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MonteMan

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07-16-2002 at 05:19:30 AM

I get this msg when I boot up... I had an old Mobo and processor laying around (athlon 550mhz and a MS6167) I set it up it get to decting IDE drives it detects my Hardrive then CDROM then after that it says: Floppy disk(s) Fail (40). Any ideas would be greatly appreaicted.

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07-16-2002 at 11:07:45 AM

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you 've probably plugged the floppy drive cable in the wrong way, switch it around and see if it helps, also check if you've plugged in your floppy disk power cable.

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