patrickc284 Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 (edited) Ok, I was trying to make a floppy disk for networking today when I realized, lo and behold, my floppy drive wasn't even plugged in. So I plugged it back in (the floppy cable was attached). After that I rebooted, but my floppy was still in there. I don't know if this caused the problem or if plugging in my floppy while the computer was still on (probably not so smart) caused this, but now I get a checksum error - defaults loaded message and I can't even boot by pressing F1 or DEL as the comptuer instructs me. I can't press these because it doesn't recognize that my PS/2 keyboard is even attached! or at least i dont think it does because the NUM/CAPS lock keys don't light up when I press them.I tried clearing the CMOS repeatedly, booting after unplugging the 3.5" drive, after removing the floppy cable, after removing the floppy disk, turning power off completely, using a USB keyboard. No luck.My specs are:XP Pro SP2 (all updates)ABit AS-7P4 Northwood 3.0 GHz HT 800 FSB (socket 478)1 GB (2x 512 Corsair Value) PC3200Western Digital SATA150 80GB 7200 RPMSamsung CD-RW/DVD-ROMAudigy 2 ZS PlatinumNVidia GeForce MX420 64MB3.5" Floppy DriveI think that's everything. Edited March 7, 2006 by patrickc284
RJARRRPCGP Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 (edited) Ok, I was trying to make a floppy disk for networking today when I realized, lo and behold, my floppy drive wasn't even plugged in. So I plugged it back in (the floppy cable was attached). After that I rebooted, but my floppy was still in there. I don't know if this caused the problem or if plugging in my floppy while the computer was still on (probably not so smart) caused this, but now I get a checksum error - defaults loaded message and I can't even boot by pressing F1 or DEL as the comptuer instructs me. I can't press these because it doesn't recognize that my PS/2 keyboard is even attached! or at least i dont think it does because the NUM/CAPS lock keys don't light up when I press them.I tried clearing the CMOS repeatedly, booting after unplugging the 3.5" drive, after removing the floppy cable, after removing the floppy disk, turning power off completely, using a USB keyboard. No luck.My specs are:XP Pro SP2 (all updates)ABit AS-7P4 Northwood 3.0 GHz HT 800 FSB (socket 478)1 GB (2x 512 Corsair Value) PC3200Western Digital SATA150 80GB 7200 RPMSamsung CD-RW/DVD-ROMAudigy 2 ZS PlatinumNVidia GeForce MX420 64MB3.5" Floppy DriveI think that's everything.That's a major no! The motherboard probably got damaged. Sorry. Edited March 8, 2006 by RJARRRPCGP
gamehead200 Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 That's a major no! The motherboard probably got damaged. Sorry. Ditto that. You sent your mobo to mobo heaven...
patrickc284 Posted March 8, 2006 Author Posted March 8, 2006 Ouch.... why is it that most of what I learn to do with computers is by screwing them up?!?! Maybe one day I'll get a clue...
patrickc284 Posted March 8, 2006 Author Posted March 8, 2006 I have one question tho - did I fry the boards circuitry or did I just confuse it to ^&**? Because the cable that I plugged in was the power cable. Would that cause some kind of backfeed through the whole psu and then to the board? I guess I'm confused on how the board got fried/confused/or whatever.
puntoMX Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 (edited) Do you have warranty? Then don´t say any thing and just bring it back to the store, they will fix it for you Edited March 8, 2006 by puntoMX
LLXX Posted March 8, 2006 Posted March 8, 2006 Unplugging/plugging in the floppy power while the machine is on shouldn't cause any damage unless you shorted something out in which case the PSU should've turned off anyway. I've unplugged/replugged floppy drives many times already (when realigning them) and haven't had this problem once. It might just be a coincidence or a bad static discharge.After that I rebootedYou rebooted, or the machine rebooted itself after you plugged it in? The latter indicates that you did indeed short something out.Remove the CMOS battery, unplug the power to the system, wait 30 minutes, then replace the CMOS battery and restore power.
patrickc284 Posted March 8, 2006 Author Posted March 8, 2006 I rebooted the machine myself after I plugged the power supply cable to the floppy drive. The computer did not reboot on its own. I also noticed a jumper on the bottom of my computer case and a jumper on one end of the board labeled PS/2 power that I'm guessing it may have come from. So that might be part of my problem too.Right now I'm leaving the CMOS battery out for a while and then I'll try booting again in a half hour.
patrickc284 Posted March 8, 2006 Author Posted March 8, 2006 Yep, that solved it - all is well again with the BIOS. Thank you to everyone for their help! A good lesson to learn at least
LLXX Posted March 9, 2006 Posted March 9, 2006 I also noticed a jumper on the bottom of my computer case and a jumper on one end of the board labeled PS/2 power that I'm guessing it may have come from.Of course, when you mentioned that you plugged in the floppy drive you didn't say you unplugged something else
Wicket20519 Posted March 10, 2006 Posted March 10, 2006 Ouch.... why is it that most of what I learn to do with computers is by screwing them up?!?! Maybe one day I'll get a clue... That's how I learn. I've fried three harddrives (that weren't mine), one motherboard (that was mine), and one stick of memory (also mine).The only good news is that the mobo and memory were still under warranty as I had purchased them 6 months prior to frying them.
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