Floppy Light Stays on

[Juice Box]

For some reason, when my computer that i built boots up, the floppy light stays on all the time, and never goes off. I cannot read disks because of this, and wanted to know how to fix it. is it something in the bios?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

unplug the cable..flip..plug back in..

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: ScrapSilicon
unplug the cable..flip..plug back in..

Beat me to.

 

[apropos]

take your floppy cable and turn the plug around.. then plug it back in....

do this while the computer is off. Then power back on. You have the floppy plug plugged in upside down.

 

[apropos]

grr... you both beat me to it... wow... replies are fast here.

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: apropos
grr... you both beat me to it... wow... replies are fast here.

lol..just got home from work ..

 

[Juice Box]

the power cable or the ribbon cable, just to make sure lol

 

[warcrow]

Ribbon...not the power cable.

 

[Oakenfold]

Originally posted by: warcrow
Ribbon...not the power cable.

 

[SithSolo1]

Take the cable out, flip the drive upside down, and plug the cable back in. Problem solved.

 

[Juice Box]

thank you everyone, i apprieciate (sp?) the help!

 

[Juice Box]

replies ARE fast here, btw why dont they make the floppy cables like IDE cables where they only go one way?

 

[Varun]

floppies are old that's why!

 

[Juice Box]

i suppose they are, i bet they will soon make a comeback