Re: Too good to be true -- floppy light stays on permanently

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From: MyName
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 12:03

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If flipping the cable doesn't work (which definitely could be the problem),
loosen the screws and push the floppy unit into the case about 1/8 to 1/4
inch.

Cheers

MN


"Barry Ward" <baz@powerup.com.au> wrote in message news:3b2af7dc@grissom...
> This 55 year old "old fart"  put together his firat computer this morning.
> A P3-1000 on an ASUS CUSL2-c board.
>
> And it worked first time!!! :)
>
> Well almost --- the machine starts up fine , I can access BIOS,  -- but
the
> Floppy is running permanently and when it tries to boot from the floppy ,
I
> get the dreaded "Floppy fail" message .. I think maybe I have connected
the
> cable up the wrong way around ???
>
> Any advice please/
>
> Thanks
>
> barry
>
>

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