F29 0xBFEBFBFF
Memory Configuration
Description Results
RAM installed 512 MB
Windows RAM 512 MB
Memory Type 0+256+256;DIMM,Unknown,;T16

Disk Drives
Drive letters C
Removable media No
Brand/Model QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS60.0
IDE details DMA
Disk Controllers
Here are the hard disk controllers that we have detected on your system:
Vendor Product
Primary IDE Channel
Secondary IDE Channel
VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA Bus Master IDE Controller
CD/DVD Drives
Here are the CD and DVD drives that we have detected on your system:
Model Type Max Read Speed Max Write Speed
LITE-ON DVD+RW LDW-401S CD-RW 1762 KB/s (10X) 7042 KB/s (40X)
Video Board
Description Your Results
Brand/Model Best Data GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Resolution 1024x768 pixels
Colors 16 million
DirectX version 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
OpenGL version 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
Acceleration options Enabled
Performance 81.69 MP/s (No similar CPU/MHz/video)

Windows Configuration
Description Your Results
Common Name Windows XP SP1
Full Version Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1
First Install Tue Nov 4 2003
Free Resources 90%
Fonts Installed 75
Windows Scripting Version 5.6.0.6626

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by fred07

Hi

Check power and cable to floppy to ensure they are correct. Had similar prob and floppy power connect not solid

Change out the floppy

fred

by memyslfni1969

check that the cable's pin 1 is correctly lined up with the MOBO config for FD controller's pin one (general marked by a little arrow. I have come to find that quite often on floppy disk cables it it opposite ot the IDE plugs. Also a great tip for me to remember (before they put the little notches in them to prevent incorrect insertion) is generally te standard for cables is "RED TO THE RIGHT" meaning the red stiped side is the right side of the plug and also pin 1. I would also make sure that you are not using a cable over 18 in long and if it has 2 connectors for drives that you are not using the one in the middle, and lastley the the end with the twisted part of the cable goes to the drive and the shorted solid section goes to the board. Other than try the floppy in a different computer or try a different floppy in this one.

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