Re: Floppy Disk Question Follow Up
DaffyD® wrote:
| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| news:uhhRm%23XUIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
|> DaffyD® wrote:
|> | This is a follow up to 2 previous posts in this newsgroup.
|> |
|> | Ok, I confirmed that the FDD ribbon cable red stripe was aligned
|> | with pin 1 on the motherboard. I then confirmed it was also aligned
|> | correctly at the FDD. Still got the constant green LED while the
|> | FDD spun around like a CD drive. I then tried flipping over the
|> | ribbon cable at the FDD--still the same result. At that point, I
|> | just gave up and pulled out the power connector from the FDD.
|> |
|> | I'm of the opinion that this is not just a case of the ribbon cable
|> | being connected incorrectly, but that there's something else going
|> | on. Again, this drive operated fine before I installed a power
|> | supply. I've searched through Google for other answers but no
|> | luck. Might be time to save up the money to take the box to a tech
|> | since I am stumped.
|>
|> Yep, try a new cable as the others have said. A dozen & a half
|> computer experts are rarely all wrong when they all say more/less
|> the same thing twice!
|>
|> But here again are the settings I mentioned in the other thread...
|>
|> (1) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab"
|> (2) Open the "Disk drives" branch.
|> (3) D-Clk the floppy drive that appears under it for Properties.
|> (Mine is "Generic NEC Floppy Disk".)
|> (4) At the Settings tab, ensure "Removable" is checked.
|> (It just sounds as if that might relate.)
|>
|> Boot to Safe Mode (Hold F5 or Ctrl as you boot), &...
|>
|> (1) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab"
|> (2) Open the "Floppy disk controllers" branch.
|>
|> If there are more than one controller in this branch, you may
|> have a "ghost". Therefore, delete them all, & reboot to Normal Mode.
|> Point it to the folder that contains your .cabs, if asked.
|>
|> But, if there is already just one driver there, then...
|>
|> (3) D-Clk the controller that appears under it for Properties.
|> (Mine is "Standard Floppy Disk Controller".)
|> (4) At the Driver tab, click the "Update Driver" button.
|> (5) Click the "Next" button.
|> (6) Bolt "Display a list of drivers...", & click "Next".
|> (7) Bolt "Show all hardware".
|>
|> Examine the screen. Mine is "Standard floppy disk controllers" in the
|> Manufacturers (left) pane & "Standard Floppy Disk Controller" in the
|> Models (right) pane. But I have four other choices there in the left
|> pane-- including "Compaq". As one clicks them in the left pane,
|> descriptive info shows up in the right pane. Perhaps, state what you
|> see. It could be worthwhile to go to another and back to the original
|> just to shake things up. To switch, select one, & click "Next".
|> (It seems odd mine is the Standard & not a Compaq controller. But,
|> all is working well, & I will let that be.)
|>
|> Finally... How tough would it be to go back to the smaller power
|> supply, in case
|> the floppy drives were somehow sensitive to that?
|>
|>
|> --
|> | { : [|]=( DaffyD®
|> |
|> | If I knew where I was I'd be there now.
....snip
| I apparently have a different configuration than you do. D-Clking on
| the
| Floppy Disk Controller does yield the Standard Floppy Disk Controller
| but there is no "removable" option.
No! It's the "Disk drives" branch that has that...
(1) "Control Panel, System, Device Manager tab"
(2) Open the "Disk drives" branch.
(3) D-Clk the floppy drive that appears under it for Properties.
(Mine is "Generic NEC Floppy Disk".)
(4) At the Settings tab, ensure "Removable" is checked.
(It just sounds as if that might relate.)
That one you ought look at in Normal Mode.
| However, when searching for all
| drivers, only the installed FDD Controller driver is shown. Also,
| following your advice, I did boot into Safe Mode and there was only 1
| controller, so we're fine there.
Yea. As you looked at the controller in Safe Mode & no ghost showed up,
sounds like it's OK, if it looked just like mine... "Standard Floppy
Disk Controller".
| I'd rather stay with the current power supply since it may be a
| ribbon cable problem--which I will investigate first.
Yep. Continue your investigation. Has it been said whether the floppy is
constantly spinning in Safe Mode too? How about when you boot to DOS? If
it happens on a boot to DOS-- I think it would have to be something
physical at fault!
| By the way, is the pin 1 stripe on your FDD ribbon cable on the left
| or the right? Mine is on the right but that side leads directly to
| pin 1 on the motherboard.
I don't know. I've been in my box, but never had cause to examine or
fiddle with the floppy derive. And I dread the day I ever will need to
now!
I do have a floppy drive in my hands pulled from someone's discarded ME
machine. It is a SONY MPF920-Z. The red strip on the data cable
(labelled FC-34P?) is on the end of the cable that is closest to its
twisted portion (of looks like 7 wires). When plugged in, that red
stripe ends up in the middle of the drive right next to where the power
will plug in. But this cable has a raise plastic portion on its
connector that fits into a slot on the floppy drive. I guess (& too bad)
they don't all have that.
| I'm going to whip this thing--as long as it's not the controller
| itself. It's just so strange that the orientation of the red stripe
| has no effect on fixing the problem.
Keep at it. Since yours is tough to get at, ensure everything else
around it looks like they aren't getting unplugged or loosened when you
put things back together.
| Thanks as always for your input.
You are welcome.
--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
PCR
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