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BootBlock hanging at detecting floppy

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 3:00 am
by digital11
Ok, I'm getting the infamous BIOS ROM checksum error. However, I'm not fortunate enough to get the "Insert system disk" message. As soon as I power the system on the floppy light goes on and the system will sit indefinitely at "Detecting floppy drive A media..." The floppy light will stay lit until I turn it off.

I have tried 3 different floppy drives, 4 different floppy cables, various configurations of each just to make sure I have a working floppy config. However, nothing I've tried gets it past the detecting floppy message.

The mobo is an Asus A7N8X 2.0 PCB.

Someone please assist.

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 8:33 pm
by edwin
one end connector to the mobo, end connector at twisted section to the floppy, red striping matches pin ONE on both connectors, that should do it. If not, there a chance the floppy disk itself is faulty, try another disk and make sure it contains everything for an emaergency flash per instructions from Asus.

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 9:56 pm
by Rainbow
Sometimes, there's a bug in the bootblock, preventing it from working properly :?

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 7:37 am
by DanceMan
Will it detect a hard drive with a boot sector? (after changing the boot order to "C" first in the bios)

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 12:08 pm
by Rainbow
No, it can only boot from floppy. AFAIK, on some new Asus boards, the bootblock can boot from the Asus CD.

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:40 pm
by Gnou
I ve got exactly the same prob .. The only way ll be to buy another bios .. i think ... :evil: