Cpq Presario 906

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Subject Author Date Cpq Presario 906 Wolfi 04-28-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 BillW50 04-28-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 Wolfi 05-19-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 BillW50 05-19-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 Wolfi 05-19-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 BillW50 05-19-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 Wolfi 05-19-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 ~misfit~ 05-20-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 Wolfi 05-20-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 GG WILLIKERS 05-20-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 Wolfi 05-20-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 mike 05-21-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 Wolfi 05-22-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 GG WILLIKERS 05-20-2009  Re: Cpq Presario 906 Wolfi 05-20-2009

Posted by Wolfi on April 28, 2009, 12:53 am Please log in for more thread options I recently acquired a used Cpq Presario 906US 470047-897 laptop, which comes w/o the internal FDD. Since it offers to boot from floppy in the BIOS (V. 0F.0B) and also has the 26-pin flexprint floppy connector on the mobo, I now got a matching palm rest with FDD (P/N: 285539-001), because I want to install some s/w, requiring to be installed from a FDD. However during POST or later by any OS the FDD is not recognized at all. Does anybody know why and how to fix it? Posted by BillW50 on April 28, 2009, 8:48 am Please log in for more thread options Wolfi typed on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:53:27 -0500: show/hide quoted text > I recently acquired a used Cpq Presario 906US 470047-897 laptop, which > comes w/o the internal FDD. > Since it offers to boot from floppy in the BIOS (V. 0F.0B) and also > has the 26-pin flexprint floppy connector on the mobo, I now got a > matching palm rest with FDD (P/N: 285539-001), because I want to > install some s/w, requiring to be installed from a FDD. > However during POST or later by any OS the FDD is not recognized at > all. > Does anybody know why and how to fix it? Buying a $15 USB FDD should do the trick. Best of all, it will work on any computer that supports USB booting. -- Bill Asus EEE PC 701G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Windows XP SP2 Posted by Wolfi on May 19, 2009, 4:53 am Please log in for more thread options Am 28.04.09 07.48 schrieb BillW50: show/hide quoted text > Wolfi typed on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:53:27 -0500: >> I recently acquired a used Cpq Presario 906US 470047-897 laptop, which >> comes w/o the internal FDD. >> Since it offers to boot from floppy in the BIOS (V. 0F.0B) and also >> has the 26-pin flexprint floppy connector on the mobo, I now got a >> matching palm rest with FDD (P/N: 285539-001), because I want to >> install some s/w, requiring to be installed from a FDD. >> However during POST or later by any OS the FDD is not recognized at >> all. >> Does anybody know why and how to fix it? > > Buying a $15 USB FDD should do the trick. Best of all, it will work on > any computer that supports USB booting. > Now the crappy stuff goes on and on :-( I HATE brand name products! In the meantime I got an external Dell UF0002 USB FDD, which is properly detected during POST and the BIOS briefly scans the floppy in it BUT is too stupid to actually boot from it! It just discards the disc in the FDD and moves on to the next device specified in its boot sequence and boots from there. Once an OS is up and running, I can read and access the floppy just fine. Now I'm just as screwed as before with the internal FDD :-( BTW, as of yet, HP still hasn't managed to tell me about the current rating on the PS/2 combi port. Posted by BillW50 on May 19, 2009, 7:02 am Please log in for more thread options Wolfi typed on Tue, 19 May 2009 03:53:23 -0500: show/hide quoted text > Am 28.04.09 07.48 schrieb BillW50: >> Wolfi typed on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:53:27 -0500: >>> I recently acquired a used Cpq Presario 906US 470047-897 laptop, >>> which comes w/o the internal FDD. >>> Since it offers to boot from floppy in the BIOS (V. 0F.0B) and also >>> has the 26-pin flexprint floppy connector on the mobo, I now got a >>> matching palm rest with FDD (P/N: 285539-001), because I want to >>> install some s/w, requiring to be installed from a FDD. >>> However during POST or later by any OS the FDD is not recognized at >>> all. >>> Does anybody know why and how to fix it? >> Buying a $15 USB FDD should do the trick. Best of all, it will work >> on any computer that supports USB booting. > Now the crappy stuff goes on and on :-( I HATE brand name products! > In the meantime I got an external Dell UF0002 USB FDD, which is > properly detected during POST and the BIOS briefly scans the floppy > in it BUT is too stupid to actually boot from it! > It just discards the disc in the FDD and moves on to the next device > specified in its boot sequence and boots from there. > Once an OS is up and running, I can read and access the floppy just > fine. > Now I'm just as screwed as before with the internal FDD :-( > BTW, as of yet, HP still hasn't managed to tell me about the current > rating on the PS/2 combi port. So how was this floppy disk created? Did you make a bootable floppy with the DOS SYS command? Or did you create it by creating a Windows 9x/ME Startup disk? Sounds like everything is working correctly from the external floppy, except the MBR on the floppy either doesn't exist or is corrupt. -- Bill Gateway MX6124 - Windows XP SP2 Posted by Wolfi on May 19, 2009, 12:30 pm Please log in for more thread options Am 19.05.09 06.02 schrieb BillW50: show/hide quoted text > Wolfi typed on Tue, 19 May 2009 03:53:23 -0500: >> Am 28.04.09 07.48 schrieb BillW50: >>> Wolfi typed on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:53:27 -0500: >>>> I recently acquired a used Cpq Presario 906US 470047-897 laptop, >>>> which comes w/o the internal FDD. >>>> Since it offers to boot from floppy in the BIOS (V. 0F.0B) and also >>>> has the 26-pin flexprint floppy connector on the mobo, I now got a >>>> matching palm rest with FDD (P/N: 285539-001), because I want to >>>> install some s/w, requiring to be installed from a FDD. >>>> However during POST or later by any OS the FDD is not recognized at >>>> all. >>>> Does anybody know why and how to fix it? >>> Buying a $15 USB FDD should do the trick. Best of all, it will work >>> on any computer that supports USB booting. >> Now the crappy stuff goes on and on :-( I HATE brand name products! >> In the meantime I got an external Dell UF0002 USB FDD, which is >> properly detected during POST and the BIOS briefly scans the floppy >> in it BUT is too stupid to actually boot from it! >> It just discards the disc in the FDD and moves on to the next device >> specified in its boot sequence and boots from there. >> Once an OS is up and running, I can read and access the floppy just >> fine. >> Now I'm just as screwed as before with the internal FDD :-( >> BTW, as of yet, HP still hasn't managed to tell me about the current >> rating on the PS/2 combi port. > > So how was this floppy disk created? Did you make a bootable floppy with > the DOS SYS command? Or did you create it by creating a Windows 9x/ME > Startup disk? Sounds like everything is working correctly from the > external floppy, except the MBR on the floppy either doesn't exist or is > corrupt. That's what one would unsuspectingly assume easily, if it wouldn't be for the fact, that both (created from 2 completely different known to be good image files) floppies I tried it with, boot up just fine on my 2 desktop machines with built-in FDD. Only conclusion I can come up with: HP/Compaq were screwing again somewhere else , not only with the prevention of detecting the internal floppy. Similar Threads Posted Presario - no one seems to know July 22, 2005, 4:51 pm Infrared on Presario? 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