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[bb202]

cos I can ask Dell but must pay for their engineer come to my place to solve

this problem. i have this Dell 5150 desktop and everytime I boot up it will

show this message



Floppy diskette seek failure, F1-to continue// F2- to set up. There is no

floppy in the pc oly 1 sata hdd and 1 sata dvd rom drive. How can I get ti to

boot straight to window.



The Bios boot sequence: 1/ on board SATA hd drive 2/ on board or usb cd-rom

drive 3/ on board ide hard disk (not detected) and others all not detected



Under DRIVES - diskette drives // drive 0 - sata 0 // drive 1 - sata 1 //

drive 2- pata 0 /drive 3 - pata 1. Any idea where I have to change the

setting so that it will boot straight to windows, thanks

 

[bb202]

cos I can ask Dell but must pay for their engineer come to my place to solve

this problem. i have this Dell 5150 desktop and everytime I boot up it will

show this message



Floppy diskette seek failure, F1-to continue// F2- to set up. There is no

floppy in the pc oly 1 sata hdd and 1 sata dvd rom drive. How can I get ti to

boot straight to window.



The Bios boot sequence: 1/ on board SATA hd drive 2/ on board or usb cd-rom

drive 3/ on board ide hard disk (not detected) and others all not detected



Under DRIVES - diskette drives // drive 0 - sata 0 // drive 1 - sata 1 //

drive 2- pata 0 /drive 3 - pata 1. Any idea where I have to change the

setting so that it will boot straight to windows, thanks

 

[Paul]

bb202 wrote:

> cos I can ask Dell but must pay for their engineer come to my place to solve

> this problem. i have this Dell 5150 desktop and everytime I boot up it will

> show this message

>

> Floppy diskette seek failure, F1-to continue// F2- to set up. There is no

> floppy in the pc oly 1 sata hdd and 1 sata dvd rom drive. How can I get ti to

> boot straight to window.

>

> The Bios boot sequence: 1/ on board SATA hd drive 2/ on board or usb cd-rom

> drive 3/ on board ide hard disk (not detected) and others all not detected

>

> Under DRIVES - diskette drives // drive 0 - sata 0 // drive 1 - sata 1 //

> drive 2- pata 0 /drive 3 - pata 1. Any idea where I have to change the

> setting so that it will boot straight to windows, thanks



http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/SYSTEMS/dim5150/en/om/WD846A02.pdf



On page 109 of the Dimension 5150 manual, it mentions



"Diskette Drive" [Off]



If the BIOS is attempting a seek on the (non-existent) floppy drive,

then disabling it in the BIOS may be a possible solution.



Now, if that didn't work, the motherboard does have a floppy connector,

and if you were desperate, you could always connect a floppy diskette

drive to the floppy drive connector. The floppy diskette drive would

also need its four pin power connector, to get power. There may be

the necessary power connector, on the end of one of the power supply

cables.



http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim5150/en/sm/techov1.htm



Just a guess,

Paul

 

[Paul]

bb202 wrote:

> cos I can ask Dell but must pay for their engineer come to my place to solve

> this problem. i have this Dell 5150 desktop and everytime I boot up it will

> show this message

>

> Floppy diskette seek failure, F1-to continue// F2- to set up. There is no

> floppy in the pc oly 1 sata hdd and 1 sata dvd rom drive. How can I get ti to

> boot straight to window.

>

> The Bios boot sequence: 1/ on board SATA hd drive 2/ on board or usb cd-rom

> drive 3/ on board ide hard disk (not detected) and others all not detected

>

> Under DRIVES - diskette drives // drive 0 - sata 0 // drive 1 - sata 1 //

> drive 2- pata 0 /drive 3 - pata 1. Any idea where I have to change the

> setting so that it will boot straight to windows, thanks



http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/SYSTEMS/dim5150/en/om/WD846A02.pdf



On page 109 of the Dimension 5150 manual, it mentions



"Diskette Drive" [Off]



If the BIOS is attempting a seek on the (non-existent) floppy drive,

then disabling it in the BIOS may be a possible solution.



Now, if that didn't work, the motherboard does have a floppy connector,

and if you were desperate, you could always connect a floppy diskette

drive to the floppy drive connector. The floppy diskette drive would

also need its four pin power connector, to get power. There may be

the necessary power connector, on the end of one of the power supply

cables.



http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim5150/en/sm/techov1.htm



Just a guess,

Paul

 

[bb202]

The diskette drive is set as "Internal' and change it to 'off'. Its boots up

straight to XP now. Many thanks for your advice



"Paul" wrote:



> bb202 wrote:

> > cos I can ask Dell but must pay for their engineer come to my place to solve

> > this problem. i have this Dell 5150 desktop and everytime I boot up it will

> > show this message

> >

> > Floppy diskette seek failure, F1-to continue// F2- to set up. There is no

> > floppy in the pc oly 1 sata hdd and 1 sata dvd rom drive. How can I get ti to

> > boot straight to window.

> >

> > The Bios boot sequence: 1/ on board SATA hd drive 2/ on board or usb cd-rom

> > drive 3/ on board ide hard disk (not detected) and others all not detected

> >

> > Under DRIVES - diskette drives // drive 0 - sata 0 // drive 1 - sata 1 //

> > drive 2- pata 0 /drive 3 - pata 1. Any idea where I have to change the

> > setting so that it will boot straight to windows, thanks

>

> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/SYSTEMS/dim5150/en/om/WD846A02.pdf

>

> On page 109 of the Dimension 5150 manual, it mentions

>

> "Diskette Drive" [Off]

>

> If the BIOS is attempting a seek on the (non-existent) floppy drive,

> then disabling it in the BIOS may be a possible solution.

>

> Now, if that didn't work, the motherboard does have a floppy connector,

> and if you were desperate, you could always connect a floppy diskette

> drive to the floppy drive connector. The floppy diskette drive would

> also need its four pin power connector, to get power. There may be

> the necessary power connector, on the end of one of the power supply

> cables.

>

> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim5150/en/sm/techov1.htm

>

> Just a guess,

> Paul

> .

>

 

[bb202]

The diskette drive is set as "Internal' and change it to 'off'. Its boots up

straight to XP now. Many thanks for your advice



"Paul" wrote:



> bb202 wrote:

> > cos I can ask Dell but must pay for their engineer come to my place to solve

> > this problem. i have this Dell 5150 desktop and everytime I boot up it will

> > show this message

> >

> > Floppy diskette seek failure, F1-to continue// F2- to set up. There is no

> > floppy in the pc oly 1 sata hdd and 1 sata dvd rom drive. How can I get ti to

> > boot straight to window.

> >

> > The Bios boot sequence: 1/ on board SATA hd drive 2/ on board or usb cd-rom

> > drive 3/ on board ide hard disk (not detected) and others all not detected

> >

> > Under DRIVES - diskette drives // drive 0 - sata 0 // drive 1 - sata 1 //

> > drive 2- pata 0 /drive 3 - pata 1. Any idea where I have to change the

> > setting so that it will boot straight to windows, thanks

>

> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/SYSTEMS/dim5150/en/om/WD846A02.pdf

>

> On page 109 of the Dimension 5150 manual, it mentions

>

> "Diskette Drive" [Off]

>

> If the BIOS is attempting a seek on the (non-existent) floppy drive,

> then disabling it in the BIOS may be a possible solution.

>

> Now, if that didn't work, the motherboard does have a floppy connector,

> and if you were desperate, you could always connect a floppy diskette

> drive to the floppy drive connector. The floppy diskette drive would

> also need its four pin power connector, to get power. There may be

> the necessary power connector, on the end of one of the power supply

> cables.

>

> http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim5150/en/sm/techov1.htm

>

> Just a guess,

> Paul

> .

>