Floppy Drive Help

TurambarTurambar
edited January 2004 in Hardware
hi im new and im having some trouble with my floppy drive. k i just finished building a computer and i just got a new hard drive and when i turn on my comp and try to use a boot disk the floppy drive light just stays on. i have checked the connections and cables and everything is correct. does anyone have any suggestions that could help?

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  • NebulousNebulous New York, The Empire State
    edited January 2004
    if the floppy drive stays on, something is wrong with :

    A) the floppy ribbon
    B) Bent pin in the back of the floppy.


    1) exchange the ribbon
    2) check the back part of the floppy where the ribbon is connected and check for bent pins.

    Oh, btw, Welcome to Icrontic :D
  • TurambarTurambar
    edited January 2004
    alrite thanks alot i will try that first thing tomorrow
  • NebulousNebulous New York, The Empire State
    edited January 2004
    ;)
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Triple check that your floppy cable is attatched to the floppy drive correctly!! The red line on the cable translates to pin #1 on the drive and the mobo.
    If you are using an old floppy drive or an old cable the "locator/ key" may not be right. Pin 1 to pin 1, no matter what! :)
  • verselloversello New
    edited January 2004
    Flip the floppy ribbon around (whether on the motherboard (unless it's keyed) or the floppy itself).

    99% of the time I always install floppy ribbons upside down... d'oh!
  • HalOfBorgHalOfBorg West Virginia
    edited January 2004
    Having the light on the floppy drive stay on all the time is caused by the cable being in backwards. Reverse either end.
  • verselloversello New
    edited January 2004
    Upside-down will do ;)
  • TurambarTurambar
    edited January 2004
    thanks versello i flipped it and its working now but i still cant boot into dos :(
  • NebulousNebulous New York, The Empire State
    edited January 2004
    ok, the floppy drive works, but you can't boot into Dos? You make a new boot up disk?
  • timinatortiminator PA
    edited January 2004
    i hate floppy drives
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    AMEN Brother!!!!
  • verselloversello New
    edited January 2004
    amen to that too :D
  • drowddrowd Texas
    edited January 2004
    seriously, floppy drives are worthless. has anyone successfully made a dos boot disk from a cd-rom. i think i tried to just put the contents of a boot disk and burning it to a cd-rom, and if i remember correctly, it didnt werk correctly. anyone know anything about this?
  • NebulousNebulous New York, The Empire State
    edited January 2004
    I only use my floppy drive for flashing the bios :D
  • TurambarTurambar
    edited January 2004
    im all good i made a xp boot disk and im all set. One more question though im probably going to get some more memory soon to move up to 1GB but right now i have 2 sticks of 128MB at 266Mhz and 1 stick of 256MB at 266Mhz. If i buy a stick of 512MB at 400Mhz will it work or should i just get another 266Mhz stick?
  • NebulousNebulous New York, The Empire State
    edited January 2004
    Any faster ram you buy will run at slower speed because of the 266 in there now ;)

    Congrats on solving your problem.
  • TurambarTurambar
    edited January 2004
    ok thanks but it will still work properly?
  • NebulousNebulous New York, The Empire State
    edited January 2004
    Originally posted by Turambar
    ok thanks but it will still work properly?

    sure it'll run, but like i isaid, it'll run @ 266, not 400.
  • ZuntarZuntar North Carolina Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    It's that "weakest link in the chain" thing.
  • NebulousNebulous New York, The Empire State
    edited January 2004
    Originally posted by Zuntar
    It's that "weakest link in the chain" thing.

    I cuncur.
  • TurambarTurambar
    edited January 2004
    alright thanks for you help guys
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