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Date: | Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:58:25 -0500 |
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If you are sure the drive is connected pin 1 to pin 1 on the mobo, and that the cable is good, there aren't a lot of choices left. When you tried the other drive with your cable, was that a different drive temporarily installed on your computer, or did you use the cable on someone else's computer? If it was the former, then your floppy is history. If the latter, it could be Floppy controller or the floppy plug on your mobo. You can get a new drive for $20 or less at local computer discount stores, so for your sake I hope it's the drive that has gone south.
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>I have a 1.44mb 3.5" floppy drive on my machine.
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>The little green light stays on. I know that when this happens I have
>connected
>the drive incorrectly to the mobo. Trouble is I must have tried every single
>conceivable connection for the cable, both on the mobno side and the drive
>side.
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>The connector on the mobo and the cable are fine as I tried another floppy
>drive
>on the same connector with the same cable. I also tried using the B: drive
>connector
>with no success. I even tried changing the power the other way round.
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>Is it possible that my drive has gone south on me? If not anybody got any
>suggestions for me to try?
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