Floppy drive

N

Nitris

Guest
Ok, I just put my computer together and installed Win XP Pro. Everything is working fine except for the floppy drive. The light is always on and it doesnt read any floppies I put in it. I took the floppy drive from an old computer. I've tried two floppy drives already. I may have the plugs in wrong but I looked at another computer while putting it in. anyone know whats wrong?

My Specs in case you need it:
Abit motherboard model AD7A
256mb DDR
Athlon XP 2500+
donno the company that made the floppy drive :(
(both floppy drives are about 5-6 years old)
 
Try reversing the cable plug at the floppy end. Light staying on usually means the cable is in wrong. Also try a different cable while your at it.
 
make sure the red line on the cable is on the inside (i.e. facing the power cable and not the side of the floppy).
 
Ok, it turned the cord around and the lights off now. But it still doesn't read my floppies. I hear it initialize when I start the computer so I don't know whats wrong and I have to wait till I get done with school and work to look at it again. :(
 
You could have a faulty floppy, then? Is it recognized in System Props in Win XP, and/or mobo identification.
 
humm, I don't know. I'll check it out when I get home, but I would think it is as the floppy drive shows up in "My Computer"

[edit]
the floppy was working on the old computer
 
Probably time get rid of the floppy for good, unless you pesonally need it. XP don't need it as the boot and rescue files are built into the CD. Just a thought.


Heeter
 
Make sure its on in the BIOS. A: should be set to 3 1/2 1.44MB.

Make sure the cable is right. THe end with the twist should be in the Drive, not the motherboard side. And the red srtipe is usually the opposite of hard drives, to the left side when looking at the back of the drive.

JJB
 
Just a foot note, as everyone have said what I would have suggested. Make sure it is not an old 720kb floppy, as it wont like 1.44 floppies.

ejm
 
Thanks for the help, I fixed it when I got home yesterday. But now I actidently formatted my HD :( I have to recover all my files :mad:
 

Members online

No members online now.

Latest profile posts

Also Hi EP and people. I found this place again while looking through a oooollllllldddd backup. I have filled over 10TB and was looking at my collection of antiques. Any bids on the 500Mhz Win 95 fix?
Any of the SP crew still out there?
Xie wrote on Electronic Punk's profile.
Impressed you have kept this alive this long EP! So many sites have come and gone. :(

Just did some crude math and I apparently joined almost 18yrs ago, how is that possible???
hello peeps... is been some time since i last came here.
Electronic Punk wrote on Sazar's profile.
Rest in peace my friend, been trying to find you and finally did in the worst way imaginable.

Forum statistics

Threads
62,015
Messages
673,494
Members
5,621
Latest member
naeemsafi
Back