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| 12948 | 2001-05-21 02:22:00 | I'm having a go at building a pc, it's an old VL/I-486 SV2GX4 Motherboard with a DX4-S CPU. At the startup i get the following message:flopy disk(s)failer(40).What have i done wrong? Also when i plug a hard drive in that has win 3.1 installed there is something wrong with the display it appears garbled or out of allignment or something but will display fine on another system with the same monitor.Plus can anyone reccomend a good 'puter DIY site? | Guest (0) | ||
| 12949 | 2001-05-21 04:55:00 | The floppy failure may be due to the cable being plugged in the wrong way round. The plug next to the twist in the cable is the one to connect to the floppy, with the outer red wire of the cable next to where hopefully the circuit board of the drive is marked 1 or maybe 2. The other end of the socket may be marked 34. Windows 3.1 may have a different video card driver loaded to that which you are using on the motherboard. At the DOS prompt after boot up type c:\windows [enter], then: setup [enter]. This will bring up a screen where you can select the standard VGA video driver, or if you have the disk, the driver for your particular video card. Try and get hold of a copy of Upgrading and Repairing PC's by Scott Mueller, published by Que, it's pricy but tells you most things you are ever likely to want to know about. |
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| 12950 | 2001-05-23 16:35:00 | Just to clarify your last respondent's comments about the floppy drive ribbon. The red stripe indicates which end of the plug pin 1 is located. The twist in the cable tells the computer whether it is drive A or B. When you look at the cable, there are two connectors to one side of the twist and one to the other. The one after the twist is drive A, The one just prior to the twist is drive B, and the other goes on to the motherboard. Your problem can be due to 5 reasons: The connector is on back to front, The connector is not connected to either the floppy drive or motherboard (or not pushed fully home), the power plug is not connected to the floppy drive, the floppy drive is faulty, or you have a BIOS/motherboard problem |
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