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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2000 9:39 am
by Scooter
I know that if you put the cable in upside down that it will happen. I know the cable's not upside down. It has the little projections on it so that you can't. =)
I replaced the floppy and it wasn't the problem.
Any ideas? Oh, I almost forgot.. I'm running a KT7-RAID.
[Edited by Scooter on 11-28-2000 at 09:41 AM]
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2000 9:56 am
by Need4Speed
Weird..that happened to me too. I was running win98se at the time. Installed win2k and it went away...not much help i know, but thought i'd share it anyways
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2000 10:29 am
by Scooter
Sorry, I should have also mentioned this is a fresh install....
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2000 10:33 am
by wvjohn
check your setup to see if floppy seek/floppy boot is enabled - i had the same prob when i set mine up but don't remember how it got fixed - my prob related to the ide controllers being off by default i think i'm ruuning me
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2000 2:10 pm
by succubiss
sometimes the notch on the floppy cable is on the wrong side. I remember once i had to use a knife to scrape off that notch and then everything was okay. I think the rule of thumb is pin 1 (the red stripe) on the floppy cable faces the power connector.
good luck
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2000 2:30 pm
by no_neck_joe
As well, the end with the twist MUST be attached to the floppy, not the board.
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2000 5:00 pm
by Scooter
The damn cable is wrong. I cut the little projection off and put it in upside down, and it works! Weird.
Anyways, thatnks for all the help guys.
Actually
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2000 6:26 pm
by Busby
Just felt like adding that on a floppy drive pin 1 faces AWAY from the power connector or else the floppy light will stay on.
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2000 7:57 am
by pHaestus
Hey does that damage the floppy? I have done this before when building a new system and then had the boot floppy not work. Could just be coincidence, but I think it happened a couple of times. Maybe I just forgot to throw away the bad floppy the first time though....
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2000 1:02 pm
by mcbiff
Putting a floppy disk in a drive with a constant light *will* kill the floppy.