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The FDD motor comes on for a second and then the light just stays on without stepping the head at all (it just stays yellow). Which cable could be reveresed? IDE or power cable? I think the cables right because the fdd works in Windows. I checked the files and the diskette; all 3 files are not read ...

Tried this and nothing happened;the fdd led just stayed on. What now?

Ok I've put these files onto a floppy disk; -awdflash.exe (Award flasher v8.08, was called awd808.exe, renamed it) -Autoexec.bat with the line "awdflash 6vm7apf3.bin /py /sn /cc /cd /cp " - 6vm7apf3.bin (This was my original bios, the one I backed up before I updated) Do I now just put the floppy di...

Thanks for the reply, Nicks :) I read the Faq and I think bootblock recovery might be worth a try as my floppy drive tries to read a disk when I turn on my PC. To do a bootblock recovery, I understand that I need to put an award flasher and the correct bios.bin file (my backup .bin file -the old one...

Hi guys, I have a Gigabyte GA-6VM7A+ F3 motherboard. I used @bios utility to update the bios. I downloaded the bios for GA-6VM7A+ F4 (I assumed F4 was the bios version). I restarted and there was a blank screen and a lot of beeps. I suspect the bios chip might be dead. Is it? How can I fix it? Someb...

Hi, I have a spare dell optiplex gn computer with phoenix bios (version A07). I went to the dell file library and downloaded the A12 bios. I'm not sure whether I'll install it yet because theres nothing wrong with my bios atm (its just a bit old). Am I able to install the award star bios instead of ...