Can't Boot New Computer!

[debc]

This is the hardware I have .. MS-6167 board, AMD Athlon 550 MHz CPU, 128 mb PC-100 SDRAM, Maxtor 12 gb hdd, Creative 24X CD-Rom, standard floppy, 300 WATT P/S, Video-107 AGP 3D X2 video card w/8 MB, Award BIOS.

This is a new system, I do not have an OS installed (can't get that far), I boot the system .. get the BIOS info, Memory check, Drive detection (it recognizes the primary Hard Drive .. and the secondary primary
CD-Rom drive ... then the floppy drive cranks 2 times and that's where it stops ..
the floppy drive light does not come on. I have checked, reversed and reversed again, the floppy cable .. to no avail. I disconnected the floppy drive .. placed the Win98 CD in the CD-Rom drive .. changed the settings to boot from CD-Rom .. but still nada! It just stops and all I have on the monitor is a blinking "-" .. and that's where I am at this point.

Am I missing a setting in BIOS setup? I really don't get this. I have some experience with hardware but this is beyond me!

[rmanet]

Last time I had this problem with the BIOS it wasn't recognizing whatever drive it was looking for - is the BIOS showing the A drive, and/or have you set it to the right format?

Run setup and check. And again make sure your cable is connected correctly, if it isn't the BIOS won't see it.

[gene1938]

does your bios have a "default" setting?? if so try resetting to it,& when you exit bios use the "save&exit"option you might also try not using auto detect on drives and manualy fill in info
gene