WTF, floppy drive gone psycho!

[flamethrower205]

Ok, so I wanted to test out an old PCI 2 mb vid card, so I took out my quadro dcc, and stuck it in a pci slot. It worked, so I took it out, and put it back (I shut off comp before it got to windows...just wanted to see if it sent signal). So anyways, back goes my quadro, and I plug in my comp and don't have a floppy drive! It says irq 6 is in use by something else (it says used by TPkd- wtf is that??) and that is why the floppy can't be used. Now, in BIOS it gives no option to mess w/ irq 6- it skips from 5 to 7. Same in Windows, and I can't find what device is using the IRQ! Plz help cause I need the floppy drive badly, and can't figure out wtf teh prob is, and why windows xp won't let me change its IRQ setting. Oh yeah, I have FIC Ad11 mobo w/ 1.2 Ghz T-bird, 512 DDR.

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[flamethrower205]

anyone? this is really important.

Only if you let me see the Umpa Lumpa- Homer Simpson.

 

[lagger]

is it possible in bios to setup as PNP OS "Yes" ?? perhaps windoze xp will reconfig for ya after a reboot ( lame idea here but I'd try it lol)

lagger

<b><font color=blue>Computers run on smoke, I let the smoke out of mine and it quit working </b> </font color=blue>

 

[HonestJhon]

yeah, it might work.


oh yeah, and lagger, you know how computers run on smoke?
well, i put a shim on mine to help me keep the smoke in mine when i move it around.
hehe
gotta keep that smoke in there.

-DAvid

-Live, Learn, then build your own computer!-

 

[Crashman]

Go into BIOS and set "reset configuration data" to YES.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[khha4113]

Check to see if your floppy cable is loose.

Good or Bad have no meaning at all, depends on what your point of view is.

 

[phsstpok]

You probably have set PnP OS to YES.

Take Crashman's advice.

Windows, while the floppy was absent (although I can't see how this has happened unless you disabled the floppy controller in BIOS), has reassigned your IRQ 6. Resetting the Configuration Data (ESCD) should force windows to redetect IRQs.

update: disregard part of that. I misread your post and see that your vid card was what was out of the system not your floppy but try resetting ESCD anyway.


<b>We are all beta testers!</b><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by phsstpok on 01/23/02 04:30 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[flamethrower205]

Tried resetting escd, but no change.

Only if you let me see the Umpa Lumpa- Homer Simpson.

 

[Crashman]

Try setting PNP OS to NO then and see if BIOS changes the IRQs apropriately.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[phsstpok]

With PnP OS set NO you should also be able change IRQ assignments within Windows.

<b>We are all beta testers!</b>

 

[flamethrower205]

Well, I tried that, no fix, and actually, Windows doesn't allow me to change irq, regardless. Also, IRQ 6 isn't listed.

Only if you let me see the Umpa Lumpa- Homer Simpson.