Re: Too good to be true -- floppy light stays on permanently

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From: Dave
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 14:07

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In lieu of your last sentence, what do think is appropriate?

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Dave
Overheard at Windows XP development:
"Resistance is futile, you will be absorbed."
e-mail address is bogus...  Reply at newsgroup.
Place replies at top of your post for continuity.

"Barry Ward" <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote in message news:3b2af7dc@grissom...
> This 55 year old "old fart"  put together his firat computer this morning.
> A P3-1000 on an ASUS CUSL2-c board.
>
> And it worked first time!!! :)
>
> Well almost --- the machine starts up fine , I can access BIOS,  -- but
the
> Floppy is running permanently and when it tries to boot from the floppy ,
I
> get the dreaded "Floppy fail" message .. I think maybe I have connected
the
> cable up the wrong way around ???
>
> Any advice please/
>
> Thanks
>
> barry
>
>

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