Can't boot from floppy

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Name: Lizette
Date: October 20, 2003 at 07:53:53 Pacific
Subject: Can't boot from floppy
OS: WinXP Pro
CPU/Ram: AMD 1,6 Ghz/256 Mb

Comment:

I recently upgraded my to an AMD 1,6 Ghz.
I connected all the devices correctly but there's one problem.
The computer won't boot from floppy.
My boot sequence is: 1. legacy floppy 2. cd-rom 3. ide-hdd
I already tried 2 different floppy drives and 2 different cables and one of the cables came with the motherboard.
The computer does recognize the drive and the drive LED stays on, but i don't hear the "reading/writing" noise from the floppy.
Also, there is no OS installed on the HD.
Can anybody help me out here?

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Response Number 1

Name: Hooner
Date: October 20, 2003 at 07:59:40 Pacific
Subject: Can't boot from floppy

Reply: (edit)

Have you checked the cable has been plugged in the right way round, both at mobo and drive? it's a simple mistake.
Failing that I'd say the floppy controller on the mobo is duff.

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Response Number 2

Name: Lizette
Date: October 20, 2003 at 08:00:33 Pacific
Subject: Can't boot from floppy

Reply: (edit)

Oh, also forgot to mention
I get this error: "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"
I tried 3 different boot disks: Win98, WinXP (6 disk) and DOS

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Response Number 3

Name: Lizette
Date: October 20, 2003 at 08:04:56 Pacific
Subject: Can't boot from floppy

Reply: (edit)

Hooner,
Yes the "red line-side" on motherboard is in pin 1 and isn't on the drive, well there's just one way to connect it.

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Response Number 4

Name: Doug
Date: October 20, 2003 at 17:48:06 Pacific
Subject: Can't boot from floppy

Reply: (edit)

When the floppy LED stays on there is a 99% chance that the floppy cable is backword. Flip it around just to see what happens.

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Response Number 5

Name: Davy H
Date: October 21, 2003 at 08:52:56 Pacific
Subject: Can't boot from floppy

Reply: (edit)

Is there a reason you'r not booting from your XP CD?

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