building new pc, error on boot up

[shnikey]

After the bios checks IDE devices I get:
Floppy disk(s) fail (40)
What exactly does this mean and/or how do I fix it.
Shnikey

[Mntsnow]

It means either you dont have the cable hooked up correctly, dont have the power cable hooked up correctly, dont have the settings in the BIOS set correctly or you have a defective floppy drive /forum/frown.gif

Mntsnow

[shnikey]

Is it possible the floppy drive is too old? It is really old, like 7-8 years. I know I connected it right. I checked four times.
Shnikey

[DUSTYRUN]

the floppy can be connected wrong. i just did a comp and had the ribbon backwards. it might be that it isnot seated all the way in.
usually with a floppy it is something simple.to be on the safe side check your bios and see if it lists your floppy.

good luck
Dustyrun

[Mntsnow]

With floppies being so cheap if there is ANY thoughts that it might be defective (unless it is KNOWN to be good) I would replace it. make sure when you have plugged in both the ribbon cable and power cable that you are fully seated and have not missed 1 row of pins or the cable is reversed (as some floppys are not "keyed")
and again double check your settings for the floppy in the BIOS

Mntsnow

[Axel]

After checking that you didn't accidently reverse the ribbon cable, I'd have to agree with Mntsnow - spend the $30 to get a brand new floppy drive, and buy a new ribbon cable with it.
Chances are, the new drive will have a faster access speed. This is probably the cheapest component in your system besides the CPU fan. You'll need it to load drivers as well as clean booting your system. I.E. - this is not the place to penny pinch.

[shnikey]

I think it is bad, I'll go get one of those superdisk drives.
Shnikey