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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: TR on October 13, 2004, 12:11

Title: Lost Floppy
Post by: TR on October 13, 2004, 12:11

Lost me floppy (A)drive..I'm sure it was there last week  ;D

looked in Bios its enabled, looked in Device manager it sees a legacy floppy controller, looked in Everest  doesnt see it anywhere....weird goins on huh.

Any advice would be appreciated, although its brand new do you think I should get another just in case  ;D

Title: Re:Lost Floppy
Post by: Sandra on October 13, 2004, 12:34

Does it make the usual noise and flash its light when you boot up Hookie  ???

Title: Re:Lost Floppy
Post by: TR on October 13, 2004, 12:44

Nothing Sandra..I reckon its a duff one & for the sake of a fiver might just buy a new one  :-\

Title: Re:Lost Floppy
Post by: Sandra on October 13, 2004, 13:08

I assume that you have checked the cables are connected the right way round, although usually with floppy drives if the ribbon cable is in wrong the light stays on continually  ???

Title: Re:Lost Floppy
Post by: TR on October 13, 2004, 14:29

Quote from: Sandra on October 13, 2004, 13:08

I assume that you have checked the cables are connected the right way round, although usually with floppy drives if the ribbon cable is in wrong the light stays on continually  ???

That happened to me when I 1st built the pc 2 weeks back  :P learnt my lesson there Sandra  :-[

Title: Re:Lost Floppy (All sorted)
Post by: TR on October 13, 2004, 16:09

All sorted.

It was in the Bios, but not the normal setting of enable floppy?? it was enable "A" + "B" that was the problem  >:( WTF how did that happen  :-\ dont ask me I know nothing.