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Old August 26th, 2005 Top | #1
 
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My son has just booted up his computer and it has come up with error fdc failure and won't go any further any one any ideas !!
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Sounds like your Floppy Disc Controller (FDC) is knackered. I'd suggest turning off your floppy drives in the BIOS and see if that bypasses the problem.
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This should cover the issue, and resolve it.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000277.htm
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Carn't get into the bios it comes up fdc failure before
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press F8 and try to boot up in safe mode...

if that doesnt work try inserting your OS CD, but if you cant even get into BIOS that wont work either, Hmmm I got to think about this one a bit...

Did you try reseating the cable? remove/reseat/reboot? If then maybe: total cost $12 buy a new floppy drive, make sure they give you a cable, remove both the existing cable and floppy install new one and reboot again...

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you might be out of luck then..
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Originally Posted by kev59
Carn't get into the bios it comes up fdc failure before

And it won't continue after it shows the error? Tried hitting enter i presume. And or any other key combination to get into the BIOS.
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