Need help with an A: drive

[one30eight]

My motherboard recognizes my A: Drive, but can't read the disk. I have replace the drive cable, tried 3 A: drives and still nothing. It just says "Please insert disk" when there is one in there. I need to flash my bios. If anyone has any idea as to what might be the problem, I would appreciate it. If anyone could tell me in detail how to flash your bios without a floppy disc I would be most gratefull. Thanks

 

[Fern]

Does the floppy drive light stay on? I'm thinking cable is not hooked up properly.

 

[one30eight]

yeah the light is on.. and it is recognized as working properly in device manager.. I just put a new cable on because I thought that might be it.. I am pretty sure cable is on right...

 

[Zelmo3]

Does it recognize other disks?

 

[jackschmittusa]

If the light is on constantly, the cable is not on right. It is also possible to make a bootable cd from win98 files that will appear as the A: drive when you boot. Including the flash utility and new bios on the cd will allow you to flash the bios.

 

[Paperlantern]

he didnt say it was on constantly... i think the floppy drive is bad, pull one out of another computer, or pick one up at a used parts place, shouldnt cost ya more than $10...