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July 20th, 2011 00:00
regonizing drives
DRIVE 1 NOT FOUND: SERIAL ATA, SATA-2
DRIVE 3 NOT FOUND: PARALLEL ATA, PATA-1
(PRE IDE SLAVE)
FLOPPY DISKETTE SEEK FAILURE
STRIKE F1 KEY TO CONTINUE
STRIKE F2 KEY TO RUN SETUP UTILITY.
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jsktx
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July 20th, 2011 02:00
Sometimes this can be caused by a dead CMOS battery. In most systems (you didn't indicate what model computer you had) this is a CR2032 and can be found at any drug store.
tulu
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July 22nd, 2011 21:00
I have a 5150 E510 dell demension computer. I checked and it is not the CMOS battery.
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July 22nd, 2011 23:00
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tulu
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July 23rd, 2011 22:00
Thanks Muto: I have one hard drive which I beleive is a Sata .I have two CD/DVD drives which are IDE drives and I have an external "A" Floppy drive(.USB connected) The errors started right after I instalalled anew CD/DVD IDE drive.The new drive is a BUSLINK ASUS DVD burner. DRW 1647.The original drive that came with the computer is HL-DT-ST-DVD-ROM GDR8164B. I have the original drive as master and the new drive as slave. What will happen after I turn the these devices off. Will I still be able to use them or will I have to enable them after I restart my computer. As you can probably tell I am not to familiar with the BIOS and the CMOS battery.
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July 23rd, 2011 22:00
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tulu
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July 24th, 2011 13:00
Thanks again Muto. I will attempt to try all your suggestions and let you know what if anything works. tulu