If the light stays on forever then the data cable has been connected
wrongly,try reversing the cable and connect so that the red coloured side
appears on the other side from where it is now...

Best,
Mandar Naik
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Sheaffer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 9:24 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] 3.5 Floppy Problem


> I have 2 ASUS boards, one a socket 370 and one a socket A.  I can not
> get the 3.5 floppy to respond on either.  One the light stays on, but
> can not be read.  The other nothing happens at boot up.  All cables
> correct and bios identifies both and lists them as the first boot.
> Working 3.5s I replaced them with do the came thing.  Bad Mobo?  Is this
> a problem in Mobos that go bad?  Other than these two things, the
> motherboards work fine.
>
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