ATA Hard Drive,

ScottALot · 10-30-2009, 11:36 PM

Yah my computer says I have a floppy drive (A: ) in my computer... I've looked through the case and as far as I know there is no floppy drive. Unless there's a portal to Narnia? Anyways, just disable the FLoppy drive in BIOS... that's why my step-dad spent 50$ talking to a middle eastern guy when I KNEW THE PROBLEM AND HE WOULDNT LET ME FIX IT GOD DAMNIT!!

Aequitas21 · 10-30-2009, 11:42 PM

i go into the bios and it seems the computer is saying there is no dvd or cd rom drives. and since it didn't come with a floppy drive it has to be something else.

**johnb35** · 10-30-2009, 11:51 PM

If it doesn't recognize any cd or dvd drives then check for power going to drives, do they open? Check for loose IDE cable, jumpers set wrong. Was everything working fine before you put a new hard drive in it? Did you ground yourself before touching the insides of the computer? You could have discharged static electricity to the motherboard and damaged it. You could have loosened the IDE cables. Without knowing the history of this computer, I can only recommend to you what to check for. If you are not computer savvy enough, then you will most likely have to take it and have it checked out.

10-30-2009, 11:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
ScottALot Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Janesville, Wisconsin Posts: 1,257	Yah my computer says I have a floppy drive (A: ) in my computer... I've looked through the case and as far as I know there is no floppy drive. Unless there's a portal to Narnia? Anyways, just disable the FLoppy drive in BIOS... that's why my step-dad spent 50$ talking to a middle eastern guy when I KNEW THE PROBLEM AND HE WOULDNT LET ME FIX IT GOD DAMNIT!! __________________ http://www.scottalot.webs.com/ For Quality Computers Built by Yours Truly Scott a Lot, a lot of Scott. GAMERTAG: XxScotTrickxX , ADD ME DREAM AS IF YOU'LL LIVE FOREVER, LIVE AS IF YOU'LL DIE TODAY -- James Dean MotherBOARD

10-30-2009, 11:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
johnb35 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Near Joliet Illinois Age: 39 Posts: 3,630	If it doesn't recognize any cd or dvd drives then check for power going to drives, do they open? Check for loose IDE cable, jumpers set wrong. Was everything working fine before you put a new hard drive in it? Did you ground yourself before touching the insides of the computer? You could have discharged static electricity to the motherboard and damaged it. You could have loosened the IDE cables. Without knowing the history of this computer, I can only recommend to you what to check for. If you are not computer savvy enough, then you will most likely have to take it and have it checked out. __________________ Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R CPU - E8400 Memory - 2GB Corsair XMS2 (2x 1gb) Graphics - ATI HD3870 Hard Drives - 250GB Seagate DVD Drive - Lite-On DVD Burner - Lite-On Power Supply - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W 22" Acer widescreen AL2216WBD

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10-30-2009, 11:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Aequitas21 New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7	i go into the bios and it seems the computer is saying there is no dvd or cd rom drives. and since it didn't come with a floppy drive it has to be something else.