![]() ![]() ![]() If that doesn't help, then I'm afraid your a BIOS update wouldn't fix a 'dying chipset'. Faulty drives DO cause startup problems ) Disconnect the relevent cables (with the power turned off of course) reset CMOS by removing the CMOS battery for a few minutes and then refitting it, and then start up. Disconnecting those cable will actually 'remove' the drive, and if it's a failing drive causing the POST problem you need to remove it. You might be 'disabling' it but the power and signals being detected are telling BIOS it's there. :DĪs well as disconnecting the floppy in BIOS, disconnect the floppy data cable and also the power cable connector from the rear of the drive. ![]() If the machine is dying of old age, I'm not adverse to learning something new if it isn't going to precipitate a quicker death. At another web site it had been suggested that because of the age of my BIOS I should either upgrade or flash the BIOS. I disabled the seek floopy drive in the BIOS, but the problem persist. It seems that the general consensus is that the chip set on the motherboard containing the floppy drive controller is going south. I was able to identify the item by the LED display on the motherboard and the diagnostic chart provided for that, and it always stops at the same place, initializing the floppy drive controller. MIS K7 Pro (MIS6195 ATX IR3) motherboard with a AMD Athlon Pluto K75, OS W2K Proīecause of a problems with a corrupted file,(or files) I reformatted my OS, after that the computer was running fine except for one of the original problems, the computer stops randomly in the POST, alway in the same place. Hi Catweazle.this is a home brew a friend put together about six years ago: ![]()
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