Floppy DRive Problems

[nuteck]

I recently had a jammed fdd when the media jammed inside. After removing media I found the fdd did not work. I replaced the fdd with a new item and the drive still does not work. It seems to recognise the fdd on boot but after that, it freezes my system. When connection the floppy cable, one way round gives a floppy light all the time, and the other way round only on boot. The bios seems to be set correctly, although this should be ok, it is only since the media jam that the problem has occurred.
Is it likely the ribbon cable has a fault, or maybe on the FDD socket on the mother board.

Any help welcome.

nuteck

[AllGamer]

it might very well be the FDD controller in the Mobo that has been damaged and not the FDD drive

cuz a new FDD drive should work just fine
and the description of the new drive sounds normal

:t

[nuteck]

Maybe if I disable the FDD Controller in the BIOS and fit a PCI controller board, working the FDD from this.

[AllGamer]

nah, no need to waste money on a PCI controller just for the FDD

if your BIOS let you BOOT from CD, might as well just do that

:t

you can find BootAble CDs here

www.bootdisk.com

Win98/ME CDs are bootable, so are Linux, and Win2k/XP/NT

some Norton AV CDs are also

[BipolarBill]

Try clearing CMOS on the motherboard.

[nuteck]

What is that hoped to achieve, and what does it entail please.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Look in your motherboard manual for details, theres a small jumper than needs to be moved and then replaced to its default position to restore CMOS to factory settings

--Jakk:t

[BipolarBill]

...with power plug removed.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

A lot of ppl seem to say that, i personally do it on the fly, always have done, always will, however better safe than sorry i guess.

--Jakk:t

[BipolarBill]

Ever see a motherboard power LED? ATX motherboards get power all of the time. If you don't unplug, there can be no assurance of clearing.

http://www.aopen.com/tech/rma/mb/cmos.htm

[Bigjakkstaffa]

looks like i'll have to change my bad habits then:x

--Jakk:t

[BipolarBill]

Or it could be, that in this example, the ATX power connector is too close and gets in the way! :p

[nuteck]

Here endeth the lesson and the foryth saga.

Thanks to all concerened. I going on weekend.

nuteck