Epox 8K7A and Disk Drives!!!

[ceLLriOT]

Ok, if anyone else can tell me if they have this same problem, I will love them. The deal is that first of all, the 8k7a does not detect 100mb iomega Zip drives (internal) and I have heard this from some other people also. Ok I can live with that. But the mobo also for me at least, does not work properly with any disk drive. It detects it fine, but any disk you put in the drive is detected as unformatted, and it takes a loooong time to read. Is this soundin familiar to anyone? If so, let me know. If not, and this is not actually a mobo problem, tell me any other thing it could be. I have tried three different disk drives and two different cables with the same results. Thanks...
Sean

 

[ledzepp98]

this may sound silly since you tried multiple drives and cables...but are you POSITIVE you have the cable in properly? i've had this same thing happen (not on an 8k7a, but same symptoms) when the cable was backwards. there are 4 possbile ways the cable can be connected...try them all

 

[anime]

i dont have any probs at all with disk drive nor with my internal zip drive--i use epox 8k7a same mobo like yours. any chance-you connect the cable wrong? or bad cable even. the thing is for disk drive -very easy to connect your cable the wrong way.

 

[spanner]

Most of the problems I have with floppy drives and LS-120 drives is a bad cable or the cables are not plugged in the right way or not plugged in completely. Also check your BIOS settings. Last but not least, make sure your floppy disks are not bad.