A4000 in a tower issues

[danbeaver]

Have you taken it apart and tried to diagnose it from the component level?  Using motherboard, floppy and one hard drive?  Then once working at the basic level, added back each piece until you found the one that needs cleaning/chips reseated/replacement?

Someone will suggest your PSU is defective and the motherboard capacitors need replacing at some point, too.

[danbeaver]

So you have checked it at the base level?  And it only asks for a floppy?

[danbeaver]

Sounds like a eulogy is in order.

[danbeaver]

Yes, but do you have an PATA IDE free on your PC?  While I have a USB device for connecting those, my last 2 PC builds were SATA only motherboards.

If it is dead, EwBay has 40 and 80 GB IDE drives in the $20 USD (or Less) range; I even formatted a couple with OS3.9 as spares to keep on hand.

Once you solve your HDD issue, I would still take her apart to clean and de-dust.

[danbeaver]

So is there a SCSI to IDE adapter that would work on my a4000?

Yep, several.  I have a couple of Acards and a Yamaha that work.  There is even an Acard SCSI to SATA version.  The data conversions are not without some bus speed loss though.