misbehaving floppy drive

[Kaliman]

i just rearranged my components in my pc and now my floppy drive does not work (floppy drive failed(40)) I've tried a different drive so i know it's not the drive, but i'm not sure what it could be. The power light goes on and stays constantly lit while my computer is on, not sure why that is, what do you guys think?

 

[Crashman]

You have one end or both ends of the cable backwards. Probably the drive end, the red stripe faces the right side of the drive, not the left side like IDE devices.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[Kaliman]

still doesn't work, i flipped the cable on the drive end both ways and it doesn't work, the motherboard end only goes in one way because of a tab that goes into a slot. Not sure what the problem is or why the activity light stays constantly lit, damn floppy drives.

 

[Crashman]

It's a keyed cable? GREAT! The tab faces downward on the drive. Funny thing too, since not all drives have the tab slot. Anyway, the ends of the cable have to be at the proper places too-the end without the flip goes into the motherboard, the end with the flip goes to the floppy, the A:\ drive goes after the flip.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[SEB]

Had the same problem once, just like Crashman said youre cable is not connected properly.

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[Kaliman]

what the hell is a flip?

 

[khha4113]

Make sure the twisted end go to the drive.

Good or Bad have no meaning at all, depends on what your point of view is.

 

[Crashman]

Like he said, one end of the cable has a few of the wires twisted over. That end goes to the drive with the red strip facing into the case if it's a standard Tower layout. AKA the right side of the drive (on the left if you're looking at the back of the drive).

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

 

[Kaliman]

i finally got the bastard to work, but only after disconnecting it and reconnecting it while the computer was on, very odd