Floppy doesn't recognize disk
I recently upgraded my computer, and one of the few parts I could salvage from my trusty old machine was the floppy disk. Not sure if I'll ever really need the thing again, but I thought it would be nice to have one in there just in case.
So I hooked it up to the power supply and plugged it into the FDD header, but whatever I do, when I boot I get an error message: "Floppy disk(s) fail (40)". I can actually see drive A: in Windows Explorer, but whenever I click on it I get the message: "Please insert a disk into drive A:.", regardless if there is actually as disk in there or not. What can I do? It's the first PC I put together myself, so I am assuming I am missing something that might be obvious to everybody else.
I am using a Biostar Geforce 6100-M9 NVIDIA Socket 939 MicroATX Motherboard (www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=B450-2303), in case that matters.
Many thanks!
Frank
So I hooked it up to the power supply and plugged it into the FDD header, but whatever I do, when I boot I get an error message: "Floppy disk(s) fail (40)". I can actually see drive A: in Windows Explorer, but whenever I click on it I get the message: "Please insert a disk into drive A:.", regardless if there is actually as disk in there or not. What can I do? It's the first PC I put together myself, so I am assuming I am missing something that might be obvious to everybody else.
I am using a Biostar Geforce 6100-M9 NVIDIA Socket 939 MicroATX Motherboard (www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=B450-2303), in case that matters.
Many thanks!
Frank
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This isn't a mobo (motherboard) problem. Rather it's either an issue w/ your FDD (floppy disk drive) or your floppy diskette(s).
It is normal to get that ("Please insert a disk into drive A:") message if there isn't a diskette in the drive when you double-click on its icon in My Computer.
If you get that message when there is a floppy diskette in the drive, then either the FDD or the floppy diskette is bad.
Note:
Make sure there is no floppy diskette in the drive when you boot your computer. If it (the FDD) is set as one of the boot priority devices (b4 the HDD (hard disk drive) in the BIOS, then the system will hang during the boot process if the diskette inserted is not a bootable floppy)
A Caveat:
Is the LED on the front of the floppy drive on all the time? If so, the ribbon cable is installed incorrectly. Reversing the orientation of the cable will correct this problem.
Let's see what happens now (when you try new floppy diskettes and/or check the orientation of your floppy drive ribbon cable)
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My apologies. I wasn't paying close enough attention to the error message you were getting when booting your computer. Please, click here for a description and resolution to your problem. (I'm pretty sure that the cable orientation is the problem)
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Oooops! Sorry, Leonardo. We must've been both working on our posts at the same time. You beat me out of the gate, however!!
Frank