I wonder why there is a choice of "floppy" and "ARMD-FDD", if they are both in fact the same thing. I'm assuming also that the ARMD-HDD represents the hard drive (yet I only require the IDE-HDD device option). Anyway, thanks for you response.
Dimension 4100, Pentium III at 733MHz
128MB SDRAM at 133MHz
Windows 98 SE
Soundblaster Live! Sound Card
32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP Graphics Card
Conexant V.90/56K Telephony Modem for Windows
NEC MultiSync A500 Monitor
10.2GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA Hard Drive
8x/4x/32x CD-RW Drive
Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5P Printer
Altec Lansing ACS-340 Speakers with Subwoofer
Logitech MouseMan Wheel (PS/2v)
Quietkey Keyboard
RealPlayer "Suite"
Morpheus file-sharing application (MusicCity)
Winamp
Etc.
FDD is Floppy Disk Drive. I'm not sure what the other one is. You do want your FDD listed first so you can boot up from the FDD should the HDD (Hard Disk Drive) fail.
I don't know why but setting my boot order to seek the nonexistent ARMD-HDD or ARMD-FDD in the beginning of my boot list fixed the annoying Dimension 4100 bug that required human interaction to boot. The boot sequence used to stop with the message "Press del to resume" before setting the nonexistent drive first. Now it boots up perfectly every time.
danjkelly2
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August 24th, 2001 19:00
1st boot device - floppy
2nd boot device - ARMD-FDD
3rd boot device - IDE-HDD
4th boot device - Atapi CD-ROM
5th boot device - disabled
I wonder why there is a choice of "floppy" and "ARMD-FDD", if they are both in fact the same thing. I'm assuming also that the ARMD-HDD represents the hard drive (yet I only require the IDE-HDD device option). Anyway, thanks for you response.
Dimension 4100, Pentium III at 733MHz
128MB SDRAM at 133MHz
Windows 98 SE
Soundblaster Live! Sound Card
32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP Graphics Card
Conexant V.90/56K Telephony Modem for Windows
NEC MultiSync A500 Monitor
10.2GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA Hard Drive
8x/4x/32x CD-RW Drive
Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5P Printer
Altec Lansing ACS-340 Speakers with Subwoofer
Logitech MouseMan Wheel (PS/2v)
Quietkey Keyboard
RealPlayer "Suite"
Morpheus file-sharing application (MusicCity)
Winamp
Etc.
Erik1
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August 24th, 2001 19:00
Erik1
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August 24th, 2001 21:00
ARMD stands for ATAPI removable media device. ARMD-HDD usually refers to Zip drive while ARMD-FDD usually refer to LS-120 drive.
danjkelly2
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August 25th, 2001 15:00
Dimension 4100, Pentium III at 733MHz
128MB SDRAM at 133MHz
Windows 98 SE
Soundblaster Live! Sound Card
32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP Graphics Card
Conexant V.90/56K Telephony Modem for Windows
NEC MultiSync A500 Monitor
10.2GB 7200 RPM Ultra ATA Hard Drive
8x/4x/32x CD-RW Drive
Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5P Printer
Altec Lansing ACS-340 Speakers with Subwoofer
Logitech MouseMan Wheel (PS/2v)
Quietkey Keyboard
RealPlayer "Suite"
Morpheus file-sharing application (MusicCity)
Winamp
Etc.
Wallstreethound
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June 9th, 2013 21:00
I don't know why but setting my boot order to seek the nonexistent ARMD-HDD or ARMD-FDD in the beginning of my boot list fixed the annoying Dimension 4100 bug that required human interaction to boot. The boot sequence used to stop with the message "Press del to resume" before setting the nonexistent drive first. Now it boots up perfectly every time.
shesagordie
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June 9th, 2013 21:00
This thread is 12 years old and has been locked due to age.
Bev.