Weird ass pc problem. Hardware experts read me.

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  • jimthefiend
    So Fucking Banned
    • Oct 2003
    • 18889
    #1

    Weird ass pc problem. Hardware experts read me.

    K, so one of my desktops has been randomly shutting down and going into some weird loop lately. Loop is defined as shutting down and trying to reboot, i.e. drive lights are on but the monitor doesnt turn on. Hafta unplug the fucking thing to get it to reboot properly.


    K so I noticed it had done it again this morning and rebooted it. No dice, went into some FDC error. I couldnt even get into bios, when I tried it shut down again. LOL.

    So I unplugged the FD from the board and was finally able to get into bios where I disabled the floppy.

    Now the bitch boots fine.

    Was it just a case of a bad FDC or should I just chuck the whole fucking pc into the garbage?

    Dont really do much with it, just an extra one of several I keep here for girls to do shows on.
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    • jimthefiend
      So Fucking Banned
      • Oct 2003
      • 18889
      #2
      Oh, p4, xp, gig of ram

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        • who
          So Fucking Banned
          • Aug 2003
          • 19593
          #3
          What's your PSU rating/brand ?

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            • Fred Quimby
              Confirmed User
              • Jul 2004
              • 5430
              #4
              Are you using a 5 1/4 inch floppy still?

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                • jimthefiend
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 18889
                  #5
                  Originally posted by who
                  What's your PSU rating/brand ?


                  I have no idea. I was wondering about that but I didn't have any spares.

                  I'll stick a new one in if it happens again and see.

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                    • iwantchixx
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 12860
                      #6
                      replace floppy. Fixed.

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                        • jimthefiend
                          So Fucking Banned
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 18889
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Fred Quimby
                          Are you using a 5 1/4 inch floppy still?

                          Yeah I use them even more than my dvd burner.

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                            • who
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Aug 2003
                              • 19593
                              #8
                              Originally posted by jimthefiend
                              I have no idea. I was wondering about that but I didn't have any spares.

                              I'll stick a new one in if it happens again and see.
                              If it all works now with the floppy disabled, it could just be the floppy (sounds too wierd though). I've had some VERY wierd things happen due to a dying/defective PSU.

                              hope you manage to get it sorted out.

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                                • jimthefiend
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • Oct 2003
                                  • 18889
                                  #9
                                  Yeah I had a to replace a PSU in one a while back. Took me hours to figure out wtf was up.

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                                    • Fred Quimby
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jul 2004
                                      • 5430
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by jimthefiend
                                      Yeah I use them even more than my dvd burner.
                                      woot,,,360k of storage

                                      I remember back in my days of tech support, installing the New microsoft office software from 46 floppys. I could do abt 4 machines in a day

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