> Today's update:    I changed floppy cables and inserted an older 3.5 floppy. With the old floppy
> the access light stays on continously. I can not access either drive as before. I have noticed
> now that my second drive (Seagate Medalist 2132) which is a slave to a Seagate Medalist 8641
> will not be recognize on a cold boot, but it is on a re-boot (warm boot.) Any thoughts, other
> than to take it in (or bury it!) Thanks. Bill C.

>
>
> Subject: 3.5" Floppy
> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 16:39:00 -0500
>     I have recently experienced a CMOS battery failure. The battery was
> replaced with no problem (CompUSA sent me to Radio Shack for the
> battery.) I manually reset the CMOS and BIOS setup (running an ASUS
> SP97-V motherboard and Pentium 100 chip.)
>     Ever since, I have been unable to access my Floppy A: drive. When I
> click on the drive, the mouse becomes very sluggish, and it takes a long
> time to say either:
>     No valid media in drive A or
>     A:\ is not accessible. The drive is not ready.
> The green light does turn on when I try to access it.
>
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