Interesting story...

[ND4SPDR]

So last night, my neighbor calls me over asking if I can his computer. I go over there and the floppy drive is reading as a 5 and a quarter inch drive. What the heck?

I open up the case and check out all the wiring making sure nothing is wrong. Everything looks fine, so I try rebooting and looking at the BIOS for drive information. The floppy IRQ is listed as "None." What the heck?

I make an educated guess and say the floppy has gone off the deep end. I offer to go buy the floppy the next day (today) and install it today. I go buy the drive, install it, and still have the same problem. What the heck?

So I reboot to the BIOS, load the system defaults, and reboot. Now, POST is failing and the CMOS is beeping the "Haha! You're dead!" beep. Holy crap...I just spent this guy's money and broke his computer. I reattach all the connections, reboot, and fail POST. At this point, I'm sweating like crazy in my Stanford shirt trying to muffle the sounds of the angry computer.

Finally, in an act of desperation, I flip the power supply off. When I turn it back on, POST passes, the system runs a floppy check, and everything runs perfectly. I reinstall the old drive and it still works fine. My only question is...

what the heck?

[Peder2002]

Heh, Computers are strange.. Mabey the BIOS didn't clear completely when you re-booted it, and it needed total power off (PSU switch) to re-boot completely.

[rc10gt2003]

Thats why sometimes I feel like throwing my computer out the window , lol. I hate computer problems.

[FrogmanNH]

I've had stuff like that happen to me before. When it comes to computers, there is no logical explanation for anything that they may or may not do, so I just try to ignore it most of the time.

[James the Great]

Sometimes the best fix is a good kick and a few choice 4 letter words.

[rc10gt2003]

James the Great said:
Sometimes the best fix is a good kick and a few choice 4 letter words.

Yep , I do that sometimes !!!

[gabrill]

You must power off the hard switch when working on ATX computers. Soft power down does not remove all current from the system. Unplug it too. Sheesh, newbies. :rolleyes:

[sipa]

Sometimes the best fix is a good kick and a few choice 4 letter words. - James the Great

I think we all know that feeling. And ND4SPDR... man, I bet that was nerve racking.

0] :lol:

[ND4SPDR]

gabrill said:
You must power off the hard switch when working on ATX computers. Soft power down does not remove all current from the system. Unplug it too. Sheesh, newbies. :rolleyes:
It got unplugged from the back of the power supply. If that's not a power cutoff I don't know what is. And I'm not a newbie.

[vaio]

you might be compared to gabrill...

[gabrill]

ND4SPDR said:
It got unplugged from the back of the power supply. If that's not a power cutoff I don't know what is. And I'm not a newbie.
Well if your technical skills are proficient, then your documentation is sub-par. Read your first post and tell me when you first mention actually turning the computer off. No insult intended.

[ND4SPDR]

gabrill said:
Well if your technical skills are proficient, then your documentation is sub-par. Read your first post and tell me when you first mention actually turning the computer off. No insult intended.
This is true. :)

[gabrill]

I glad you got it working, though. Good job in the end.