[accattone]

What a stupid!
I ran the bios update utility in windows XP.
the result... you know~

need I the USB floppy drive?
the motherboard exchange seems to be only solutions to me.

any idea? please~

[holmes4]

Yes, you need a USB floppy drive. Instructions are in the BIOS USB key sticky thread above.

[accattone]

Originally Posted by holmes4

Yes, you need a USB floppy drive. Instructions are in the BIOS USB key sticky thread above.

I never thought I'd use floppy disk again.
I think I could use USB Floppy Drive Key.
Will it work?

[holmes4]

I don't know what you mean by "Floppy Drive key". If you are referring to a USB flash memory key, that won't work. Has to be a floppy drive. They're about $40. (Plus you'll need a floppy.)

[accattone]

Originally Posted by holmes4

I don't know what you mean by "Floppy Drive key". If you are referring to a USB flash memory key, that won't work. Has to be a floppy drive. They're about $40. (Plus you'll need a floppy.)

It's not a flash memory but usb-floppy.

Selfic Boot(usb-fdd/usb-hdd)

HP USB Floppy Drive Key

What do you think?

[accattone]

Hallelujah!!!

My dell mini 9 has been born again!

Selfic Boot(usb-fdd/usb-hdd) works flawlessly!
you don't need a floppy diskette.
you don't need the dell support service.

Thanks, steve!
Thank you for all!

P.S. Why don't Dell fix this problem?
I'm not the only one but thousand maybe.

Heonwoo,South Korea
Mini 9/2G RAM/8G SSD/USB SATA&IDE&MOUSE&KEYBOARD GENDER/WINDOWS XP

[holmes4]

That's interesting - a USB flash drive that pretends it's a USB floppy. But you'd still need to buy that particular device, right?

[Qagak]

I'm amazed.... My face is . Wow! I didn't know those existed.

...so I searched around for it & didn't find much of any thing. Hhhmm, I wonder why these keys don't seem to be readily available much any more (in the US, if they ever were at all)....

The best I could do was:
Amazon.com: 1GB USB 2.0 Floppy Drive Key: Electronics

Somehow, the price seems to be a bit ridiculous.


Edit: Oh okay, Steve. I know what you mean about the USB floppies! (I got 2 for about $22 the other day. )

|

|

v

[holmes4]

You can buy them from a Korean seller who will ship internationally. It does seem like a specialized item, though. Price with shipping to the US is about $28. For under $40, I can buy a USB floppy drive at Staples. Haven't found anyone outside Korea selling this.