OK. I got given a computer to fix at the weekend. It wasn't till I got home and powered up the beast (Packard Bell) that I found it to be a 486 DX2 66 !
To make things worse it has a bios password that I wasn't told and when it boots it comes up with the error
*Diskette Drive B error. Autotyping adaptor 0 Master....OK*
Now I've tried taking the IDE cables off the HD and CDROM to try and isolate the problem, but the same error appears....so I don't know what else I can do to solve the problem.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can go about getting this doorstop to boot up?


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Check the mobo, esp if you have the manual. You should find there's a little jumper near the CMOS battery to clear the CMOS and remove any BIOS password. Typically simply switch off PC, put jumper to 2-3 instead of (1-2), wait a few secs and then put it back in the original position before pressing on. You can also take the battery out for 10secs or so which should do the same. Proceed at your own risk though.
From what you're reporting it's expecting to find a second floppy drive (B
