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August 31st, 2010 05:00
Can I activate a floppy drive without accessing BIOS?
hi,
my bios update failed, i have a few things to try which require a floppy disk drive. i gather i need to get into the bios to activate the floppy drive, but i can no longer access bios set up, i just get am amber light and no video signal. is there another way to activate the floppy drive?
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shesagordie
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August 31st, 2010 10:00
kpm197
No, to enable the drive, you need to enter the system setup [BIOS].
It would help to post the computer model.
Bev.
kpm197
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August 31st, 2010 10:00
hi, it's a dimension e521
DCX4EVER
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August 31st, 2010 10:00
Try removing the cmos battery to reset the corrupt bios update. If after reinstalling and booting the computer it still won't post then I'm afraid your mb is toast.
shesagordie
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August 31st, 2010 11:00
kpm197
With the e521, you still need to enter the system setup [BIOS], to enable a floppy drive.
Bev.
Jeff Hoffman
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August 31st, 2010 11:00
You're right. Only 90% of failed BIOS updates result in a bricked MB. Probably more like 95% of the time with Dells. Have you tried an external USB floppy drive? I doubt that it will work but if you have or can borrow one it's worth a try.
Jeff :emotion-22:
kpm197
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August 31st, 2010 11:00
come on, that's not entirely true. there's more than one way to rescue a failed bios update. unfortunately one of those ways requires my mb to see a floppy drive, which at the moment it doesnt.
rdunnill
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September 1st, 2010 21:00
All the BIOS updating utilities I've seen require user intervention, i.e. pointing the utility to the BIOS update file. How do you do this without video?