DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 8, 2010 ID:311127 Share Posted September 8, 2010 My second computer was working fine until I restarted. Now I get a screen saying "Diskette 0 seek failure". I checked the bios and tried changing the boot order(some reason it was set to removable first on reboot) and some reason its listing floppy drive(don't have one)as the DVD RW/R drive. I also opened it up and checked the cords and all. Yesterday I had an issue with the dvd drive not opening, but found the cord was not in all the way. As far as I know the cords are in the right area and extras are not in use(P4 is not plugged into something and leaving P3 out). Anyone have any ideas? This is a Dell 530D tower with 2GB of ram, 250GB HDD and Ubuntu Desktop Edition with an Intel Dual-core..Edit: Topic should be labeled "Boot Issue". If someone could change it that would great. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 10, 2010 Author ID:312069 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Bump. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted September 10, 2010 ID:312095 Share Posted September 10, 2010 If you do not have a floppy drive installed on the computer, check the bios to make sure that it is disabled in the bios.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sho-dan Posted September 10, 2010 ID:312104 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Hello Buttons Just thinking if its time to change out the bios battery and reset time /boot order and disable the floppie drives inspiron 530 manual Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 10, 2010 Author ID:312111 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Okay, it seemed that FDC(Floppy Disk Controller)was enabled for some reason? I guess I'm not overly familiar with the bios on this computer. Took a few tries and figuring out that you have to F10(Save)after exiting each feature. Working fine now. Thanks.P.S. Like your new avatar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted September 11, 2010 ID:312278 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Glad you got it working.....which avatar you talking about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 12, 2010 Author ID:312607 Share Posted September 12, 2010 The waving one army dude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted September 13, 2010 ID:313062 Share Posted September 13, 2010 The waving one army dude.LOL I have had that one for a while, just had not used it..... I like it too.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 13, 2010 Author ID:313079 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Heh.@Sho-danApologize for not responding. Didn't see your post. Just popped out of nowhere just now. I'll have to look more into that link. My computer is running pretty normal aside from the dvd drive not showing on the boot menu. I think the bios is still somewhat screwed up, but not sure how or why this happened. Will take a look and see if an update exists on Dell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSnakeKobra Posted September 17, 2010 Author ID:314697 Share Posted September 17, 2010 I'm doing a re installation of windows from a flash drive so I can flash the bios again, but for some reason the dvd driver went missing? Not sure what happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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