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I have had a similar problem before, what I did to cure this was unplug the HDD, then boot from the CD with no HDD attached, it worked, the PC booted from the CD, then I shutdown and installed the HDD again and boot from the CD and it's been working ever since... I honestly don't know why this worked... but it did...
I suggest you try this...
Are you sure the master/slave settings are correct for the HDD and the CDROM?
I'd concentrate on getting the CDROM working. If the BIOS
will boot from cdrom, and it won't boot a bootable cd, then
maybe it's the drive. Yeah, maybe the floppy is bad too (they
usually are,LOL), but maybe you can find another cdrom
drive to try. Now, if your BIOS isn't bootable from cdrom,
then you'd have to get the floppy working.
:cool:
First things first, before you go out and buy a cd drive, check to see if it will work without the HDD...
Well... Have you fixed the problem yet?? Give us an update!!
Sorry for the delay in replying.
Ive just been running into problem after problem with this damn box.
Ive narrowed the problem down to a zillion things.
I think the ram's dodge, psu on its way out, bios maybe corrupt, fdd hammered, ide channel arsed....i could go on but fk it.
Anyways i aint paying the money to get this thing off the ground, be just as cheap to buy a new box.
Cheers anyways peeps.