floppy Hardware and Software Hardware by maswfc my floppy drive light is constantly on, anyone know why Re: floppy Hardware and Software Hardware by suRoot when it's on all the time you have connected the floppy cable incorrectly, try turning it upside down, if that doesn't work put it back to orig and move the mobo header end round Floppy Eating Disks, help Hardware and Software Hardware by vegeoku …this computer to run, but it is eating the floppy discs I'm putting into it. I make an… back to this machine and try to une the floppy, but it says 'No ID address mark was …know what to do, I've tried 3 different floppy drives and I can't get any of them… to reinstall Windows. Any ideas as to why my floppy is eating my disks? The computer I'm trying… Re: Floppy disk not listed in My Computer Hardware and Software Hardware by TKSS … like an connector being connected backwards. It would register the floppy but you wouldn't be able to use it or… ready. So, check your connections on the back of your floppy and the motherboard and make sure they are correct. Next… check to make sure that I didn't have the floppy set to anything weird...like dual floppies drives selected or… Floppy disk not listed in My Computer Hardware and Software Hardware by inspiration … recently reformatted and reinstalled XP Pro. I notice that the floppy disk controller is listed in device manager and all is… apparently working fine. I don't have the floppy drive listed under 'drives' in device manager. My post …flicks by so quickly, I haven't seen whether the floppy is being detected there. XP doesn't detect any new… Floppy drive shows as B drive instead of A Hardware and Software Hardware by dlh6213 … computer (no OS yet) that will not boot from the floppy drive. I checked all the connections and everything seems fine… it was set to boot from the floppy. What I noticed, however, during startup, the floppy is shown as a "B… normal "A" drive. The ribbon cable for the floppy has only one connector, so it can't be connected… Floppy (blue screen of death) Hardware and Software Hardware by bondi007 This happened to me every time i put a floppy in the drive new or used the computer freezes and …wont let me write to the floppy i tried moving the little tag at the bottom of… the floppy it doest work ether i try formatting a floppy in windows (it crashes) i try… Floppy Drive Not Recognised Hardware and Software Hardware by spliffy I have been trying to install a floppy drive to my HP PC. There is a FDD connector … with 5V supply. In the BIOS, I have changed the floppy drive setting from NOT INSTALLED to 3.5"…; FLOPPY and saved the settings. On reboot, the floppy was still not recognised. When I… Re: Floppy Disk Drive Problems Hardware and Software Hardware by DMR … correctly read a special piece of information on the floppy called the "Media Descriptor". In terms … hardware just to be sure: - make sure the floppy drives data cable is connected correctly (a common mistake … and isopropyl alchohol - update/reinstall the floppy controller driver. - try another floppy drive that's known to be in … Re: Floppy Eating Disks, help Hardware and Software Hardware by vegeoku …: Okay I have determined that all but one of the floppy's were good. I put them in my other machine… computer and nothing happens, So I'm guessing that the floppy header on the matherboard is bad, does anyone know what… Re: floppy drive does not respond,light stays on Hardware and Software Hardware by lyns …other colour) on the cable, you should have a working floppy drive. Some cables and sockets have connector notches and raised…- usually this will be correct but I do have a floppy drive with a broken plastic connector because the ribbon cable…this should fix the problem. Oh, one other point: a floppy cable should have a twist in part of it, so… Re: Floppy drive not recognising disks Hardware and Software Hardware by bondi007 This happened to me every time i put a floppy in the drive new or used the computer freezes and …wont let me write to the floppy i tried moving the little tag at the bottom of… the floppy it doest work ether i try formatting a floppy in windows (it crashes) i try… Re: Floppy Eating Disks, help Hardware and Software Hardware by efmesch How about switching the floppy disc DRIVES between the two computers. If you have trouble … continues to read without trouble, than you know that the floppy drive is not the problem. Before getting deeply involved with… Floppy Drive Problem... Hardware and Software Hardware by mokkema …'ve had this problem multiple times with all of my floppy drives, and believe me, I'm no n00b to computers…'t know what the heck is wrong with all my floppy drives! And now that I've built a system for… this work. Heres my problem: Just like all my other floppy disk drives, when he puts in a disk, it won… Re: Floppy drive shows as B drive instead of A Hardware and Software Hardware by alc6379 …-- a lot of times, that can determine what letter the floppy drive has. If that doesn't work, look for a… BIOS option that says "Floppy drive swap", or something like that. I don't… Floppy drive problem Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by dick28 … works just find. I will read & write like a floppy should but once I boot into windows it fails. I… and it finds no problem w/floppy. I have ck in the bios, deleted the floppy controller etc. I have even changed… Floppy drive not recognising disks Hardware and Software Hardware by beard24 … ive been trying to copy a diagnostics file onto a floppy drive to analyse a problematic HDD. Once the program is…on the HDD. The problem is when I insert the floppy disk and try to put stuff on it, the … functioning correctly. I tried deleting/uninstalling the drivers for the floppy drive+controller and renstalling them but the same problem still… Re: Floppy drive is NOT disabling Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by jhonnyboy … search on your error and i found out that the Floppy disk fail (40) error usually comes from three things: 1…. Floppy not connected properly 2. Bad Cable 3. Bad Floppy Drive Make sure the cable is… connected properly. If you see the light on the floppy drive always on that means the cable is bad, or… Re: Floppy Drive Not Recognised Hardware and Software Hardware by colweb … changed the other (:-/ still :-/, can't remember the name), the floppy will never work. Suggest you check every option in the…;protection" - not allowing you to read/write from the floppy. Sorry that I can't help you any further. Re: Floppy Drive Problem... Hardware and Software Hardware by Dani Solid light staying on the floppy drive means the ribbon cable is backwards. Otherwise, this is - unfortunately - the symptoms of a bad FDC (floppy disk controller) on the motherboard. I've had this happen to me on a brand new motherboard. Re: Floppy disk not listed in My Computer Hardware and Software Hardware by DoctorWHO How about once the BIOS and the Cabling is all in right order......try booting off a boot floppy. If that works in DOS but not in windows its definately a registry problem. I suggest you try this 1st before you go and mess around in the registry. Re: Floppy drive won't work, won't read disks :( Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by Puckdropper …icon in Control Panel) remove the "Standard Floppy Disk Controller" under "Floppy Disk controllers" and reboot. You may…like that (it really differs) look for something referencing the floppy drive type. 3) If it's there, make sure it… stripe should go to pin 1 on both the floppy and motherboard. If you need more help, just ask… Re: Floppy drive not responding Hardware and Software Hardware by Catweazle … i'd love to hear it also! I've found floppy drive operation under Windows XP to be a really troublesome…. In all cases where I've had trouble getting a floppy drive to work, replacing the drive with a new one… all cases where I've had the problem, the secondhand floppy drive has worked fine in a Windows 98 system! Puzzling… Re: Floppy drive not responding Hardware and Software Hardware by Puckdropper … for better PnP info or something... Who would want a floppy drive anyway? They're good only for small files, able… to transfer a document to another computer... (/rant) If your floppy port on your motherboard is gone, you can get… floppy disk controller cards to replace it with. However, if ports … Re: Floppy (blue screen of death) Hardware and Software Hardware by TT4Titans replace floppy drive. Re: Floppy Drive Problem... Hardware and Software Hardware by mokkema … bios tweaks that I didn't turn on? Possibly the floppy controller in bios? I wanna make sure its this before… floppy drive stopped reading disks on HP laptop Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by gringo … laptop 2.4/40ghd cd rw/dvdr 3 1/2 floppy OS: win xp home sp1 and latest updates downloaded Problem…: floppy drive stopped reading disks. says disk needs to be formatted … Re: floppy drive stopped reading disks on HP laptop Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by gringo … wouldn't read it. If it's any help, the floppy I think died after I tried to hook up a… little problem some thought. I don't often need the floppy and could get a usb external, but it just seems… Floppy drive not responding Hardware and Software Hardware by Chooch … processor chip. my problem is, that i have tested my floppy drive and the ide cables, and they all work, so… i am left to believe that the floppy port on my mother board is gone. if any one… Floppy Disk Drive Problems Hardware and Software Hardware by Efius Everytime I try to access any disk on my floppy drive I get the same message. "A:\ is not accessible, No ID address mark was found on the floppy disk." Right clicking gives me the same message also, in fact anything that I do that concerns this drive gives me the same message as above. Can someone help?