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Elizabeth,
Have you turned the box upside and gently shaken it, to see if any loose
parts fall out?
If there are no bent pins, and there are/were no loose screws shorting out
the board, AND it will not post with a cable (but no drive) plugged in,
then it must be the MoBo.
Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Elizabeth Boston <[log in to unmask]>
> Jim Meagher wrote:
> >
> > Check for bent pins on the socket of the motherboard.
>
> I already checked the pins, before trying a new floppy drive
> cable. So that is not the problem.
> In fact with further trial and error, I have found that with a
> floppy drive attached, the computer will post 50% of the time as
> long as there is no disk in the drive. I have never been able to
> get it to post when there is a disk (I tried several) in the
> floppy drive.
>
> Elizabeth Boston
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Elizabeth Boston <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > > In fact,
> > > if I have a floppy cable attached, but no drive on the end I
> > > still have the same problem.
> >
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