It could be the controller, but I would first make sure that the cable is
seated.  Take it
out and reseat it - this may help if the contact has become bad.  If you can
borrow another
cable, you could try it, too.

Dean Kukral  [log in to unmask]


----- Original Message -----
From: "Loy" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 5:00 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Floppy Drive Problems


> I have two floppy drives on my computer.  Drive A is a 3.5"
> floppy drive.  Drive B is 5.25" high density floppy.  Neither
> one will format a disk.  The format routine for both drives
> aborts with the error message that sector 0 is bad.  I've
> tried numerous disks, some new out of the box, in both drives
> and they always display the same error.
>
> Likewise, neither drive will read a formatted disk.  Both
> drives abort with the Not Ready Drive A or B message.
>
> Both drives have worked flawlessly in the past.
>
> Any help on identifying the problem would be appreciated.  It
> seems like a floppy disk controller problem to me, but it
> could be something else; possibly even a software problem with
> Win 95.
>
> The system is a Gateway DX2-66V with a pentium upgrade chip.
> The floppy drives in question came with the computer.  The
> operating system is Win 95.  It has 40 megs of ram and two
> HDs; a 5.3 gig and a 1.2 gig.
>
> Thanks...
>
> Loy Pressley
>

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