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floppy drive fails
I just setup a old computer in a new computer tower. But when i went to
boot it up it saids it fail and i don't know why. All the pins are ok when i took a look at them. I try three other floppy drives and it said the same thing. Is it the cable to the floppy or could it be the mother board or soming thing else? Can anyone help me out here please! |
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floppy drive fails
"Loran" wrote in message
... I just setup a old computer in a new computer tower. But when i went to boot it up it saids it fail and i don't know why. All the pins are ok when i took a look at them. I try three other floppy drives and it said the same thing. Is it the cable to the floppy or could it be the mother board or soming thing else? Can anyone help me out here please! 1. Insert a floppy drive you know to be in working order. If it will not read this tells you the fault is in one of -- power cable -- data cable -- mother board. 2. With a working drive, try a different data cable (of correct type that you know is OK. If this fails too, the trouble is either in the power cable or the motherboard. 2b. Power cable should flash the light on the front of the PC when you attempt to use the drive. Probably more than one power cable connector is available. 3. Unless skilled with a soldering iron, you probably cannot repair the motherboard or power connnectors. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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floppy drive fails
More details please. Is there a system installed on the PC? What exactly
are you trying to do when you get the message? Are you trying to boot into Windows with a floppy disk (cannot be done)? What is the exact message you get? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Loran" wrote in message ... I just setup a old computer in a new computer tower. But when i went to boot it up it saids it fail and i don't know why. All the pins are ok when i took a look at them. I try three other floppy drives and it said the same thing. Is it the cable to the floppy or could it be the mother board or soming thing else? Can anyone help me out here please! |
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floppy drive fails
"Loran" wrote in message ... I just setup a old computer in a new computer tower. But when i went to boot it up it saids it fail and i don't know why. All the pins are ok when i took a look at them. I try three other floppy drives and it said the same thing. Is it the cable to the floppy or could it be the mother board or soming thing else? Can anyone help me out here please! Maybe you put the cable on backwards... If the light remains on at all times...it's backwards |
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