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michaelst

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I don't have a floppy drive connected to the ASUS P5Q motherboard, yet, both Win7 and my old XP insist on listing it in both Windows Explorer, and device manager.

Disabling and/or removing it only results in New Hardware found on the next boot.

Any ideas?
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Homebuilt
OS
windows 7 32
CPU
Intel i7 4770K
Motherboard
Asus Z97-A
Memory
Corsair Vengeance 8gb DDR3 2133(PC3 17000)
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX 660 2gb
Sound Card
Asus Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell Ultrasharp UM2913WM
Screen Resolution
2560x1080 32
Hard Drives
PNY 240gb SSD
Seagate 500gb SSD
PSU
Corsair CXM 600
Case
Fractal Design Define R4
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Arctic Freezer Xtreme rev 2
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Logitech K800 Wireless Illuminated
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MicroSoft 5000
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Cable
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MSE
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IE 11 and Chrome
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Samsung DVD-RW
Cambridge 4.1 speakers
Hauppauge HVR-950 USB Tuner
Asus Optimized Overclock to 4.4ghz
In your BIOS, disable the floppy drive.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
DELL VOSTRO 3650
OS
Windows 8.1 PRO
CPU
3rd Generation Intel Core i7‐3612QM CPU @ 2.10GHZ
Memory
8GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M (128 bit), 1GB Grpahics
Screen Resolution
1920X1080
Hard Drives
750GB 5400RPM
TGSoldier said:
In your BIOS, disable the floppy drive.
Click to expand...
That, or Device Manager > Right click Floppy Disk Drive > Properties > Driver tab > Disable.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Assembled
OS
Win7 RTM, XP Pro, Arch Linux, Puppy (Quad boot)
CPU
Core i7 920 (OCed @ 3.8Ghz)
Motherboard
ASUS P6T Dlx
Memory
OCZ Gold 6GB DDR3-1600
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 1GB (OCed @ 935/1300)
Sound Card
On-board
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung 24"
Hard Drives
WD Caviar Black 1TB, WD Velociraptor 300GB, Maxtor 250GB
PSU
Corsair HX620W
Case
Antec 1200
Cooling
Noctua U12P
I'll check the BIOS. I didn't even know u could disable it from there.

thanks
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Homebuilt
OS
windows 7 32
CPU
Intel i7 4770K
Motherboard
Asus Z97-A
Memory
Corsair Vengeance 8gb DDR3 2133(PC3 17000)
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX 660 2gb
Sound Card
Asus Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell Ultrasharp UM2913WM
Screen Resolution
2560x1080 32
Hard Drives
PNY 240gb SSD
Seagate 500gb SSD
PSU
Corsair CXM 600
Case
Fractal Design Define R4
Cooling
Arctic Freezer Xtreme rev 2
Keyboard
Logitech K800 Wireless Illuminated
Mouse
MicroSoft 5000
Internet Speed
Cable
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
IE 11 and Chrome
Other Info
Samsung DVD-RW
Cambridge 4.1 speakers
Hauppauge HVR-950 USB Tuner
Asus Optimized Overclock to 4.4ghz
Yep... there it was right on the first page of the BIOS.

I feel kind stupid to have not seeen that.


problem solved
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Homebuilt
OS
windows 7 32
CPU
Intel i7 4770K
Motherboard
Asus Z97-A
Memory
Corsair Vengeance 8gb DDR3 2133(PC3 17000)
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GTX 660 2gb
Sound Card
Asus Xonar D1
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell Ultrasharp UM2913WM
Screen Resolution
2560x1080 32
Hard Drives
PNY 240gb SSD
Seagate 500gb SSD
PSU
Corsair CXM 600
Case
Fractal Design Define R4
Cooling
Arctic Freezer Xtreme rev 2
Keyboard
Logitech K800 Wireless Illuminated
Mouse
MicroSoft 5000
Internet Speed
Cable
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
IE 11 and Chrome
Other Info
Samsung DVD-RW
Cambridge 4.1 speakers
Hauppauge HVR-950 USB Tuner
Asus Optimized Overclock to 4.4ghz
hey everyone!=)

i have the same problem but it streches a bit further :/

after disabling drive a: in bios the computer won't boot it just ends up in the freedos-kernel (wich i do not know why is there at all:P) and gives me: "Bad or missing Command Interpreter" i can use commands but i do not know any, not inn freedos anyways. but if i reactivate the drive a: i can boot ok.

just bought my mobo today, and i have alot of problems with this pice of !*@#...

mobo is asus maximus II rampage p45 s775

hope anyone knows what i am talking about.

sorry for bad english.
 

My Computer

OS
win 7
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo E8500 @ 3.17GHz (wolfendale)
Motherboard
asus maximus II formula 775
Memory
crosair tot. 6gb
Graphics Card(s)
ati radeon 3870
Sound Card
supremeFX X-Fi
Monitor(s) Displays
HP w2007v 20"
PSU
Hiper 550watt
Case
unknown :P
Cooling
factory fans
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