FLOPPY DRIVE PROBLEM DETECTING AS 5.25 ????

[asifjasim]

I HAVE A PROBLEM IN MY COMPUTER
CONFIGURATION (INTEL P3 600MHZ, 256 SD RAM, 52X CD ROM , 52X32X52X CD-RW AND FLOPPY DRIVE 1.44)
PROBLEM IS MY FLOPPY DRIVE DETECTING IN WINDOWS AS 5.25
BUT ACCTUALLY IT'S 1.44 3.5 IT SHOULD DETECT.
I TRY WIN98_SE AND WINME STILL SAME PROBLE IF I REMOVE CD ROM DATA CABLE THEN IT WILL WORK PROPERLY SO I CAN'T USE FLOPPY AND CD ROM BOTH TOGETHER

ALL REDDY I TRY ALL THE JUMPER SETTING AND CMOS SETUP, FLOPPY CABLE I CHANGE

I'M USING THIS TEK-TIPS FIRST TIME
IF I HAVE WRITE ANY MISTAKES PLEASE EXCUSE ME
THANZ
(MOHD ASIF)

 

[jrbarnett]

In the system BIOS setup, is it set up as a 3.5" 1.44Mb floppy drive?
(there will usually be a key combination to press during the memory test to get into the setup program).

John

 

[asifjasim]

yes i have tryed the bios setup its detecting in bios as a 3.5" 1.44MB but in windows it detect as a 5.25MB
if i remove cd rom or cd-rw data cable then it will work properly
i don't now how can i used this floppy
and i try new floppy drive and floppy cable

well thank you very much
MR john
for u r tip

 

[edfair]

Probably would delete it in windows device manager, on next boot would go to setup and tell it no floppies, then on the next boot set it again as 3.5 and let windows reinstall.

An alternate would be for it to be redetected after doing a regedit and removing it in HKeyLocalMachine Enum Flop. Or delete the Flop. Then reboot.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[jrbarnett]

If you remove the CD-ROM or CD-RW data cable, and it works properly, I would ensure that all the cables are plugged in correctly.
Do the CD drives work properly when the floppy doesn't?
Can you successfully read and write a floppy disk when it is detected correctly?

John