Got it fixed. Thanks

[texaspsdx]

Just completed the build of my first computer ever. Everything seems to be going great, except the active light is on all the time one the 3.5" floppy drive. Put a floppy in the slot and try to run it and it tells me there is no disk present. Any ideas?

 

[phillc]

Flip that cable around. You have it upside down on one end.

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: phillc
Flip that cable around. You have it upside down on one end.

dang gj phillc

 

[exorr]

Yeah and do it fast...friend of mine did this once and didn't realize it, it was running like that for awhile and all of a sudden it caused something in his PC to short circuit and the mobo caught on fire...

I don't know if it was the floppy cable being backwards or that was just a coincidence, but...

 

[Xponential]

Ppl. still build computers w/ floppy drives?? I got rid of mine 4+ yrs ago.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: Xponential
Ppl. still build computers w/ floppy drives?? I got rid of mine 4+ yrs ago.

They can occasionly come in handy.. BIOS update or whatever it may be..

It's not like its a BAD thing to have one in.

 

[texaspsdx]

Thank guys. Flipped the cable around and all is well. Many Thanks

 

[KamiXkaze]

Originally posted by: Xponential
Ppl. still build computers w/ floppy drives?? I got rid of mine 4+ yrs ago.

most floppy drives now come with multi flash card slots (just in case your friend has a diferent type of flash memory on his digital camera than yours)

 

[JBDan]

Originally posted by: bjc112

Originally posted by: Xponential
Ppl. still build computers w/ floppy drives?? I got rid of mine 4+ yrs ago.

They can occasionly come in handy.. BIOS update or whatever it may be..

It's not like its a BAD thing to have one in.

And they are like 6 bux. Worth it.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: JBDan

Originally posted by: bjc112

Originally posted by: Xponential
Ppl. still build computers w/ floppy drives?? I got rid of mine 4+ yrs ago.

They can occasionly come in handy.. BIOS update or whatever it may be..

It's not like its a BAD thing to have one in.

And they are like 6 bux. Worth it.

Absolutely.

 

[howdyduty]

Yep. Why not...