Two computer problems left

[smkeller9]

Ok, after going through the hell I went through putting together my first computer I figure that these will HOPEFULLY be the last two problems I face for the moment. Problem number one is that when I turn on my computer it says f1 to continue, del for setup. How do I make it so that my computer just starts right up? Ok my second problem is a little more serious than that. My floppy drive just will not work, any ideas? My friend said to turn around the ide wire and I did but that did nothing. Once again here is my computer stats..

-Kingwin All Aluminum 13-Bay Mid tower Premoded case KT-436WM Black
-ASUS A7N8X Motherboard Specs BUNDLE W/ COOLING FAN & (AMD XP 3000+; KINGSTON 512MB NON-ECC PC3200)
-WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE
-ATI All-In-Wonder RADEON 9700 PRO 128MB DDR
-KingWin 450 Watts ATX UL approved Power Supply
-Windows XP

[tmx468]

The F1 issue... have you checked the BIOS/CMOS Battery?

Floppy - does the light come on ever/at all? If so, how, when, and how long for?

[zidane182]

did you try flipping on both motherboard and drive? Try all 4 possible combinations.. won't take that long =)

[Bill in SD, CA]

Yeah, on the cable you have four possibilties.

A - A

B - B

A - B

B - A

[zidane182]

the red stripe on the cable is supposed to tell you wehre it goes but i'm never quite sure, I just always seem to guess right =P

Keep in mind, the red stripe always goes closest to the power connector on the drive. And there should be a "1" printed on the mobo to let you know that's where pin 1 is. Red stripe goes closest to that as well.

[thePh@r@oh]

make sure the BIOS is set up for a 1.44mb floppy....the F1 issue may be related to the floppy problem

[Omardeth]

yes sounds like the floppy cable isn't connected right .like eveilrick said the red wire always goes towards the power plug on your device (floppy ,harddrive,cdr/rw/dvd) . and make sure itis pluged into the motherboard correct . the red side should go to the 1 pin on the motherboard. if the light is always on on the floppy that means the cable is not pluged in correct .

[smkeller9]

I'll try it out later, with what I have tried so far, the light has always been on or with other tries it is just a dead floppy. I'll work with it again, thanks.

[smkeller9]

EVERYTHING IS 100%, I fixed both problems with all of your help. Thanks to everyone who has helped me this past week, it's been very hard and I honesly appreciate it all. Thanks again.