Rob wrote: >If the floppy is running, then you are in good shape. If POST isn't >completeing, then you will only see the floppy light up once, if it >pauses, then continues to read off the disk, you are golden.
Never even looked at it before. Floppy drives have lights? I'll take a peek. All I know right now is that it is reading from floppy and presumably making it to the blessed A:\ >This can help if you have a little bit older video card, say 1997-98. If >the card supports (what my machine reffered to as) VGA video mode, then >the BIOS can supply rudimentary drivers for the card to function. Yes, looking for a basic video card, preferably non-Ati will be on my list as I trudge back to PC land tommorrow. Maybe I'll find an old Trident or something BIOS-friendly. Hey, wait a minute! I've got an ancient 486 clone in the basement. Maybe it has a video card (don't remember if it's motherboard video or not). The borrowed Dell has ISA slots, so I might be doing OK tonight instead. Luis' success: > I successfully flashed a sapphire/radeon 7000 video card. (simmer, simmer ...) That's great!! (... simmer, simmer) -David -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
