Re: [Sheflug] Experiences with SuperMicro H8DCE?

["Wonkey Donkey" <wonkey_donkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Peter Humphrey" <prh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:21 PM
Subject: [Sheflug] Experiences with SuperMicro H8DCE?


> Happy new year, one and all!
>
> I've been off-air recently with at least two hardware problems. I won't go
> into those now, but I've finished up with a new motherboard which won't
> boot from a floppy. The box was built by Armari three years ago, and its
> MSI motherboard developed a fault; I sent the box back to Watford and had
> an H8DCE fitted. Fine spec, and just right for my two Opteron 246 CPUs. 
> But
> every now and again I've needed to boot a floppy to run a recalcitrant ISO
> on CD, but when the floppy is read I get HD and FD activity lights hard on
> and nothing else.
>
> Any clues, anyone? I don't really want to ship it off again if I can help
> it. I've tried loading "optimised" BIOS defaults, but that didn't help.
>
> -- 
> Rgds
> Peter

One thing I always used to check is the floppy cable. Some of the cables out 
there are not keyed and it is easy to put them on the wrong way round.

The lights always on were a symptom of this too.

Steve. 



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