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Z.K.

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Since: Jan 29, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:08 am
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Anyone know why a floppy drive would not work on a GA-P35-DS3R
motherboard. I have tried two different floppy drives and two cables,
but they just sit there and spin and won't boot or read anything.

Z.K.

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John

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:07 am
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Did you check youre biossettings..?
Floppy controller on, floppy format 1.44mb?
When the light on youre floppy drive always on then change(turn) the cable.
Boot option( floppy first, harddrive, cdrom)

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John
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:07 am
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John wrote:
> Did you check youre biossettings..?
> Floppy controller on, floppy format 1.44mb?
> When the light on youre floppy drive always on then change(turn) the cable.
> Boot option( floppy first, harddrive, cdrom)
>
> goodluck
> John
> The Netherlands
>
>

Yes, the BIOS setting is correct and you can't get the cable on
backwards; it is keyed on both ends.

Z.K.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:57 pm
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John wrote:
> Did you check youre biossettings..?
> Floppy controller on, floppy format 1.44mb?
> When the light on youre floppy drive always on then change(turn) the cable.
> Boot option( floppy first, harddrive, cdrom)
>
> goodluck
> John
> The Netherlands
>
>

Well, it appears you were correct about the floppy drive cable being
installed wrong. I had noticed that pin 1 on the cable and pin 1 on the
circuit board were not on the same side, but since the cable key was
correct I did not think anymore about. You got me to thinking about
that again though and so just for giggles I forced it in the wrong way.
One of my floppies did boot once, but that was it. So, I am thinking
I have two bad floppy drives (one is missing a pin) with upside down
connectors. Hopefully the new one I ordered has the cable connector
installed correctly.

Z.K.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:01 pm
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Smile....pin 1 on the mainboard is not pin 1 on youre drive, so you
noticed....lol

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John
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