Floppy Drive not reading...help :(

[lavagirl669]

I recently installed a new Sony Floppy Drive into my system.
All connections are checked and correct, floppy Drive shows up in Device Manager and
is shown as working properly.

However, when I insert a formatted IBM 2HD 1.44MB Floppy disk, and try to save info on it,
the system prompts me to insert a floppy or says there is no floppy in the drive.

Apparently it is not recognizing a Floppy disk in the drive.

I also tried updating the Drivers via Windows and via the vendors website, with the same results.

Any help would be greatly appreciated on other things I could try to make this thing work!

Thanks

Lavagirl 🙂

 

[spherrod]

Hi Lavagirl,

Are you able to boot from a floppy disk at all? Is the floppy disk light permanently on? I'm assuming you've tried more than one disk ;-)

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: spherrod
Hi Lavagirl,

Are you able to boot from a floppy disk at all? Is the floppy disk light permanently on? I'm assuming you've tried more than one disk ;-)

If the floppy disk light is permanently on, try flipping the ribbon cable the other way around.

Also, check your BIOS (hit DEL key at boot up), go into basic configuraiton, and double check 1st floppy is configured as 3.5" 1.44MB disk drive.

HTH

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: Kai920

Originally posted by: spherrod
Hi Lavagirl,

Are you able to boot from a floppy disk at all? Is the floppy disk light permanently on? I'm assuming you've tried more than one disk ;-)

If the floppy disk light is permanently on, try flipping the ribbon cable the other way around.

Also, check your BIOS (hit DEL key at boot up), go into basic configuraiton, and double check 1st floppy is configured as 3.5" 1.44MB disk drive.

HTH

If the floppy light is permanently on, try flipping the power cable over as that's a common problem. Also double check the data cable is connected properly as well.

 

[Schadenfroh]

cables attached wrong

 

[lavagirl669]

Thanks guys for the help, I will try your suggestions....

The floppy drive light is constantly on, so it must be a cable connection issue.

Aloha!

Lavagirl 🙂

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: Kai920

Originally posted by: spherrod
Hi Lavagirl,

Are you able to boot from a floppy disk at all? Is the floppy disk light permanently on? I'm assuming you've tried more than one disk ;-)

If the floppy disk light is permanently on, try flipping the ribbon cable the other way around.

Also, check your BIOS (hit DEL key at boot up), go into basic configuraiton, and double check 1st floppy is configured as 3.5" 1.44MB disk drive.

HTH

If the floppy light is permanently on, try flipping the power cable over as that's a common problem. Also double check the data cable is connected properly as well.

its the data cable thats reversed, not the power cable.

JB

 

[dkozloski]

I recently purchased a Sony floppy drive that had the key slot for the ribbon cable bass-ackwards. I had to cut the key off the cable with an Xacto razor saw.

 

[lavagirl669]

whoa....that sucks.

I hope that isn't the problem. If it is you might have to come fix it for me LOL!

Thanks

Lavagirl

 

[Paperlantern]

Originally posted by: dkozloski
I recently purchased a Sony floppy drive that had the key slot for the ribbon cable bass-ackwards. I had to cut the key off the cable with an Xacto razor saw.

it wasnt your drive that was bass ackwards, it was your cable, some cables are made one way and some another, and some floppies take them one way and not another, the cable you had was to "the other" kind of floppy drive. Ive had to remove that notch a hundred times, jsut the nature of the beast i guess *shrugs* sometimes even to cables that CAME WITH the drive, retarded, if its the only cable youve got, its the only cable youve got