I'm ready to pick motherboard for my custom-build. Problem is I cannot find any having both floppy drive connector and NVIDIA SLI for any Phenom II X6 processor...boards either have one or the other, but none have both. I want the SLI, but been told on many forums now that if I want to have XP Pro, regular floppy drive is required for:
1. run flashing program for BIOS with 'boot block'
2. create restore discs
3. load certain drivers at install
4. several other scenarios I've forgotten.
Been told that nothing else (i.e. CD/DVD, flash drive, external floppy, internal floppy via USB connector, etc., will work as substitute.
Is this true? Do I have to sacrifice SLI for floppy drive connector?
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Jump to Post3. load certain drivers at install
to me this is the only one that make any sense .
it would be to load drivers for SATA drive ,winxp doesn't have them built in ,but i think most new bios have a setting to emulate ide or someting like that …
Jump to PostWell, I do have floppy discs, still, and have systems that can read them, but I haven't used ANY floppy disc in about 10 years, and I am a computer systems engineer... My feeling is that if you need a floppy, see if you can find one that has a …
Jump to PostIf your system can boot from USB, then you can use either a floppy or a thumb drive for installing BIOS and flash updates these days. I usually use a USB thumb drive for that purpose.
Jump to PostStep 4: Update your BIOS.
Most newer PCs have a fairly easy BIOS update procedure: Just download the .exe file from your PC manufacturer's Website, quit all open programs, run the .exe, and let it handle the patch; then reboot. If your PC suddenly shuts down in the middle …
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