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by **Tatsumi888** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:37 pm

Hi, I'm using a Sony Drive with an AOpen AK86-L Motherboard.The light on the front of my floppy drive stays on when no floppy is inside, when a floppy is inseted it just makes noises. It does not recognize the floppy. I have checked the wiring to the drive, it looks good. Anyone know what to do? Thanks.

by **Junior_co** » Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:46 pm

Hey there, and Welcome.....

If you have access to another floppy drive (from an old computer) I would try swapping it out with a different one...

It sounds to me like your floppy gave up on life...

If ya don't have one lying around, they are pretty cheap....5-10 USD.

Junior

by **lilpinkflower** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:45 am

Your cable is installed incorrectly. Take the red stripe and put it on pin 1, it usually has a triangle on it. I am assuming this is a new install.

by **Tatsumi888** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:47 am

Thanks for your replies. I have checked another drive and got the same problem, so it must be a cable problem. I have not gotten to try checking the cable as I am currently reformatting my hard drive. I'll try it out as soon as I'm done.

by **Tatsumi888** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 4:39 am

Yay, it worked. Thanks for your help!

by **Junior_co** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 7:48 am

by **Kestrel** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:46 pm

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