floppy drive

[dave47]

would anyone know why my A drive doesnt recognized when i have a disk in it? thought it was a bad drive, got a new one and same exact thing, computer says drive is working fine. then i try to access it and it says i need to put a disk in when there is one in it already. probably something simple, but im stumped, course im simple anyway. appreciate the help. dave

 

[Mavicator]

Floppy cable backwards?

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[KraftyMcVay]

Same idea: cable is backwards or your floppy disk is bad? thats my best guesses

-krafty

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[sturm]

or the cable is bad?

 

[dave47]

cable can go on only one way right? and anyway i switched cables too and still no go

 

[Tommunist]

the cable will only work one way yea. the end with the little twist thing in it should be closer to the floppy drive i believe.

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[Brunix]

After your system is up is the light on the floppy always on? If so the cable is backward. On most floppies the #1 wire (red) is next to the power connector. (most of the time not always). Is the floppy seen by the Bios?

 

[dave47]

no the light only comes on when trying to read, and the bios recognizes it, i think my floppy controller is bad, any way to fix, or do i have to replace mb..msi kt3- ultra

 

[Brunix]

That seems strange. Can you use B:> ?

Try removing the drivers in Device manager and rebooting the system. New drivers should be reinstalled and may fix something.