K8N Neo Platinum: Floppy drive problem

Hi,
I can not get the motherboard to detect the floppy drive. As soon as I turn on the computer, the LED light on the floppy drive is on. I made sure that "1.44M, 3.5in" is selected in "Standard CMOS Features." I made sure floppy is NOT selected as a boot device. Also, made sure "Seek Floppy" is disabled. I tried using the supplied rounded floppy cable and used my old cable. I swapped the connection of the cable also. I also checked the connector pins to make sure they are not bent. Nother seems to work. The floppy is simply not detected.
Please help!!!
My system configuration is:
MSI K8N Neo Platinum, BIOS: 1.3
LSI Logic Ultra 320 SCSI controller
eVGA 6800 GT
A64 3200+
512MB Samsung memory
SoundBlaster Live!
Plextor CDRW (don't remember the model number)
Toshiba DVD-ROM (dont' remember the model number)
Fujitsure 15K RPM SCSI HDD
Antec True380 power supply
Thanks.
Henry

You did say you'd swapped the cable, right? Have you tried turning the connector upside down at the floppy drive end?
I had a problem with the floppy light being on all the time and the drive not being detected. It turned out the connector in the back of the floppy drive was upside down! I was sure I had it the right way up the first time so it's easily done!

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Quote from: russellmrgn on 28-March-06, 10:54:39
Sap147
Can you give us what the D-Bracket was showing ie
R R
G R
As an example this means "Initializing Keyboard Controller"
You will find this information in the manual page 2-23. (On mine) under Hardware Setup
Also can you please do all your tests with the ps2 keyboard and mouse and for now leave your Logitech G7 USB wireless mouse to one side.
Russell
for two sticks of ram = RR
GG
for one stick of ram = GR
GG
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dvd-rw
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dont worry about your memory- it'll prob be ok if memtest doesnt fire any errors. - its probably your PSU
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If it is the PSU i'd recommend getting a Overclockers one - they rock - dont get the one I've got - it only JUST cuts it - i used to get the same probs as you until I disconnected all my internal fans - no probs now.
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something is definitely whack here. I can run totally stable at HTT 225 (11x, 4x, 1:1) but if i try for HTT 226 it refuses to boot no matter what (even at 4x, 1x,

got same rig cept 4 memory
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I have a Lite on LDW 411s dvd writer that is on the same ide channel as a lite on dvd player (labled as JLMS SJ-HD1665 in the device manager.
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Originally posted by BluddSimple
I have a Lite on LDW 411s dvd writer that is on the same ide channel as a lite on dvd player (labled as JLMS SJ-HD1665 in the device manager.
You might have better luck making the reader the slave on the channel your HD is on. I had both a burner/writer on the same channel and while it worked, the performance was very poor.
Man, I need to get around to posting my specs someday, but I have the same MB and BIOS as you. I'm also using the nForce unified drivers including IDE.

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greetings...
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Hey guys, bear with me im new here.
Ive spent the better part of an hour going through these forums trying to figure out what happened to my computer yesterday. The computer started up fine and I used it for most the day. But then when I was using it, all of a sudden it froze. I resetting and I had no power to my keyboard or mouse . I stopped messing with it and went to sleep. BTW I did try to turn off power, unplug and replug. It did not work either.
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K8N Neo Platinum
AMD Athlon 64 3200
1GB Kingston RAM PC 3200
ATI X800 XT Plat.
I can't access BIOS. The keyboard lights go on in the begining then turn but the keyboard doesnt recognize anything. The F-Lock works to turn the light on/off but nothing else.
I know from reading the posts that the USB/keyboard problems are very common with this mobo. I need seriuos help and will me monitoring this forum a lot today. Please post and ask questions as I will be happy to answer any.
I belive my choices are:
1. Reset BIOS which I am willing to do.
2. Get new MB, which is a last resort.
3. Hopefully there is another solution that evades me
Humbly,
sap

okay,
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It says "CMOS checksum error, defaults loaded."
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Sorry the Bad English

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Flashing BIOS on K8 Neo per MSI. READ ALL instructions before starting.
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6. Set boot order to floppy. Hit F11 to select boot device.
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awdfl833c(space)w7030nms.130
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