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swy00
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_ 		29. November 2004 @ 09:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well, i guess this might seen trivial to some but here goes... i was working with harddrives lately and was all into disconnecting wires and all and accidently took out some other wires... my floppy drive is the only thing i cant seem to get working anymore... or it might be working but not located...

I have windows XP. 2 cable are inserted into the floppy drive...A power cable(not like the harddrive one though ofcourse) and serial(which i tried inserting in both ways)... However, in one of the ways, the green light from the floppy was always on regardless of anything...

Anyone got a clue? is it from the connection or system software...?
thnx in advance.

Sam
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ddp
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_ 		29. November 2004 @ 10:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the fact the green light was on all the time meant cable was in reverse & motherboard sees it. check the device manager & see if yellow exclamation mark is present?? if you have a floppy boot disk try & boot on it
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swy00
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_ 		29. November 2004 @ 12:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well, i reversed the cable and inserted it in properly. The green light is off,but my computer still doesnt detect the floppy drive.
i checked the device manager and there is no exclamation mark...but it is worthy to note there is no floppy either :S...
This is what i see in device manager:

Floppy Disk Controllers
Standard Floppy disk controller

(i think this means there is no floppy installed in the first place).This also means i cant boot anything of it...since it doesnt even notice i have a floppy drive present...
(Note:if i go to BIOS and start up using floppy disk, it doesnt even access the floppy drive. i.e: there is no sound of the dosk being accessed.)

thnx again...waiting for further instructions..
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ddp
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_ 		29. November 2004 @ 15:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is the floppy seek enabled in bios, if it is & no light on or not boot from floppy than floppy drive has bought the farm. they are worth about $12Can
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