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  1. simon04
    I've restarted in safe mode, but the A;\ does not appear there either.
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    I'm unable to see the contents in Windows, as there is no A:\ drive showing anywhere. If I insert a floppy (boot) dist at bootup, it will load from the floppy, proving the drive itself is working.
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    I did check the cable for the same reason, but found it was correct, as it puts up an error if it is reversed. As far as I can tell, the drive is enabled and found in bios. It seems to work at system start up, but not in Windows :-(
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    I have got C: and D: drives as they should be.... I'm not wanting to boot from the floppy at present, but have come to a rare occasion where I need to access an old floppy....
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    Any help would be much appreciated..... This is a PC running Windows XP Home. There is no A;\ floppy drive shown in windows explorer\my computer. The floppy is wired correctly and powered up..... I can get the PC to attempt to boot from the floppy OK, but in windows, I can't see the A:\ drive at all.... In "devices" in control panel, the floppy disc controller is shown, which I have tried uninstalling and let it redetect, with no results... Thanks in advance, Simon.
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    Yes, the HDD is set to boot first in BIOS. I've run all the driver setup programs from the CD supplied with the motherboard.
  7. simon04
    I've managed to rule out all the items in the "startup" tab of msconfig. The freezing still occurred on reboot after I had disabled all of these items.....
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    Thanks. Yes, the DVD drive is working fine.... I will have a go at the trial and error route in the mean time, and see what happens :-)
  9. simon04
    Sorry, I can't remember whether the problem happened slightly before or slightly after the DVD drive. It seems to have frozen more often lately, which is why I've been monitoring it more closely.
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    The problem wasn't evident after this work being done, however, the SATA DVD drive was added a while after, so I can't tell whether or not this was the cause.... Forgot to mention.... I've already tried uninstalling AVG and changed to a different mouse, PS2 this time, incase either of these were affecting the boot.
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    Im running a machine with Win XP home. I'm finding some of the time, it freezes after booting ...... the mouse will not move, and keyboard doesn't respond. The furthest I can get is seeing the desktop and taskbar icons loading..... Again, it does not do this everytime, but atleast daily. By hitting the reset button, this will sometimes get the PC to restart and boot properly. (It has recently had new motherboard,cpu,ram,DVD drive and clean install of Win XP). Any help much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Simon.
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    I now think I've pinpointed the boot (memory) issue and returned the RAM's to the vendor, who will be exchanging them for a single 2GB RAM.... The shutdown problem is still there, and the only further thought I has is that the PC is listed as a "MPS Multiprocessor PC in device manager".... However, given that the motherboard is ACPI compliant, I wondered if the device manager should actually display thi9s as "ACPI Multiprocessor PC" instead??
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    I am fairly familiar with BIOS, and have ensured the ACPI is enabled. The problem has just occurred after a new Motherboard bundle and clean install of Win XP Home.
  14. simon04
    Unfortunately, the registry patch didn't do the trick..... I did find this post: "It is Now Safe to Turn Off Your Computer" error message when you try to shut down your computer However, it seems not to relate to my system, despite being for XP
  15. simon04
    I've downloaded and extracted the file, but I couldn't find your last post regarding uninstalling the IDE drives..... Do you just mean uninstalling them with device manager??
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    I've run the Memtest on both RAM's and no errors were detected. Since playing around with different combinations, I now suspect a faulty socket on the motherboard, or just a problem with the connections to the RAM sticks.... They were both clicked in fully, as far as I could see.. Nevertheless, I've got the PC booting and running OK with both RAMs (for now anyway)...... I will have to test this over the next few days.
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    Even with the one stick fitted, the shutdown problem still occurs. I guess only time will tell if one of the RAM's is faulty.....
  18. simon04
    They are 1GB ram sticks, bought as a bundle with the motherboard. It is possible to get it working with both *sometimes*..... (until it fails). I guess I'm going to have to test it with each of the RAM sticks individually over time, to see if that proves anything.... (i.e. one of them being defective)?
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    Thanks, I'm not sure which version this has, but it's a Biostar MCP6P M2+ I've tried removing one of the RAM's, and it boots OK ...... I've had it working with both RAM's fitted too, but then it failed again after being used a few times.. I found that by removing one RAM got it to start!:confused:
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    Not sure if it is related, but another glitch has re-appeared, which I thought was solved..... The system is now failing to boot, and does not display the BIOS screen at all ....... the monitor has no signal....... I just get a long and 2 short beeps, followed by a hi-lo beep.... I got the system going when this happened before by removing both the RAMs and refitting them one by one... It was ok for a while, but this might have been fluke... Could this be a faulty new motherboard??
  21. simon04
    By "just fitted", I meant I've only just fitted those items today, and the shutdown problem was evident the first time I shut down Win XP after the clean install (It's SP2 by the way)... I hadn't yet added any other software when the problem occurred on the first shudown. It was a previously used hard drive, which I deleted the partition and started from scratch.
  22. simon04
    I could use some help to solve this problem, if anyone has any ideas??? I've just fitted a new Biostar motherboard, CPU & RAM, plus a clean install of Win XP...... When the system is shutdown, it will no longer power-off automatically.... Any help much appreciated, Thanks in advance...
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