Floppy Disks(s) Fail (40)

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A few days ago, after waking my computer from sleep mode, I got a black screen and could not shut down or restart. Powering down from the power button also took a few attempts. When it finally did, I turned the computer back on and got this message:

Phoenix Award Bios V6.00p6
Floppy Disks(s) Fail (40)
Audio Cable Not Connected

It gives me the option to press F1 and skip right past this, everything seems to work fine after doing so, but the same thing will happen on start up each and every time. Not sure whats going or how this happened but I'm noticing that strange stuff happens anytime Windows updates itself, which it did not to long ago.

Anyone else having this problem? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell xps630i
OS
Windows 7 64bit
CPU
Intel Core2 processorQ6600 (2.40Ghz,1066FSB) w/Quad Core Tec
Motherboard
?
Memory
4GB Corsair Dominator DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz -4 DIMMs
Graphics Card(s)
Dual 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
Sound Card
X-Fi PCI Sound Card
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 2709W 27 inch UltraSharp Widescreen
Hard Drives
320GB NCQ SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM) w/ 16MB DataBurst Cache
A few days ago, after waking my computer from sleep mode, I got a black screen and could not shut down or restart. Powering down from the power button also took a few attempts. When it finally did, I turned the computer back on and got this message:

Phoenix Award Bios V6.00p6
Floppy Disks(s) Fail (40)
Audio Cable Not Connected

It gives me the option to press F1 and skip right past this, everything seems to work fine after doing so, but the same thing will happen on start up each and every time. Not sure whats going or how this happened but I'm noticing that strange stuff happens anytime Windows updates itself, which it did not to long ago.

Anyone else having this problem? Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Check your C-MOS battery. If your BIOS settings are changing all by themselves, that's your most likely culpruit.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Homebrew
OS
XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86
CPU
Amd 64 x2 4200 (2.4ghz)
Motherboard
Asus M2N-MX SE Plus
Memory
Kingston DDR2 800 2gb
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GF-8400
Sound Card
Realtek on Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer x-193bw
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900
Hard Drives
Western Digital 500g
PSU
350watt In-Win
Case
In-Win
Cooling
Air
Keyboard
yes
Mouse
yes
Internet Speed
5mpbs
Other Info
Also ASRock ION 330 as HTPC (on XP).
Acer Aspire as GP netbook (on XP).
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