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November 4th, 2011 20:00

Diskette Drive 0 Seek Failure

I currently have a Dell System 8400, 5gb Ram, With an Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz.

And I replaced the motherboard's battery earlier today, But when i boot up i get this error.

It brings me to a Black Screen and it says this.

Diskette drive 0 seek failure

 Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility.

I hit F1, And it started to boot my Windows up.. But then it stops, Restarts itself and goes back to the black screen.

Help me :/

  • Frezboy

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    Posted November 4th, 2011 20:00

    Bev

    After i did this, My computer restarted after i exited the system Utility, But now i have another issue.

    It restarted my computer but now it bring up the regular Safe mode, Safe Mode with Networking, And other.

    So i hit Start windows Normally, but then the computer just restarted again, and it constantly continues to do that.

  • shesagordie

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    Posted November 4th, 2011 20:00

    Frezboy

    If you don't have a floppy [diskette] drive installed, enter the system setup [F2 on startup] and check that the Diskette option is set to off and see if this makes a difference.

    Bev.

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    Posted November 4th, 2011 21:00

    Frezboy

    Have you made any changes to the Dimension 8400 recently?

    Why was the CMOS battery replaced?

    I noticed that you posted, there's 5gb of RAM installed, the 8400 only supports 4gb [4 x 1gb modules].

    When this happens, what colour is the power button LED and is it blinking, or solid?

    Also, check the sequence of the diagnostic lights on the back panel of the case.

    The 8400 Diagnostic Guide and Troubleshooter is  HERE.

    Bev.

     

     

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    Posted November 4th, 2011 22:00

    i've fixed the beeping problem.. It was one of the Memory cards.. One of them weren't good. So now My system has 2gb Ram, And The only problem now is.. Its constantly Restarting, I've looked at the Diagnostic Light sequence and Its None. All of them are Green. The Front Panel Light is Steady Green. Its just restarting it self.

    My other problem is.. Sometimes when i start the computer it just starts to go mad. The Fan starts to blow real fast, Nothing loading, and its just trying to over heat itself but this problem only happens a couple of times, Usually when the computer looses power, or just does it randomly.

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    Posted November 4th, 2011 22:00

    Yeah i did add another 2gb of Ram. I had 3 gb before.

    Now that you've told me about that my computer supports only 4gb. I've removed the other Memory Card.

    Now everytime i start it up it constantly just beeping. I also have another problem that doesn't concern the Diskette Drive or the ram.

    I also replaced the CMOS battery because the old one was about 1-2 Years old and it was almost out of juice.

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    Posted November 5th, 2011 04:00

    Hi Frezboy,

    Are you able to start the computer in safe mode?

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    Posted November 5th, 2011 09:00

    Frezboy

    Try removing all the peripherals, except the keyboard and mouse, also remove and reinstall the PCIe x16 video card, then see what happens.

    Bev.

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    Posted November 5th, 2011 10:00

    Osprey, No i am not able to start it in safe mode.

    Bev, I'm not sure what peripherals are, I'm not that good in computers, but the video card Ill try that also.

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    Posted November 5th, 2011 11:00

    I've taken out all the usb cords, Graphics card. I started the computer and it started to go for like.. 2 minutes then it restarted it self again.

    The computer doesn't have any other graphics card, So it just restarted itself.

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    Posted November 5th, 2011 16:00

    Peripherals means anything connected to the outside of the computer.

    Did you check the four diagnostic lights?