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Dead Floppy Contoller
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2002 9:09 pm
by Murphy
I flashed my PCCHIPS
mobo by preparing a floppy disk and flashing with supposedly the correct file from their website. Now my mobo goes by POST fine except for this error message:
FDC Failure
Press F1 to Resume
I can press F1 and it will continue but the keyboard hangs during Win 2K boot up so I can't log in.
I've tried re-downloading the flash file and flashing from an old hard drive (Since bios can't see the floppy drive) and it seems to update fine but I get exactly the same thing as before.
My mobo serial is:
51-0305-001437-00101111-071595-M571
Thanks for reading.
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2002 9:53 pm
by Rainbow
There are more versions of M571 board. You flashed the wrong BIOS. Check the version of your board printed near the keyboard connector and get correct BIOS from ajzchips' page
http://go.to/ajz
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2002 10:35 pm
by Murphy
Thanks for the reply Rainbow.
I had checked my mobo revision (Ver 3.2A)
but I went to the site you mentioned and downloaded it from there and guess what?
FDC Failure
Press F1 to Resume
Is it possible the first flash I used has somehow damaged or over written something it shouldn't?
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2002 11:57 pm
by Rainbow
Have you tried both 571_V32(A)_Bios_19990514S_AMI.zip and 571_V32(A)_Bios_20020201S_Beta_AMI.zip? Have you cleared CMOS after flashing?
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 1:04 am
by Murphy
In actual fact neither. I had resorted to using the 571lmr update as I thought this must have been the file you meant since both of the 571 v3.2a files are password protected.
Should I be able to access these files?
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 1:28 am
by ajzchips
The files aren't password protected. The server(s) where they're located resort to the "password" query only when they're over the daily banwidth usage limit.
There are 4 servers randomly accessed when you go to
http://go.to/ajz , so it's just a matter of retrying, or waiting till the next day.
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 1:50 am
by Murphy
Oh my god!!!
Rainbow your a saviour!
I managed to get the files after a little perseverence (Many thanks to
http://go.to/ajz )
and the beta works fine, I have my server back.
What's a little worrying is that it was an official file from the PCCHIPS webstie that caused the problem.
So, if your reading this and your looking to upgrade your BIOS. Give the manufacturers website a miss and
[/b] ASK THESE GUYS
Thanks Rainbow 
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 8:52 pm
by Rainbow
PC Chips official support is bad - that's why ajzchips pages and PC Chips Lottery
http://go.to/th2 exist.
