Floppy Drive & DVD Burner Operation Problems

[Jack125]

What could possibly cause a floppy drive and a DVD Burner to not work when mounted in a case but work when on the same cables out of the case?

 

[akugami]

Possibly the tight positioning in some cases may have caused either a power or IDE/Floppy cable to not connect properly.

The other explanation is that your case is haunted by MS CLEO and that you need to send $ to her now or else you will never get to use your floppy and dvd burner inside the case.

 

[vwgeek]

I just encountered this same problem with my floppy drive this weekend in an Antec SLK3000-B case. The floppy drive worked out of the case, but not in the case. The problem was this: The front part of the case where the floppy drive slid through had a metal support tab/shelf. This support shelf was pinching the floppy drive too tight and kept the exposed "wheel" from turning. I slightly bent the support shelf downward so that it didn't exert pressure, and now everything works great. I suppose your DVD burner could have the same problem if some of the mechanics are exposed.