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Thread ID: 103079 2009-09-11 23:04:00 Creative I/O ULTRA ATA IDE Controller Card installation PROBLEMS. art789 (15230) Press F1
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809125 2009-09-18 03:22:00 hey, about the ms dos floppy i made by choosing that formatting option in windows, so do i just boot into it and just remove the JP3 jumper, cuz im doing that right now, and the screen is just black, i dunno man. ill try what you said but......gasp art789 (15230)
809126 2009-09-18 03:30:00 i tried what you said and it didnt work. it said DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISCK AND PRESS ENTER OR SHOOT YOURSELF BLAYH BLAH BLAH.....man...
i connected the hard drive to the card in the pci slot and the cd drive to the mobo, i couldnt do vice versa cuz the computer is bui8lt weird if you saw the youtube video. so i dunno what do, i thought there was hope by installing the new BIOS but i cant even do that right. i did the format thing he said and making a bootable ms dos thing with the formatting option in windows but when i set the bios to boot from the floppy and set the jumpers to what the manual said i get nothing. i dunno. maybe i DO have the wrong mobo . i dunnno. i guess im gonna just have to pay for a sata cd drive or hard drive.
art789 (15230)
809127 2009-09-18 03:44:00 If you want to make a boot disk, the easiest way - go to Bootdisk.com (http://www.bootdisk.com/) download the file for your system, it will be an exe file, simply double click it, follow instructions to make a bootable floppy. If its a simple boot disk with CD support, get the win98.

Add the BIOS flash files as previously mentioned and boot from that floppy follow your own instructions to install.

WARNING: as previously mentioned by Fiat Lux / Post 18, make sure you have the correct BIOS flash - the wrong one will stuff your BIOS. Close enough is NOT good enough.
wainuitech (129)
809128 2009-09-18 06:53:00 i hope you dont think i want everything handed to me on a sliver platter but i dont know which one to pick, there are so many that are for xp. i just need one to boot into DOS and also have the three Bios files you mentioned in the same floppy so as not to have to take it out and insert a different one. can you help me with that? thanks in advanced art789 (15230)
809129 2009-09-18 07:32:00 i hope you dont think i want everything handed to me on a sliver platter but i dont know which one to pick, there are so many that are for xp. i just need one to boot into DOS and also have the three Bios files you mentioned in the same floppy so as not to have to take it out and insert a different one. can you help me with that? thanks in advanced

Go to bootdisk.com and pick the Win98SE one. They all come with the driver for the CDRom drive anyway in case you need to acdcess the CD drive.

Make a floppy bootable with the boot files you get from bootdisk.com and add the three files. Then make sure in the BIOS that the PC is set to boot from the A:/ drive. Flash the BIOS and then set the BIOS to default settings. Take out the floppy then boot.
Sweep (90)
809130 2009-09-18 07:42:00 again, im not trying to sound like a baby, but i guess i cant help it, are you meaning the first one in the boot.com page that says: DOS/Windows9X/Me/NT/2K/XP Excellent Bootdisks becuz i dont anything on the page about windows 98. sorry. oh and i just made a floppy boot disk from the FREE BOOT DISKS section named DOS 5.0 , heres the link to that page. www.bootdisk.com and im just gonna add the three files to it. is that ok? im sorry again if im asking for too much pointing in the right direction. art789 (15230)
809131 2009-09-18 07:44:00 oh yea, and id rather go with the floppy way of flashing the BIOS if thats ok. art789 (15230)
809132 2009-09-18 07:50:00 Grab the fourth one down on that page. It will give you an *.exe file. Insert blank formatted 3.5" floppy in A:/ drive and run the download.

Add your three files. Boot from the floppy.

You will then have to run the flash exe and tell it where the BIOS file is. And try to make very sure that you have the correct *.bin file or will have a nice paperweight but not much else.
Sweep (90)
809133 2009-09-18 07:55:00 ok. thank you very much. ill get on it right now
and by the fourth one down, you meant the DOS 6.22 | Mirror from the link i gave you right? or did you mean from the first page from the website, this one?
DOS 3.3+All Flavors Basic Bootdisks By Powerload

just making sure. sorry
art789 (15230)
809134 2009-09-18 07:59:00 ok. thank you very much. ill get on it right now

I will follow your progress with interest.
Sweep (90)
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