floppy drive not working...tried everything

[theEclipse]

Hi-<br><br>My floppy drive stopped working a few months back, and I havn't really needed to use it much, untill now.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have tried buying a new drive, and cable, and it still doesn't work. I am not yet much of a hardware specialist, but I know that I did get the cables connected correctly. <p>theEclipse<br><a href=mailto:eclipse_web@hotmail.com>eclipse_web@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=robacarp.webjump.com>robacarp.webjump.com</a><br>**-Trying to build a documentation of a Javascript DOM, crossbrowser, of course. E-mail me if you know of any little known events and/or methods, etc.

 

[Karl Blessing]

Did you make sure the BIOS knows that Floppy drive controler is onboard, and not &quot;Add-in card&quot; also check to see if the correct type of Floppy is chosen in your bios.<br><br> <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[Karl Blessing]

Oh and other than the IDE cables being connected correctly, check to see if the Floppy power plug works too, or if you have the floppy power connector attatched. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href=

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[theEclipse]

lets see... yup tried both of those.<br><br>thanks anyway <p>theEclipse<br><a href=mailto:eclipse_web@hotmail.com>eclipse_web@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=robacarp.webjump.com>robacarp.webjump.com</a><br>**-Trying to build a documentation of a Javascript DOM, crossbrowser, of course. E-mail me if you know of any little known events and/or methods, etc.

 

[dxd]

What is the symptom of &quot;not working&quot;?<br>Does it attempt to read a disk and produce an error? Is it failing to boot from the drive? Does the drive light come on?<br><br>Be a little more specific.<br><br>Set the Bios defaults and remove all but necessary add-in adapters.<br><br><br><br>dxd

 

[theEclipse]

ok<br><br>&quot;not working&quot;-meaning the inverse of working <br><br>the computer doesn't recognize it.<br>as far as the computer is concerned, it is not there.<br><br><br>I set the BIOS so that it would auto-detect all devices. <p>theEclipse<br><a href=mailto:eclipse_web@hotmail.com>eclipse_web@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=robacarp.webjump.com>robacarp.webjump.com</a><br>**-Trying to build a documentation of a Javascript DOM, crossbrowser, of course. E-mail me if you know of any little known events and/or methods, etc.

 

[theEclipse]

I finally gave up, and gave it to the computer store where it was bought so many years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>The Owner worked on it, and piddled with it. he finally installed one of his drives.&nbsp;&nbsp;It worked. <br><br>Later, the Tech came in, and eventually pointed out that it was a phantom drive (like I have any clue what that is) and that was why it wasn't working.<br><br> <p>theEclipse<br><a href=mailto:eclipse_web@hotmail.com>eclipse_web@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=robacarp.webjump.com>robacarp.webjump.com</a><br>**-Trying to build a documentation of a Javascript DOM, crossbrowser, of course. E-mail me if you know of any little known events and/or methods, etc.

 

[dadaemdo]

yeah I have the same problem except I fixed mine but I cant write anything to it. Any ideas?

 

[tlcscousin]

If you have replaced the floppy drive and still had the same problem and the cables is on properly then try another cable.
I cant remember the pin number for the write portion but if the wire for that pin is broken, the floppy can read but wont write.